Legal Sector Applicant Tracking System

Reach ATS supports entirely separate workflows for different hiring streams, so a graduate intake, a lateral associate hire, and a senior appointment can all run at the same time without one process interfering with another. Each stream has its own application stages, communications, and approval chain configured around what that role requires.

Graduate and trainee recruitment in law involves high volumes, structured assessment stages, and a longer hiring timeline than most roles. Reach ATS handles the volume efficiently through AI-assisted screening, intelligent interviews and bulk candidate management, while keeping the process structured and consistent throughout. Talent pooling means candidates can be tracked ahead of their qualification date and engaged at the right time.

Reference requests can be triggered automatically at the appropriate stage of the hiring workflow, with every request, response, and outcome logged against the candidate record. For legal organisations where reference compliance is a formal requirement rather than a formality, that audit trail is already built in.

Access permissions in Reach ATS can be configured so that sensitive searches are only visible to the people who need to be involved. Hiring activity for a senior appointment can be kept entirely separate from the wider recruitment pipeline, with notifications and visibility controlled throughout.

Reach ATS supports blind screening by redacting identifying information from CVs before they reach the hiring manager. The full candidate record is retained in the system throughout, so nothing is lost. The hiring manager simply reviews without the details that can introduce unconscious bias at the shortlisting stage. Combined with structured candidate scorecards and consistent evaluation criteria, it creates a more defensible and equitable process.

Reach ATS gives legal hiring teams the data to track where candidates are coming from, where drop-off is happening, and how diversity looks at each stage of the pipeline. That visibility makes it possible to act on the numbers rather than rely on assumptions about where the gaps are.

Yes. Reach ATS connects with third-party systems via API, including HRIS platforms, e-signature tools, and Microsoft Teams. Job postings can be distributed directly to legal and graduate job boards from within the system, without managing each one separately.