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About the Role
The Legal Talent team serves as trusted advisors to Cravath's attorneys, partnering with senior leadership on onboarding, training, professional development, and strategic initiatives. This role provides high-level support for the onboarding and orientation process for all legal new hires, ensuring Cravath's standard of excellence is reflected at all stages of integration. The position drives a highly visible process, collaborates with Firm stakeholders, and offers guidance and mentorship to junior team members.
Responsibilities
- Support the planning, execution, and continuous improvement of onboarding, orientation, and integration programs for all legal staff.
- Serve as a point of contact for incoming legal staff, communicating onboarding milestones and updates.
- Coordinate legal staff onboarding workflows, ensuring pre-arrival requirements are met accurately and timely.
- Administer the Firm’s Onboarding Portal, including setup, task configuration, system enhancements, automation, reporting, and data analysis.
- Maintain orientation schedules, communications, and related resources, assisting with preparing and presenting orientation sessions.
- Administer the Firm’s Form I-9 process for legal staff, including training team members and ensuring USCIS compliance.
- Contribute to process improvement initiatives to enhance efficiency and accuracy.
- Maintain a thorough understanding of Firm policies and procedures and apply them effectively.
- Provide timely updates, recommendations, and problem-solving support to leadership.
- Mentor junior team members, assist in setting priorities, and delegate work.
- Coordinate and execute ad hoc Legal Talent projects.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Five to seven years of experience in onboarding, human resources, legal personnel, or legal recruiting, preferably in a law firm or professional services environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to serve as a trusted point of contact for partners, attorneys, Firm leadership, and cross-functional stakeholders.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and make decisions within established Firm policies and guidelines.
- Exceptional organizational, project management, and follow-through skills.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams, competing deadlines, and business continuity priorities.
- Strong analytical and reporting skills.
- Advanced proficiency with iCIMS or comparable applicant tracking and onboarding systems, Microsoft Office Suite, and related reporting tools.
- Proven ability to configure forms, maintain workflows, and drive automation.
- Working knowledge of Form I-9 requirements and USCIS compliance.
- Ability to develop guidelines, deliver training, and maintain accurate checklists and supporting documentation.
- Ability to handle confidential information discreetly and apply data-minimization principles.
- Demonstrated experience training and mentoring junior team members, coordinating work, and establishing priorities in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
- Familiarity with legal staff integration practices and resources such as NALP is preferred.
- Ability to work additional hours, including business-related travel, as needed.
Skills
- Onboarding
- Human Resources
- Legal Personnel
- Legal Recruiting
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Project Management
- Organizational Skills
- Follow-through Skills
- Analytical Skills
- Reporting Skills
- iCIMS
- Applicant Tracking Systems
- Onboarding Systems
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Form I-9 Compliance
- USCIS Compliance
- Training
- Mentoring
- Team Collaboration
- Data Analysis
- Process Improvement
Location
- New York
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- Senior
- Five to seven years of experience
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $120,000 to $140,000
Benefits
- Paid time off
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision care
- 401(k)
- Substantial health club discounts
About the Company
- Cravath is a law firm with a standard of excellence.