Resume screening software for law firms
Resume screening software built for law firms hiring paralegals and legal staff
Truffle is candidate screening software that combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments in one workflow, built for the managing partner or office manager screening paralegals and legal assistants without a recruiter. AI scores every resume against the criteria you set with the reasoning attached. You still make every call.
7 days · 30 credits · no card required
You post a paralegal role and the resumes flood your inbox by morning
Your firm runs on a handful of people. There's no recruiter to hand the pile to, and a resume full of legal buzzwords can't tell you who actually knows your case management system.
You're billing hours, not reading forty resumes
Post a paralegal or legal assistant opening and the applications pile up by morning, most from people who've never touched a case management system. You're the managing partner or office manager, and reading through it falls on whatever time is left after client work.
Legal-sounding resumes are easy to fake
Anyone can list "litigation support" or "trial preparation." You won't know if a candidate has actually filed in your jurisdiction's e-filing system, or just knows the words that get past a skim, until they're already on the file.
A bad paralegal hire is a risk you feel fast
On a team of ten, one paralegal who misses a filing deadline or mishandles a client call is a problem you catch too late. There's no recruiter or HR department to hand this to, and no budget for a staffing agency on every req.
Three screening methods. One workflow. You design the process.
Screen for the case type and systems a role needs, see how a candidate actually communicates, and add an assessment when you want more to go on. You choose what applies per role.
Cut resumes that don't have litigation or transactional experience
Upload resumes from Indeed or your firm's careers page, one at a time or in bulk. Qualification Questions flag who has the case type, e-filing system, or case management software experience your role needs, and Truffle ranks the rest against your requirements.
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REC 0:42 See how a candidate communicates before you meet them
Ask how they'd handle a tight filing deadline or an upset client on the phone, and candidates record their answer from any device, no app, no scheduling. Attorney hiring stays more relationship-driven, so for those roles you can skip video and lean on resumes and a conversation instead.
Add evidence a resume and interview can't give you
Personality, Situational Judgment, and Environment Fit surface work style and judgment under real scenarios, like a missed deadline or a stressed client. No universal right answer, alignment is measured against your criteria, and gaps become questions for the interview.
Loop in a partner or office manager without paying per seat
Bring in whoever helps you decide, a partner, the office manager, a senior paralegal. Structured scorecards and notes come standard, and unlimited team members are included on every plan.
What no job board or staffing agency does for you
Most firms are stuck between reading every resume between client work and a staffing fee that eats into a paralegal's first-year pay. Here's what changes with a screening layer built for this.
Reading every resume yourself between billable work
Truffle reads and ranks every resume against the case type, e-filing system, and experience you set for the role. You open a shortlist, not a stack of resumes that all claim to be "detail-oriented."
A staffing agency fee that eats into a paralegal's pay
A staffing agency placement fee can run a fifth of a paralegal's first-year salary, and most agencies don't want a single legal-assistant req. Truffle is self-serve from $49/month, no contract, no sales call.
An ATS that stores applications but doesn't screen them
Most small firms don't have an ATS at all, and the ones that do just file resumes. Truffle scores every candidate against your criteria, with the reasoning behind every score.
One resume and a single interview tell you less than you think
A jargon-heavy resume and one conversation are easy to get wrong on a small team. Stack a one-way interview and an assessment on top of the resume read, and the evidence compounds before you decide.
Everything included for screening law firm hires
One flat price, every feature, every screening method. No per-seat fees, no quote process, nothing sized for a firm ten times your size.
