Associate Recruiting and Legal Talent Coordinator

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect innovation and collaboration.

The Associate Recruiting and Legal Talent Coordinator is an integral part of Lathams Human Capital & Talent team and will be responsible for supporting all aspects of entrylevel hiring of associates including the summer program and campus outreach and serving as a liaison to law schools as well as developing strategies and budgets while developing relationships with and serving as a firm liaison to law schools career services colleagues student organizations vendors and other recruitment professionals. This role will be located in our Austin TX office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and inoffice presence.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Assisting with the coordination and of attorney development onboarding training and integration efforts
• Coordinating logistics for the summer program including planning orientation programming and events
• Coordinating logistics for entrylevel hiring of associates including scheduling candidate interviews candidate correspondence offer letters outreach etc.
• Supporting various management committees including the Training and Career Enhancement Pro Bono Mentoring and Associates Committees
• Assisting with outreach efforts at target law schools
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive confidential privileged financial and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains
  
  

Wed love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate welldeveloped and professional interpersonal skills and the ability to interact effectively with people at all organizational levels of the firm
• Display the ability to work in a team environment with a customerservice focus
• Possess strong communication skills both written and verbal

And have:

• A bachelors degree or an equivalent
• A minimum of two 2 years of experience in legal recruitment or professional services

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Lathams comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Wellbeing programs (e.g. mental health services mindfulness and resiliency medical resources wellbeing events and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups networks and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles) color religion sex age national origin sexual orientation gender identity veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era) gender expression marital status or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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