Our People team is responsible for managing and enhancing all aspects of human resources and employee experience. Our team oversees talent acquisition, including recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new hires, ensuring that the Firm attracts and retains top legal talent and business services professionals. We develop and implement HR policies, manage employee relations, and administer compensation and benefits programs to ensure a fair and supportive work environment. Additionally, the People team focuses on training, professional development, work allocation, mobility and fostering a positive workplace culture. We also handle performance management, employee engagement, and compliance with labor laws and regulations. Through our comprehensive HR strategies and initiatives, the People team ensures that the Firm’s workforce around the world is motivated, skilled and mobilized to deliver on the Firm’s objectives.
The Experienced Legal Recruitment Specialist will lead all aspects of our recruitment efforts to elevate our lateral associate hiring process and make it a best-in-class function. This role collaborates with Partners and key stakeholders to execute talent strategies, manage the end-to-end recruitment process, and build candidate pipelines for multiple practice groups across all US offices.
The ideal candidate will have excellent client relationship management skills and a professional presence, with the ability to balance stakeholder and candidate relationships. They will need strong time management, organization and process driven skills while managing multiple requisitions. The role also emphasizes attracting and retaining top talent by ensuring a positive candidate experience and requires an individual who continuously strives to cultivate a proactive recruitment process that is engaging, strategic and efficient.
Duties and Accountabilities1
- Support the hiring of lateral associates, counsel and other full-time, experienced associates such as judicial clerks and LLM candidates
- Manage full-cycle recruitment for multiple requisitions (e.g., job postings, applications, interviews, candidate management, offer process, agency engagement, etc.)
- Proactively mitigate recruitment challenges and communicate regularly with the relevant leadership on requisitions within the practice group(s)
- Build and maintain relationships with legal search firms, gather and analyze job market trends, and promote the Firm’s brand
- Develop and execute sourcing strategies to build candidate pipelines and engage top talent
- Conduct screening interviews to assess candidates’ qualifications and suitability for open positions
- Collaborate with hiring managers, cross-function teams, and key stakeholders throughout the recruitment process to ensure we meet their hiring needs and goals
- Develop deep expertise as a subject matter expert and promote recruitment best practices
- Support recruitment initiatives across the Business Services and Experienced Legal Recruitment teams (e.g., branding initiatives, LinkedIn utilization and expansion, sourcing efforts, etc.)
- Ensure ATS and recruitment reporting are accurate and proactively share data-centric updates with internal stakeholders
- Manage the offer process by coordinating with cross functional team (i.e., immigration, conflicts, general counsel, compensation, mobility, etc.)
- Ensure compliance by maintaining data integrity in the recruitment process
- At least five (5) years of recruitment experience within the professional services industry or a search firm, with legal experience preferred
- Experience leading a function or work stream on a recruitment team highly preferred
- Experience mentoring, coaching and developing team members highly preferred
- Expertise in sourcing passive candidates and using applicant tracking systems (experience with Taleo or Workday a plus); proficient in MS Office Suite
- Strong customer service and relationship-building skills, ensuring an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience
- Tenacious, growth-oriented mindset with a willingness to embrace challenges and new ideas
- Committed to contribute, collaborate and consult on the recruitment strategy for Experience Legal Recruitment team
- Excellent business acumen, strong verbal and written communication skills
- Detail-oriented with strong administrative skills
- Demonstrates effective time management to balance recruiting initiatives, candidate expectations, client needs and manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment; self-motivated and achievement-oriented
This role reports to
Director, Recruitment
Equal Opportunities
White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact talent.acquisition@whitecase.com.
Benefits at White & Case
White & Case LLP offers a comprehensive suite of benefit programs to all eligible employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability coverage, 401(k) retirement savings, vacation time, and leave programs (including parental leave). Exempt roles are also performance bonus eligible.
The Firm may modify and amend any job description at any time in its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.
The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.
Note to Recruitment Agencies
Our internal Recruitment team manages all aspects of lateral hiring. All agencies must have signed terms of business—specific to the relevant office—before submitting any candidates. CVs or applications sent directly to White & Case partners or employees will also not be considered formal introductions. If you have questions, please contact the relevant Recruitment team. We work with our preferred suppliers when engaging agencies.