Legal Recruiter

Summary

NW Recruiting Partners is a boutique search firm seeking a Legal Recruiter to recruit attorneys and legal professionals for law firms and corporate legal teams. The role manages searches from sourcing through placement, develops creative sourcing strategies, engages passive candidates, interviews candidates, and builds long-term relationships while maintaining organized pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Recruit **attorneys, paralegals, legal assistants and other legal professionals**
• Manage searches from initial sourcing through candidate placement
• Research law firms, practice groups and legal markets to identify potential candidates
• Develop creative sourcing strategies for specialized and hard-to-fill legal positions
• Identify and engage passive candidates through LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ and other sourcing platforms
• Interview candidates to understand their experience, practice areas, career goals and motivations
• Build long-term relationships with attorneys and legal professionals
• Partner with leadership to understand each client, position and search strategy
• Maintain organized candidate pipelines and accurate information within the ATS
• Stay active in the market and develop an understanding of law firms, legal talent and hiring trends
• Deliver the responsive, high-touch experience our clients and candidates expect

Skills

• 1–3+ years of recruiting experience, preferably within legal recruiting
• Experience recruiting attorneys and/or other legal professionals strongly preferred
• Agency recruiting or search firm experience is a plus
• Strong experience sourcing and engaging passive candidates
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and internet sourcing tools
• A natural “detective” mentality—you enjoy researching the market and finding the person others cannot
• Confidence communicating with attorneys and other experienced professionals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization, follow-through and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple searches and priorities in a remote environment
• Self-motivation and the ability to keep searches moving without constant direction
• A collaborative, low-ego approach and willingness to contribute wherever needed
• This is a fully remote, U.S.-based position
• Some flexibility to work during Pacific Time business hours will be important
• We are particularly interested in candidates located in the Central and Mountain time zones, although we are open to the right person in other markets

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 1–3+ years of recruiting experience, preferably within legal recruiting
• Experience recruiting attorneys and/or other legal professionals strongly preferred
• Agency recruiting or search firm experience is a plus
• Strong experience sourcing and engaging passive candidates
• Proficiency with LinkedIn Recruiter and internet sourcing tools
• A natural “detective” mentality—you enjoy researching the market and finding the person others cannot
• Confidence communicating with attorneys and other experienced professionals
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organization, follow-through and attention to detail
• Ability to manage multiple searches and priorities in a remote environment
• Self-motivation and the ability to keep searches moving without constant direction
• A collaborative, low-ego approach and willingness to contribute wherever needed
• This is a fully remote, U.S.-based position
• some flexibility to work during Pacific Time business hours will be important

Nice to Haves

• We are particularly interested in candidates located in the Central and Mountain time zones, although we are open to the right person in other markets

Benefits

• Uncapped placement commissions
• 3% company contribution to your 401(k)
• 3 weeks of PTO
• Medical and dental plans available
• Fully remote work environment
• Direct access to experienced recruiters and senior leadership
• Structured training and continued professional development
• Modern recruiting, sourcing and AI tools
• Opportunity to help grow and shape the firm's legal recruiting practice
• A highly visible role where your work directly contributes to the firm's success