Lateral Recruiting

A better way to manage lateral attorney recruiting

Manage every prospect, agency submission, interview, and offer in one legal-specific ATS. Give lateral associates, partners, and counsel distinct workflows while keeping candidate history and firmwide reporting connected.

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Graphical representation of a law firm's lateral candidate pipeline in Flo Applicant Tracking

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Law firms use Flo Applicant Tracking

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Law firms use our ATS for lateral

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One system for every lateral hiring path

Lateral associate, counsel, and partner recruiting each require different levels of confidentiality, process, and stakeholder involvement. Flo gives every search its own statuses, templates, permissions, evaluations, and data while connecting candidate history across your firm.

Flo AI

Turn lateral recruiting data into answers in seconds

Available as an add-on to Flo Applicant Tracking, Flo AI turns current and historical hiring data into answers in seconds. Compare agency performance, spot stalled searches, track time to fill, and uncover patterns across offices and practices. Every answer links back to the candidates and activity behind it.

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"Which agencies submit the best partners based on how far candidates make it in our process?"

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“Give me a briefing on every partner candidate currently in process for our corporate practice across offices.”

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"Create a sourcing profile for this lateral role based on similar successful hires."

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Flo AI answering a lateral recruiting question in plain language

Agency Management

Keep candidate ownership clear and reduce fee disputes

Control which agencies and individual recruiters can submit to each search, store fee agreements, and timestamp every submission in one place. AI-powered Duplicate Management flags potential matches and alerts your team before agency-submitted records are merged, so you can review submission history and confirm ownership first.

“Even agencies we work with comment on how easy it is to use Flo. Being able to track submissions and customize permissions at every level has truly streamlined the process.”

— Kelly Capozzi, Firmwide Legal Recruiter, Bond Schoeneck

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Agency submission management in Flo Applicant Tracking

Offer Management

Take every lateral search from first touch through offer

Capture offer and decision details, including offer date, expiration date, decision date, start date, and salary, alongside the rest of the candidate record. Send offer letters as email attachments directly from the candidate workflow, keeping every communication and document connected to the search. Then report on offer activity and outcomes or ask Flo AI questions using the same data.

“…from casual conversations to the formal application to interviews and all the way through offer. All of our notes are logged and documented in Flo.”

— Kyisha Dixon, Director of Attorney Development & Recruiting, Hoge Fenton

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Offer letter attached to a candidate email in Flo Applicant Tracking

Live Reporting

Answer partner questions without waiting on IT

Build live reports across searches, offices, practice groups, sources, and stages using the data your firm already tracks. Compare agency performance, uncover bottlenecks, monitor time to offer and hire, and share saved views that stay current as candidates move through the process.

“The data analytics and reporting features are invaluable for both partner and lateral associate hiring. We will be using conversion reporting, status reporting, and tracking 'time-to-fill' to measure our success."

— Jaimee Slovak, Chief Recruiting & Integration Officer, Winstead

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Live conversion reporting in Flo Applicant Tracking

built-in candidate crm

See every interaction before you make the next move

Every candidate’s applications, agency submissions, interview feedback, documents, notes, communications, and status history stay connected in one searchable profile. Understand past relationships at a glance, resurface qualified candidates, and move them into a new search without rebuilding their record.

“Improved accuracy and efficiency in record-keeping and the ability to track historical interactions with candidates have been significant.”

— Lauren Brown, Director of Recruiting & PD, AGG

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Live candidate status report in Flo Applicant Tracking