Robert Half is seeking a LEGAL RECRUITER to support our client - a multinational information analytics and publishing company, with a specific focus on legal. This role involves identifying experts in specific practice areas, vetting their experience, and onboarding them for content legal authoring.
Project information:
- Start: March 2025
- Duration: 12 months / 1 year with possibility of extension
- Pay: $25/hour
- Location: Remote
- Hours: 40 hours per week
Responsibilities include:
· Working with secondary content teams to understand recruiting needs
· Recruit expert authors to write legal treatises.
· Recruiting for several different practice areas for both federal and jurisdictional titles.
· Email and call potential candidates (including following-up)
· Compile author candidate pool through online research and/or professional network and also utilizing Artificial Intelligence where appropriate.
Requirements:
• Bachelor's degree / J.D. (Law Degree) a major plus.
• Minimum of two (2) years of true, legal recruiting experience
• Ability to work collaboratively across practice areas and topics
• Ability to network proficiently amongst attorneys and academics
REQUIRED / IDEAL SKILLSET
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· Ability to work remotely on a contract basis (40+ hours a week)
· Legal Knowledge: Understanding of legal principles, terminology, and research methods.
· Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with practicing attorneys, professors and other attorneys identified as potential author candidates.
· Need to communicate high level contract terms to be further negotiated.
· Writing Proficiency: Excellent written communication skills, including the ability to write in a clear, concise, and persuasive style.
· Recruitment Expertise: Experience in sourcing, interviewing, and evaluating candidates for writing positions.