Teams at Sidley Austin LLP

Supports the Partner Recruiting Director in managing lateral partner recruiting activities, candidate and recruiter relationships, stakeholder communications, policy compliance, onboarding, and process improvements. Supervises and mentors the recruiting team, serves as a backup to the Director, and ensures recruiting processes follow firm policies and ethics rules. The role requires strong organization, discretion, communication, judgment, and the ability to manage competing priorities under pressure.

Provides administrative and coordination support for law student recruiting, summer associate programs, recruiting events, interviews, hiring decisions, onboarding, evaluations, databases, records, surveys, reimbursements, and office tours. Maintains recruiting materials and systems, supports associate engagement, and collaborates across firm departments while managing competing deadlines and confidential information.

Supports legal recruiting operations for the New York office, including summer associate program planning, law student recruiting, application processing, interview scheduling, onboarding, events, reviews, database maintenance, and candidate engagement. Requires collaboration with recruiting teams and firm departments, strong organization, discretion, communication, and the ability to manage competing deadlines during busy recruiting periods.