Director of Attorney Recruiting

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP—one of the world’s leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East—is seeking a Director of Attorney Recruiting, reporting to the Senior Director of Legal Recruiting & Partner Integration.

The Director of Attorney Recruiting will lead the non-partner attorney recruiting strategy, including law student recruiting, lateral associate and counsel hiring, and summer associate programs across all U.S. offices. This role is a key member of the legal recruiting and associate talent leadership teams, responsible for driving innovation, enhancing the candidate experience, and aligning recruitment efforts with the firm’s broader talent goals and growth strategy.

This position can reside in one of the following offices: Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC.  The expectation is that the Director of Attorney Recruiting will work in their assigned office three days per week and remotely two days, with additional in-office time subject to workflow demands.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead, manage, and mentor a team of legal recruiting professionals across all U.S. offices, fostering a collaborative, high performance culture.

• Create and execute the national strategy for law student and lateral associate recruiting, ensuring consistency and excellence across all U.S. offices and representing the firm externally and internally as a highly engaged and visible leader and ambassador for the firm’s recruiting brand.

• Partner closely with firm leadership, practice group leaders, and the associate talent team to anticipate future hiring needs, identify and assess market trends, and develop relevant data-informed hiring plans.

• Serve as a strategic partner to the Senior Director of Legal Recruiting & Partner Integration on strategic initiatives, process improvements, and departmental priorities.

• Collaborate with the senior managers and larger recruiting team to ensure unified execution of firmwide programs and priorities including the planning and execution of an exceptional summer program and effective student recruiting and lateral hiring processes.

• Work with the firmwide hiring partner and manager of law student recruiting to drive national alignment on law school engagement, lead the development of innovative recruiting campaigns and brand recognition efforts as well as create consistent and sound offer decision-making, and onboarding practices.  

• Work with the senior managers to develop and manage the attorney recruiting budget ensuring fiscal responsibility while proposing creative, high impact initiatives. 

• Ensure appropriate and streamlined recruiting policies and processes including offer letter templates and related documents, entry level and lateral hiring and onboarding protocols across jurisdictions.

• Collaborate with the associate talent leadership team including the Directors of Professional Development and Coaching and other key stakeholders to ensure seamless collaboration between recruiting, onboarding, training and development of new associates to the firm.

• Travel to various firm offices, as needed.

Experience and qualifications needed to perform this job successfully:

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 8–10 years of law firm recruiting experience, with at least four to five years in a supervisory capacity

• J.D. or advanced degree preferred.

• Collaborative team player with proven experience managing a geographically dispersed team and leading national-level programs.

• Demonstrates sound judgment, emotional intelligence, and the ability to build trust and credibility with senior stakeholders.

• Exceptional communication, leadership, and organizational skills with the ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.

• Experience exceling in a highly matrixed environment and working across multiple business units and functional teams.

• Commitment to exceptional client service and dedication to high-quality work.

• Ability to take initiative, anticipate needs, and exercise independent, sound judgment to influence decision-making and effectively interface with executive management.

• Ability to work independently as well as manage projects and assignments in a collaborative team environment.

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, ViRecruit, and FloRecruit.

• Experience with Interaction, and knowledge of platforms/website/social media tools and resources including LinkedIn Recruiter, Pirical, or Leopard Solutions is preferred.

• Available and willing to travel and flexibility with work hours, as needed, to meet expectations and deadlines.  Travel is required to represent the firm at various events and to visit U.S. offices as necessary.

Qualified candidates can apply online by visiting our website at www.morganlewis.com and selecting “Careers.”

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For positions in Chicago, IL, the salary range for this position is $167,000.00 - $267,200.00.

For positions in Los Angeles, CA, the salary range for this position is $182,200.00 - $291,475.00.

For positions in New York, NY, and San Francisco, CA, the salary range for this position is $189,800.00 - $303,650.00.

For positions in Washington, D.C., the salary range for this position is $174,600.00 - $279,300.00.

The base salary or hourly wage range for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise, current business needs, and market factors.  The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances.  Additionally, salary or hourly wages may be only part of the total compensation package. The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.  If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and the firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, firm or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value inclusion and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

Pursuant to applicable state and municipal Fair Chance Laws and Ordinances, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP reasonably accommodates applicants and employees who need them to perform the essential functions of the job because of disability, religious belief, or other reason protected by applicable law.  If you believe you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact Talent Acquisition at 888.534.5003 or [email protected]

If hired, your employment relationship with the firm will be on an "at-will" basis, meaning that the firm may modify the terms and conditions of your employment at any time, and that either you or the firm will be free to end the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, although reasonable notice would be expected.