Screen for what the role needs
- Qualification Questions flag case type, e-filing system, or software experience upfront
- Resume review reads work history and claimed experience against your role
- Candidate Profiles put resume, qualifications, and video in one view
- Candidate Filtering by match score, status, or date applied
See how they show up
- One-way video interviews with AI-suggested, role-specific questions
- Response Configuration controls thinking time, retakes, and length
- Candidate Shorts: 30-second highlights so you're not watching full recordings
- Position Link works on job boards, your careers page, or a direct email
Go beyond the resume
- Talent Assessments: Personality, Situational Judgment, Environment Fit
- Match Percentage Scoring against the criteria you define, with reasoning shown
- AI Summaries orient you before you open a candidate's profile
- Question-Level Evaluation shows what each response revealed
Built for a small team
- Unlimited positions and team members on every plan
- Magic Review: keyboard shortcuts to move through your pile in one sitting
- Candidate Sharing: read-only links for a partner or office manager, no account needed
- Plans from $49/month, credit-based, credits roll over
Resume screening for law firms, answered
What is resume screening software for law firms?
It's software that reads and ranks candidates for your paralegal, legal assistant, or associate openings, so you're not the one reading every resume between billable hours. <a href="/">Truffle</a> combines resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments in one workflow, built for a managing partner or office manager hiring without a recruiter.
How does AI resume screening work for a legal role?
You set the criteria once: litigation or transactional experience, e-filing familiarity, years in a specific case management system. Truffle reads each resume against it and gives every candidate a High, Mid, or Low match, with the reasoning shown. It reads for meaning, not keywords.
Is this better than keyword-based ATS screening for legal resumes?
Legal resumes are full of terms that are easy to repeat and hard to verify: "litigation support," "trial preparation," "contract review." Keyword screening rewards whoever listed the right words. Truffle scores on what the resume actually shows, with the line behind every score.
Does Truffle reject candidates automatically?
No. Truffle flags and ranks, but every advance and every pass is your decision. Candidates below your threshold still show up for review, so a paralegal candidate close to your bar doesn't disappear.
Is AI resume screening fair and auditable for a law firm?
The same criteria run on every candidate, and the reasoning behind each score is logged, so you can show exactly how any decision was made. Truffle isn't a compliance product and doesn't certify you against any specific law or bar rule, so confirm your own requirements. But a consistent, explainable read beats a six-second skim between client calls.
How many resumes can Truffle handle for a posted paralegal or legal assistant role?
Hundreds. Upload the pile or share your Position Link, then move through the ranked shortlist in Magic Review with single keystrokes. Most firms clear a busy posting faster than they used to get through a dozen resumes by hand.
What file formats and sources does Truffle accept?
PDF and DOCX. Resumes come in through your Position Link, direct upload, or a bulk CSV, one at a time or all at once.
Does resume screening integrate with an ATS?
Most firms this size don't have an ATS and don't need one for this. Share your Position Link on your job boards or careers page, and Truffle handles the screening layer on its own. If you do run an ATS, Truffle connects through Zapier, a REST API, or webhooks.
Can I use resume screening on its own, without video interviews or assessments?
Yes. Each method stands alone and you choose what applies per role. Many firms start with resume screening for paralegal and legal assistant volume, then add a one-way interview or assessment when they want more to go on.
Can I screen for litigation versus transactional experience?
Yes. Set it as a Qualification Question or a scoring criterion, and Truffle reads each resume's actual work history against it, not just whether the word "litigation" appears somewhere on the page.
Can I screen paralegals for e-filing or case-management-system experience?
Yes. Name the specific system, your county's e-filing portal, PACER, Clio, whatever your firm runs on, and Truffle checks claimed experience against it and flags who meets the bar you set.
Does this replace checking bar admission or running a background check?
No. Truffle reads what a resume claims and lets you ask Qualification Questions about license or bar status upfront, but it isn't a bar-verification or background-check service. Confirming bar admission and running any background check stays your firm's own process.
What does Truffle cost for a small law firm?
Plans start at $49/month (Starter), credit-based: a resume screened is 1 credit, an assessed candidate is 2, a completed one-way interview is 5, all from one shared monthly pool. Every feature is on every plan and credits roll over. See <a href="/pricing">pricing</a> for exact plans and roughly how many roles each covers. 7-day free trial, 30 credits, no card.
Screen your next paralegal hire without reading every resume yourself
Resume screening, one-way video interviews, and talent assessments on one platform. Use any one on its own. Stack all three when the role warrants it.
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