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Assistant, Early Careers Legal Recruitment - Americas

White & Case LLP
Posted May 08
Full Time
Los Angeles, California

Firm Summary

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges, wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It is not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It is one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work and why we attract a diverse group of people.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Diversity is a core value of our Firm and it has been recognized with numerous awards and top rankings around the world. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

We are looking for a high caliber individual to support the US Recruiting Team with all aspects of the recruiting process including campus recruitment, judicial clerks, the summer associate program and special projects. This candidate will have excellent organizational skills as well as outstanding professional presence.

Duties and Accountabilities

Campus Recruitment (duties To Vary)

  • Assist with day-to-day activities, including but not limited to: maintaining calendars for campus recruitment and outreach events, coordinating interview schedules and callback interviews, greeting and hosting candidates, compiling interview packets and collateral materials, and soliciting feedback
  • Maintain the recruiting database and applicant tracking system, and ensure that correspondences with candidates are executed in a timely manner
  • Monitor general email box and process emails accordingly
  • Assist with organizing cultivation events at law schools
  • Review applications from resume collections and pull online submissions
  • Process expenses related to callback interviews and cultivation events

Summer Program (duties To Vary)

  • On-boarding details for summer associates
  • Assist with planning and executing summer program events
  • Liaise with Marketing Department to create collateral materials
  • Solicit and retrieve summer associate evaluations and support the review process
  • Correspond with summer associates and respond to daily inquiries

Other (duties To Vary)

  • Assist with special projects on an as-needed basis

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Strong technical skills on the following applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems
  • Proven ability to quickly develop relationships with internal and external clients, such as the broader Recruitment team, People team, and colleagues to drive measurable results against strategy
  • Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
  • Client service oriented and credible
  • Ability to manage competing/ conflicting priorities to achieve optimal results
  • Self-motivated
  • Excellent business acumen and administrative skills
  • Calm and resilient
  • Inclusive and culturally sensitive
  • Results-orientated: ability to handle multiple, time-sensitive projects while focusing on the quality of work delivered to clients
  • Committed team player: ability to work effectively on cross-functional and global teams
  • Ability to thrive in a deadline driven and fast paced environment
  • Displays tenacity, a can-do attitude, eager to be involved in new initiatives
  • Good judgement and professional maturity
  • Flexibility to work long hours, including evenings, required

Location and Reporting

  • This is a hybrid in-office/remote role based in our Los Angeles office.
  • This role reports to the Manager of Graduate Recruitment.

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, 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.

If you require assistance and/or accommodation to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email the recruiting contact listed for the relevant position. We will be happy to work with you.

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