Summary
The Assistant – Legal Recruiting and Learning & Development will assist the Legal Recruiting and Learning & Development team (part of the Firm’s Legal Talent Office) with the full life cycle of legal recruitment and educational programs, along with providing support to LTO personnel on various administrative matters as needed.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.
Training Programs and Practice Group Meetings: Assist in executing Firm’s educational programs, including summer associate training, orientation programs, S&C Academy programs, training for lawyers at all levels, practice group meetings, and client trainings. Coordinate logistics, including managing invitations and evaluations, copying and distributing training materials and interfacing with subject matter experts and relevant internal departments, such as conference services, library, media, etc. across all Firm offices. Assist attorneys with access to various training resources and processing of reimbursements related to training programs.
CLE Compliance : Attend programs and assist with procedures for CLE-eligible training programs and practice group meetings, including gaining a working understanding of NY CLE rules, monitoring attendance sheets, preparing remote participation codes, taking timed agendas, and processing paperwork for both internal and external CLE programs. Assist with attorney compliance and registration reminders and updating of web-based department resources such as the R&D webpage, training calendar and library of training materials and recordings. Assist with creating and submitting applications for CLE credits in jurisdictions outside of NY for training programs.
Legal Recruiting: Support LTO with all aspects of law student recruitment, including creating candidate e-books and electronic OCI binders, meeting and greeting candidates, entering and tracking data in candidate database, preparing candidate correspondence, and assisting with offer candidate outreach and events. Assist with outreach to student organizations, including coordinating programs and tracking sponsorship activities. Support all aspects of the Firm’s summer associate program, including assisting with onboarding and orientation, coordinating and staffing events, assisting with the summer associate evaluation process, scheduling meetings and programs, creating name tags and invitations, coordinating event RSVPs, and other administrative duties as needed. Provide general administrative support to the LTO – including data entry in PeopleSoft and maintaining new hire files – and other duties as needed.
Qualifications
Candidate must be highly organized, detail-oriented, energetic, and motivated. Must have strong writing skills and be a careful proofreader. They must possess superior written and verbal skills and should be able to communicate effectively with all levels of personnel, including senior lawyers. Must be able to juggle multiple tasks with competing tight deadlines. High proficiency in Microsoft Suite (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint); knowledge of Micron, viDesktop or equivalent LMS preferred.
Education and/or Experience
B.A. required. Experience working at a law firm or similarly fast-paced professional services environment preferred.
Work Environment
The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Hours
Monday through Friday, 9:30 am – 5:30 pm (occasional weekend and evening work may be required)
The base salary range offered for this role will be $55,000 - $65,000. When determining a candidate’s compensation offer, elements unique to each person are taken into consideration including but not limited to skill set, experience level, performance, professional certifications, degrees and location, as well as the needs of the Firm.
The total compensation package for this position may include overtime pay, discretionary bonuses and other benefits. For a more comprehensive list of employee benefits, please visit www.sullcrom.com/employee-benefits .
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