Top-Quality, Vetted Legal Professionals → Hand-Delivered to Your Inbox
When you need to make a lasting hire, pair MLA's Hire an Esquire platform with dedicated recruiter support. Our team helps you source, screen, and place permanent attorneys, paralegals, and legal professionals who fit your practice and culture.
How the permanent search process works
- Share your hiring goals. Tell us about the role, practice area, experience level, location, and what success looks like on your team.
- Partner with a recruiter. Your recruiter builds a targeted search strategy and sources candidates from our network and beyond.
- Review curated shortlists. Receive screened candidates with context on fit, so interviews stay focused and productive.
- Make your permanent hire. Move from offer through onboarding with support designed for lasting placements—not just fill-the-seat staffing.
Platform power, recruiter precision
Self-serve hiring works well for many contract and freelance needs. For mission-critical permanent roles, recruiter-supported search adds hands-on sourcing, candidate nurturing, and coordination—while still leveraging Hire an Esquire’s matching tools, Fit Scores, and vetted talent pool.
Whether you are filling an associate seat, expanding a practice group, or hiring legal support for an in-house team, we help you find professionals who are ready to stay and contribute.
Ideal for permanent legal hiring needs
- Full-time attorney and counsel placements
- Paralegal and legal operations hires
- Practice-area expansion and bench-building
- In-house legal department growth
- Roles where culture fit and longevity matter as much as credentials
