Legal Recruiting Manager

Legal Recruiting Manager

• Location: Downtown Los Angeles, CA
• Salary: $90,000–$130,000
• Schedule: Hybrid / Remote Flexibility

About the Opportunity

A well-established national law firm is looking for an experienced Legal Recruiting Manager to join its Talent Team in Los Angeles.

This is a highly visible role for someone who understands the legal recruiting landscape and enjoys building relationships, leading a team, and managing searches from initial strategy through offer and onboarding.

You’ll partner closely with firm leadership, practice leaders, and recruiting stakeholders while overseeing both lateral attorney and law school recruiting initiatives .

What You’ll Do

Manage the full recruiting lifecycle for attorneys, including lateral associates and summer associates

Partner with senior leadership and practice area leaders to identify and attract top legal talent

Lead attorney searches across California offices

Review and screen candidates and assess qualifications and overall fit

Coordinate interviews, due diligence, approvals, offers, and onboarding

Build and maintain relationships with external search firms and legal recruiters

Lead law school recruiting initiatives, including OCI, law school events, callback interviews, recruiting committee meetings, and offers

Manage and develop recruiting team members

Prepare recruiting reports, hiring metrics, and status updates for leadership

Maintain candidate data and recruiting workflows

Manage the annual legal recruiting budget

Serve as a trusted recruiting partner to office and firm leadership

Participate in firmwide recruiting initiatives and special projects

Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, efficiencies, and the overall candidate experience

What We’re Looking For

Bachelor’s degree

3+ years of management-level recruiting experience within a law firm

Strong understanding of the legal industry, recruiting market, and current hiring trends

Prior supervisory or team leadership experience strongly preferred

Experience managing attorney recruiting processes from search through hire

Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to partner effectively with senior stakeholders

Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills

Strong judgment and ability to independently evaluate candidates

Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities and searches simultaneously

Candidate-focused approach with an emphasis on communication and engagement

Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, deadline-driven professional environment

Why Consider It?

This is more than an individual contributor recruiting position. You’ll have the opportunity to lead a team, influence recruiting strategy, partner directly with firm leadership, and contribute to broader firmwide talent initiatives.

The organization has a national presence with 160+ attorneys across eight offices , providing exposure to recruiting initiatives across multiple markets.