Recruiting Junior Attorneys

A Holistic Approach to Legal Recruiting

Traditional law firm recruiting focuses on a single year of performance at a small number of schools. That approach misses strong candidates, particularly first-generation law students and those from nontraditional backgrounds.

Legal Innovators evaluates the full picture. Drawing on decades of recruiting in the AmLaw 100, our process:

Reviews three full years of law school performance, not just an early snapshot
Looks beyond academics to identify true predictors of long-term success, such as leadership, judgment and grit
Uses writing exercises and problem-solving challenges to see how lawyers will perform in the field

Law School Partnerships

We recruit from top 25 law schools and from strong state, regional, and Historically Black College and University (HBCU) law schools across the country. Our reach is intentionally broad.

Interview Process

We engage candidates on campus throughout the academic year. By the time we make a hiring decision, we know their legal skills, professional judgment, and how they approach a problem, not just how they present on a resume.

Problem Solving

Every candidate works through an anonymized, complex legal problem drawn from an actual case. This gives us a direct look at their analytical thinking and written communication before placement.

Data Analytics

We use data analytics to identify the characteristics that predict success for junior attorneys in Big Law. This makes our process more consistent and more equitable.

References

Our team speaks with professional references and, where relevant, law school faculty to round out our assessment of each candidate.

Recruiting Junior Attorneys

A Holistic Approach to Legal Recruiting

Law School Partnerships

Interview Process

Problem Solving

Data Analytics

References

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