Senior Manager of Legal Recruiting (New York City Metropolitan Area)

Summary

Covington’s Senior Manager of Legal Recruiting is responsible for managing lateral associate, judicial clerk, and law student recruitment for the NY office. This position involves working closely with the NY Hiring Committee, Summer Program committee, and reports to the Director of Legal Recruiting and Professional Development for the NY office.

Duties and

Responsibilities

• In cooperation with the Director, oversee and manage the associate, judicial clerk, and summer associate recruitment programs.

• Manage the law student recruiting season planning and execution. Oversee law school outreach, interview program registration, and assembly of interview teams. Review candidate materials for direct applicants and interview programs. Lead the summer associate screening interview and callback process. In cooperation with the Legal Recruiting coordinator, organize and confirm interview schedules and candidate communication. Manage post-offer activities, including the coordination of offer dinners, arrange second-look visits, and other follow-up.

• Build and maintain relationships with law schools, career services professionals, and student organizations. Coordinate engagement to strengthen the firm's brand and support recruiting objectives.

• Manage lateral associate hiring. Work with Director and practice group leadership to understand practice needs. Engage search firms to source talent. Work with coordinator to review candidate resumes and coordinate interview schedules.

• Manage judicial clerk applications and former associates returning from a clerkship. Work closely with Hiring Committee, Managing Partners for Legal Personnel, and practice group leadership for clerk hiring.

• Prepare and analyze recruiting metrics and reports related to student, lateral associate, and judicial clerk hiring. Compile and interpret data throughout the recruiting lifecycle to support strategic decision-making and hiring outcomes.

• Work closely with the LRPD team to plan summer associate program including mentor assignments, social events, educational programs, and assignments system. Oversee the scheduling of summer associate exit interviews and ensure that assignment evaluations are completed in a timely manner to support informed hiring decisions.

• Manage and input recruiting and summer program budgets.

• Provide special project support for recruiting initiatives such as annual recruiting report, recruiting videos, website or recruiting brochure.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of coordinating and managing law firm attorney recruitment programs.

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent combination of education and attorney recruitment experience.

• Proficiency in MSWord, Excel and PowerPoint. Must be well versed in viRecruit (preferred), or a similar recruiting database/software.

• Excellent interpersonal skills. Proven ability to work in a team environment with business professionals and attorneys at all levels.

• Strong project management, organizational and multi-tasking skills.

• Flexibility to work overtime, as needed. Some travel required.