Legal Recruiter

About the Company

LHH Recruitment Solutions is partnering with a respected law firm in Florham Park, New Jersey, to identify a Legal Recruiting Coordinator for their growing team. This position is ideal for an organized and proactive recruiting professional who enjoys managing recruiting processes, coordinating interviews, and serving as a key point of contact for candidates and hiring leaders. The ideal candidate will have one to four years of recruiting, recruiting coordination, legal administration, or talent acquisition experience within a law firm, legal staffing agency, law school, or corporate legal environment. This is an excellent opportunity to join a collaborative team and gain exposure to attorney, paralegal, finance, and professional staff recruitment.

About the Role

This role is responsible for supporting the full-cycle recruiting process through scheduling, candidate communication, interview coordination, recruiting administration, and stakeholder partnership. The individual will work closely with hiring managers, attorneys, and firm leadership to ensure an exceptional candidate experience while helping drive multiple searches simultaneously. The successful candidate will possess strong executive presence, professional maturity, and the confidence to interact effectively with law firm partners and senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate interviews and manage complex scheduling for candidates, attorneys, partners, and hiring teams.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for candidates throughout the recruitment process.
• Manage recruiting workflows, follow-up communications, candidate documentation, and onboarding activities.
• Support recruitment efforts for attorneys, paralegals, finance professionals, administrative staff, and other business support functions.
• Maintain recruiting systems, databases, candidate records, and applicant tracking systems.
• Partner with attorneys, hiring managers, and firm leadership to ensure a positive and efficient hiring process.
• Assist with recruiting metrics, reporting, talent pipeline development, and process improvement initiatives.
• Support multiple searches simultaneously while maintaining a high level of accuracy, discretion, and professionalism.
• Build trusted relationships with attorneys, candidates, and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• Minimum of 2 years of legal recruiting experience required.
• Experience supporting attorney, paralegal, and/or legal staff recruitment within a law firm, legal staffing agency, or attorney search firm required.
• Demonstrated experience working directly with attorneys, law firm partners, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of law firm culture and legal recruiting process

Required Skills

• Strong organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Strong executive presence and professional maturity.
• Ability to confidently communicate with attorneys, law firm partners, leadership, and candidates.
• Ability to effectively partner with attorneys, leadership, and business stakeholders.
• Comfortable navigating structured processes while adapting to changing priorities and ambiguity.
• Ability to proactively manage follow-ups, influence outcomes, and drive projects forward with minimal supervision.
• Experience coordinating multiple priorities in a fast-paced law firm environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build credibility and trusted relationships with senior-level professionals.
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter, applicant tracking systems, and recruiting technologies.

Preferred Skills

• Experience using Firm Prospects, LinkedIn Recruiter, ADP Workforce Now, or similar platforms.
• Professional association involvement related to legal recruiting, attorney development, or talent acquisition.
• Experience supporting lateral attorney recruiting, summer associate programs, or attorney development initiatives.

Pay Range and Compensation Package

• Salary range of $70,000 to $90,000 depending on experience and qualifications.
• Full-time position.
• Hybrid schedule with onsite work Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday in Florham Park, NJ.
• Comprehensive benefits package available, including medical, dental, vision, paid time off, holidays, retirement savings plan, and other employer-sponsored programs.

Equal Opportunity Statement

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. Military connected talent encouraged to apply.

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The Company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records in accordance with federal, state, and local laws and/or security clearance requirements, including, as applicable:

• The California Fair Chance Act
• Los Angeles City Fair Chance Ordinance
• Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers
• San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance

Massachusetts Candidates Only: It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

Military connected talent encouraged to apply.