Legal Recruiter

Next Level Exchange•Solon, OH

16d•Remote

About The Position

DRI is looking for an experienced, relationship-focused recruiter to join our Legal Solutions Group. This is an opportunity for someone who already understands legal recruiting and enjoys the candidate side of search - sourcing, outreach, relationship building, and helping legal professionals navigate the right career move. Legal recruiting is relationship-driven and highly proactive. Your day will include identifying legal talent, making outbound calls, building relationships with passive candidates, learning what motivates them, managing follow-up, and partnering closely with the Practice Leader to move searches from kickoff through placement.

Requirements

Legal experience/knowledge required.
Ideally 1+ years of recruiting experience; agency/search experience preferred, but strong in-house or law-firm recruiting backgrounds will be considered.
Comfortable with proactive, phone-driven recruiting and reaching out to passive candidates.
Organized and consistent, with the ability to manage multiple searches and follow-up without losing momentum.
Polished, professional, and relationship-focused when communicating with attorneys, partners, legal leaders, and clients.
Motivated by performance, commission upside, and the opportunity to build within an established legal practice.
Ohio or Midwest location preferred

Responsibilities

Identify and engage attorneys and legal professionals through outbound calling, sourcing, networking, referrals, email, and targeted outreach.
Build trusted relationships with legal professionals, understand their career goals, and connect them with opportunities that make sense.
Own the candidate-side execution of active searches, including pipelines, priorities, follow-up, interview coordination, and search timelines.
Continue building your network and knowledge across law firms, corporate legal departments, and the broader legal market.
Take on account management and client interaction based on your experience and interests.