Full Time
$7
40
Sep 17, 2026
Sweet James Law Firm is seeking an experienced International Legal Recruiter to join our growing team. This is a fully remote recruiting position focused on identifying, attracting, screening, and hiring international legal professionals who support our U.S.-based personal injury law firm.
The ideal candidate has significant recruiting experience, extensive international recruiting experience, and a proven track record recruiting legal assistants and legal support professionals for U.S.-based law firms.
Key Responsibilities
-Full-cycle recruitment for international legal assistants and legal support positions.
-Source high-quality candidates through international job boards, recruiting platforms, professional networks, referrals, and other sourcing channels.
-Recruit candidates who are located internationally to support U.S.-based legal operations.
-Conduct candidate outreach, initial screening, interviews, and qualification assessments.
-Evaluate candidates for legal experience, communication skills, English proficiency, professionalism, reliability, and ability to work effectively with U.S.-based teams.
-Maintain an active pipeline of qualified international legal talent for anticipated and immediate openings.
-Manage multiple openings simultaneously and consistently meet recruiting goals and hiring timelines.
-Coordinate interviews and facilitate candidates through the hiring process.
-Maintain accurate recruiting records and provide regular updates on candidate pipelines and hiring activity.
-Help identify recruiting trends, new sourcing channels, and strategies for improving international hiring.
-Partner closely with HR and department leadership to understand staffing needs, job requirements, and ideal candidate profiles.
-Will work under the supervision of Senior HR Generalist and assist to some HR-related tasks
-Represent Sweet James professionally throughout the candidate experience.
Required Qualifications
-Experience recruiting for personal injury law firms or other high-volume litigation practices.
-Existing international recruiting networks and sourcing channels.
-Experience recruiting talent from regions such as Latin America, the Philippines, Eastern Europe, or other international markets.
-Experience recruiting for remote legal support teams.
-Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and modern recruiting platforms.
-Proven experience recruiting internationally for U.S.-based law firms.
-Experience recruiting legal assistants, paralegals, legal support staff, intake specialists, case managers, or similar legal professionals.
-Demonstrated ability to source candidates internationally and build strong candidate pipelines.
-Excellent interviewing and candidate-assessment skills.
-Exceptional written and verbal English communication skills.
-Strong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple open positions and candidates simultaneously.
-Comfortable working independently in a fully remote environment.
-Strong follow-through, attention to detail, and sense of urgency.
-Ability to work effectively with U.S.-based hiring managers and teams.
Note: Please submit your resume and a brief summary of your experience recruiting international legal professionals for U.S.-based law firms. Candidates should specifically highlight the types and volume of legal positions they have successfully filled.
Additionally, please answer the following and include this in your cover letter:
1. Are you willing to be on camera during working hours? (This is required)
2. Do you agree to install ActivTrak monitoring software on your work device?
3. Do you confirm that you currently have no other employment, freelance work, or side engagements and agree to comply with the company’s no dual employment policy?
4. Are you willing to work the graveyard shift? 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM PST (Los Angeles Time)
Submit your resume to
Use the subject line: "Legal Recruiter Applicant from OLJ"