Legal Recruiting Coordinator

About Allen Matkins

Allen Matkins, a law firm with over 270 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.

About the Position

The Legal Recruiting Coordinator supports the recruitment and onboarding of law students and early-career attorneys. This role works closely with the Legal Recruiting Manager to execute all aspects of the firm’s law student recruiting efforts and the Summer Associate Program. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, collaborative, and thrives in a fast-paced, professional environment. This position is currently hybrid.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Law School Outreach & Law Student Recruiting

• Coordinate law school outreach and on-campus recruitment, including registering the firm for on-campus programs, resume screening, offer processes, interview scheduling and evaluations, and maintaining recruiting statistics.
• Updates and maintains interviewer materials, collateral materials, and swag.
• Interfaces directly with law student candidates and coordinates communication throughout the hiring process.
• Coordinates and attends campus career events.

Summer Associate Program

• Coordinates logistics of the Summer Associate Program, including event planning and execution, tracking program budgets, and assisting with vendor contracts and venue selection.
• Supports the summer mentor program, work assignment system, and performance feedback process.
• Partners with the Professional Development team to deliver a robust summer orientation and training curriculum.
• Tracks offer decisions and maintains associated documentation and data.

Administrative & Data Management

• Ensures timely and accurate data entry into the applicant tracking system.
• Maintains organized candidate and summer associate files, reports, and metrics.
• Compiles recruiting data and assists with generating internal reports.

Additional Projects

• Assists with 3L and post-clerkship hiring as needed.
• Provides general administrative support to the legal recruiting team and performs other duties as assigned to meet department goals.

Education and/or Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field. An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the job.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of recruiting or human resources experience preferred.
• Prior recruiting experience in a legal, professional, or academic setting is preferred.
• Knowledge of talent management tools such as LawCruit, FloRecruit, or ViDesktop a plus; experience with similar database tools for applicant tracking and onboarding a plus.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office.

Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EEO Statement
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.

California Consumer Privacy Act

We will collect the personal information you provide in connection with this application as well as information included with any other document(s) you provide us. We may use this information to evaluate your application and consider you for employment with Allen Matkins. We may share this information with third parties for any of the following purposes: (i) to confirm the accuracy of the information provided; (ii) to conduct a background check; (iii) to confirm or evaluate potential conflicts of interest; and/or (iv) to check references. If you accept an offer with Allen Matkins, we may use this information to provide you with the benefits of your employment. Our employees' personal information is governed by our Privacy Policy, available at https://www.allenmatkins.com/disclaimers/privacy-policy.html.

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.

Compensation

Allen Matkins is an Equal Opportunity Employer and offers a competitive compensation & benefits package. The anticipated base salary range for this full-time role is $70,000- $90,000 per year. Actual salary will depend upon a number of factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and location.

The base salary range displayed on the job posting reflects the estimated range for new hire salaries for the position. The actual offered base salary will be determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, relevant experience, job-related skills and qualifications. The pay range is subject to change at any time dependent on a variety of internal and external business factors.