Legal Sourcer

About The Lateral Edge

The Lateral Edge is a boutique legal recruiting firm in New York that places lateral attorneys with Am Law 100 and 200 firms and top litigation boutiques in major US markets like New York, D.C., Chicago, Texas and California.

Founder Rhea Bagaria is a former litigator who became the top recruiter at LHH, one of the largest recruiting agencies, before launching her own firm. She's building a high-touch boutique: careful hiring, clear processes and real partnership with candidates and firms. As the firm moves into partner placements, this role is the foundation of its growth.

The role

As the Legal Recruiting Sourcer, you'll build the pipeline that fills Rhea's calendar with the right attorneys. You prepare the lists, outreach and campaigns, and Rhea takes it from there on the phone. It's the first hire outside the founding team, so you'll work directly with Rhea and help shape how sourcing is done as the firm grows.

What you'll do

• Build accurate, targeted attorney lists using Boolean search in Firm Prospects and LinkedIn Recruiter, and verify each attorney against their firm's bio.
• Draft email and InMail outreach with Claude, check it against the firm's writing standard, and build the campaigns in SourceWhale.
• Re-engage Rhea's network of 12,000+ LinkedIn connections with personal, one-on-one messages. Build targeted call lists for specific roles, posted and unposted.
• Research firms and spot unposted roles and market signals.
• Flag every candidate reply to Rhea within two hours so she can call them quickly.
• Keep Crelate up to date and report your outreach numbers each week.

This role is about precision. You'll follow clear written processes, and Rhea handles all conversations with candidates and firms. It suits someone who takes pride in getting the details right and wants to become an expert at sourcing for the top of the legal market.

Who we're looking for

Must-haves

• Prior sourcing experience, ideally in legal recruiting
• Extremely high accuracy and attention to detail. You'd rather say "I'm not sure" than guess.
• Strong written English and reading comprehension Comfort with Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter and spreadsheets
• Ability to work well with Claude and otherAI tools, and to check and own the output
• Discipline with a CRM orATS and keeping data clean
• Comfort following written processes exactly
• Driven by results, ambitious and with a clear interest in growing with the company

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with SourceWhale or similar outreach tools
• Experience with Crelate or a similar ATS
• Experience using AI to improve research and sourcing

Tools you'll use

Firm Prospects, LinkedIn and LinkedIn Recruiter, SourceWhale, Crelate, Claude, Outlook and Loom. You'll get two weeks of dedicated training at the start, so experience with every tool isn't required.

Compensation and benefits

Base salary: $1,000 to $1,400 USD per month

Commission: $500 per placement from candidates you source, increasing as the commission you bring in grows

Medical stipend: $100 USD per month

Time off: 3 weeks of PTO plus US holidays

Schedule: 100% remote, full time, during US Eastern business hours

At the top of the market, placement fees are high, so strong sourcing pays off for everyone. Rhea is committed to taking care of her team and plan to add more performance incentives as the role develops.