Attorney Recruiting Specialist – Law Student Recruiting

Overview

Division: Associate, Counsel, Law Student, and Virtual Office
Location: Hybrid (Candidates must reside near one of our locations).

This role offers the flexibility to work remote and in a hybrid arrangement, with the option to work from a Fisher Phillips office two to three days per week, if desired.
Schedule: Full-time/Exempt

We are seeking an experienced Attorney Recruiting Specialist (Law Student Recruiting) to drive law student and entry-level recruiting across our U.S. offices. This role is at the center of our national recruiting efforts, from On-Campus Interview (OCI) and diversity outreach to the summer associate program, working directly with firm leadership, attorneys, and law schools. The right candidate will bring sound judgment, initiative, and strong organizational skills, thriving in a fast-paced environment where they can build relationships, manage multiple priorities, and make a visible impact.

If you enjoy working smart with a collaborative team, value precision, and are motivated by challenging and meaningful work, this is an opportunity to grow your career and shape the future of our firm.

The Attorney Recruiting Specialist (Law Student Recruiting) supports full cycle recruiting and onboarding for law students and entry-level attorneys across the firm’s U.S. offices. In this role, you will collaborate with a national team of recruiting professionals and report to the Attorney Recruiting Manager. The Specialist works closely with the Director, Managers, Regional Managing Partners, hiring partners, attorneys, and law schools, and contributes to national initiatives such as OCI, diversity outreach, and the summer program.

• Law Student Recruiting

• Supports the firm’s national law student recruitment process and annual timeline across all U.S. offices, including documenting processes, policies, and best practices.
• Plans and coordinates interviewer training and develops interviewer materials for all U.S. offices.
• Partners with the Attorney Recruiting Director and Managers on OCI strategy, design, and implementation, including self-apply and other application methods.
• Coordinates on-campus recruiting, works with selected schools, arranges interviews, manages callback scheduling, and handles attorney travel logistics.
• Drafts and delivers offer materials to candidates and completes all due diligence required to finalize offers.
• Assists with social media marketing efforts and event planning related to law student recruiting.
• Builds and maintains relationships with law school career services offices, faculty, and student organizations.
• Develops and executes outreach strategies for 1L and diversity recruitment initiatives.
• Drafts recruitment materials and a communications plan, tracks and corresponds with students and law school organizations, and drafts internal communications regarding events, on-campus activities, and summer program information.

• Summer Associate Program

• Assist with design planning, coordination, and execution of the firmwide summer program, including orientation, training, social events, and evaluations.
• Participate in the planning of social events, internal and external communications, tracking summer associate work through our Work Allocation software, and assisting with orientation schedules and onboarding efforts.
• Collaborate with attorneys and office leadership to assign projects and ensure productive feedback loops.

• Maintain accurate recruiting data in applicant tracking systems (ATS) and other relevant platforms.
• Assist with regular reports on recruiting metrics, trends, and outcomes for internal stakeholders.
• Assist in budget tracking for recruiting activities and events.
• Ensure ATS systems, onboarding, and other technology platforms are running efficiently. Support the management and implementation of technology and provide training to other team members.
• Ensure efficient maintenance and production of student recruiting data. Provide regular and ad hoc reports, PowerPoint presentations, analysis, and statistics.
• Oversee updates to the Career Opportunities website; update and maintain the internal recruiting…