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About the Role

The Director of Legal Recruiting provides strategic support to the firm's recruiting efforts across all offices. This position collaborates with the Chief Recruiting & Professional Development Officer, Management Committee, Practice Leadership, and Diversity Committee to develop, implement, and manage recruiting strategies and programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead campus recruiting and law school outreach strategy, managing coordinators responsible for execution and ensuring consistent engagement and pipeline development across target schools
• Lead and oversee the summer associate program, including program structure, event strategy, budget management, and overall execution, with accountability for program quality, candidate experience, and offer outcomes
• Provide leadership and strategic direction for lateral associate recruiting function, providing oversight and support to the Legal Recruiting Manager, and ensuring alignment with firm growth priorities, practice group needs, and market conditions
• Serve as the central point of coordination across lateral recruiting channels, ensuring consistency in processes, communication, and candidate experience
• Provide oversight of offer strategy and process
• Communicate and work closely with senior partners within all practice areas regarding lateral associate needs
• Oversee relationships with search firms
• Collaborate on lateral attorney integration
• Assist with lateral partner recruiting
• Manage and develop recruiting team members, including setting priorities, allocating resources, and providing coaching and performance management
• Monitor recruiting activity and key metrics (e.g., hiring volume, acceptance rates, pipeline strength), providing visibility and escalating trends or issues to leadership
• Coordinate with Professional Development, DEI, and other administrative teams to ensure alignment with broader talent initiatives
• Identify operational gaps and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, scalability, and consistency across recruiting functions

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree is required
• 10 years of progressive experience, preferably in a law firm or other professional services environment
• Demonstrates strong initiative and independent judgment, with an ability to think strategically and drive results
• Proven ability to manage complex, high-volume workflows in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and organization
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with an ability to engage effectively and build credibility with attorneys, leadership, and business professional teams
• Strong problem-solving capabilities, with the ability to anticipate issues, develop solutions, and execute effectively
• Collaborative and team-oriented, with the ability to work across teams and influence stakeholders in a multi-authority environment
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships, remain proactive, and manage competing priorities
• Strong planning and organizational skills, including the ability to set priorities, manage both short- and long-term initiatives, and drive measurable outcomes
• Ability to build relationships, remain proactive, and stay highly organized
• Exercises sound judgment and discretion, with the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and Windows applications
• Experience with Flo recruiting systems

Skills

• Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• Windows applications
• Flo recruiting systems

Work Type

• full-time

Experience Level

• 10 years of progressive experience

Education Level

• Bachelor's degree

Salary/Compensations

• $225,000- $285,000 per year

Benefits

• competitive compensation & benefits package

About the Company

• Allen Matkins, a law firm with over 285 attorneys, was founded with deep roots in real estate and has leveraged that foundation to grow and build prominent litigation, corporate, tax, labor and employment, land use, and environmental practices, allowing us to partner with clients across myriad industries and markets.
• For nearly 50 years, Allen Matkins has worked with clients drawn to us by our reputation for market-leading solutions, pragmatism, exemplary quality, approachability, and our unparalleled network of contacts and connections in business and government.
• Our firm’s success is driven by our commitment to hiring and developing top talent, ensuring a team that delivers exceptional work and service to our clients.
• We are guided by our core values: our people are our most important resource; we have a commitment to quality work, all the time; and we work as a team with each other and with our clients - we foster camaraderie.

Equal Opportunity

• Allen Matkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, veteran status, all other characteristics prohibited by law, or gender identity and/or expression.
• Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.