- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: Bilingual
- Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Education: Bachelor's degree
- Experience: Experience an asset
- Law (LLB, JD, BCL)
Work site environment
- Non-smoking
- Air conditioned
Work setting
- Private practice
- Legal firm
Tasks
- Advise clients of their legal rights and all matters related to law
- Plead clients' cases before courts of law, tribunals and boards (lawyers only)
- Draw up legal documents and prepare statements of legal opinion
- Administer oaths and take affidavits and depositions
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Research records, court files and other legal documents
- Plan and maintain production schedules
- Perform front desk duties
- Manage routine office functions including reception, telephone and booking appointments
- Maintain filing system
- Invoice clients
- Notify debtors of overdue accounts and payments
- Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
- Draft legal correspondence
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
Computer and technology knowledge
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- MS Word
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- Legal software applications
- Electronic mail
Work conditions and physical capabilities
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Interpersonal awareness
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Values and ethics
Screening questions
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you currently a student?
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- What is the highest level of study you have completed?
Health benefits
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
Financial benefits
- Commission
- Group insurance benefits
- Life insurance
- Piece work
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
Long term benefits
Other benefits
- Learning/training paid by employer
