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Lateral Partner Recruiting Manager
An established law firm is seeking a Lateral Partner Recruiting Manager to join its Chicago office. This is a full-time position supporting the firm’s lateral partner recruiting efforts across multiple offices and practice groups, with a primary focus on corporate partner recruiting.
The salary range for this position is 140k-195k, depending on experience.
The ideal candidate has 7+ years of recruiting or talent acquisition experience, including at least 3+ years of direct lateral partner recruiting experience. Prior law firm experience is strongly preferred, although candidates with a combination of agency and law firm recruiting experience will also be considered. Experience recruiting corporate partners is highly preferred. This position is specifically focused on lateral partner recruiting rather than associate or law student recruiting.
Skills required and Job Duties include the following:
Job Duties:
- Manage the full lifecycle of lateral partner recruiting across multiple offices and practice groups
- Conduct market research, develop target candidate lists, and execute proactive sourcing and market-mapping strategies
- Partner closely with firm leadership, practice group leaders, and recruiting leadership throughout the hiring process
- Coordinate candidate interviews, prepare candidate materials, develop interviewer slates, and track feedback
- Support recruiting-related due diligence, including conflicts disclosures, background checks, and collection of financial and practice-related information
- Maintain recruiting pipelines, candidate tracking materials, business justification summaries, and reports for firm leadership
- Assist with lateral partner onboarding and integration in coordination with operations and administrative teams
- Maintain relationships with legal search firms and external recruiting contacts
- Support recruiting efforts across practice areas as business needs shift, including assisting with litigation partner recruiting when needed
- Identify opportunities to improve recruiting processes, reporting, technology, and workflows
Qualifications:
- 7+ years of progressive recruiting or talent acquisition experience
- 3+ years of direct lateral partner recruiting experience required
- Corporate lateral partner recruiting experience strongly preferred
- Prior law firm recruiting experience strongly preferred
- Bachelor’s degree required
- Strong understanding of lateral partner recruiting processes, law firm structures, and the legal market
- Experience managing complex recruiting processes and confidential candidate information
- Strong executive presence with the ability to work directly with partners and firm leadership
- Excellent organizational, interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office and applicant tracking or recruiting database systems
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Only qualified candidates will be contacted.
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