Assistant, Early Careers Legal Recruitment - Americas

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 around 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’s 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’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Position Summary

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

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 for the US Early Careers Legal Recruitment Team on an as-needed basis

Duties and Accountabilities1

• Proven ability to quickly develop relationships with internal and external clients, such as the broader Recruitment team, People team, and colleagues to drive measureable results against strategy
• Excellent interpersonal, organizational, written and verbal communication skills
• Client service oriented and credible
• 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 judgment and professional maturity
• Flexibility to work overtime, including evenings, as required

Education and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• Strong technical skills on the following applications: Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint; knowledge of Applicant Tracking Systems

Location & Reporting

• This is an in-office role based in our Washington, DC office
• This role reports to the Miami Manager of Early Careers Legal Recruitment 

Note to Recruitment Age