Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago


Edmonton, Canada Field Law Full time

Location:

- Edmonton,Calgary,Yellowknife
- Closing Date:

- Practice Area:
**A Little About Us**:
Field Law is an established western and northern regional business law firm and listed as one of the largest firms in Canada with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, and Yellowknife. More than 120 lawyers and 180 support members work collaboratively to provide a wide variety of legal services to both businesses and institutions.

Field Law has a strong history dating back to 1915. Consequently, our firm values are a significant part of who we are and how we work to strengthen those values by hiring individuals who display Integrity, Professional Excellence, and Collegiality.

We are proud of the firm we have built and have many long-standing lawyers and support who have been happy to call Field home for years. Health and wellness, a safe workplace and diversity, equity and inclusion are important to Field, and we ensure there are many activities and resources available in these areas.

**The Opportunity**:
We have an opening for a legal assistant to join our corporate team. _This position can be based out of any one of our three Field offices but will support the Yellowknife partner. Note that there will be occasional travel to Yellowknife._

The position is full-time and based on a 35-hour work week and currently offers a hybrid arrangement.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Use various software to prepare correspondence and legal documents in support of corporate transactions
- Schedule appointments, questionings, and meetings, and handle all administrative and business details
- If not located in Yellowknife, correspond with Yellowknife office colleagues to create, and update paper files and print to Yellowknife printers
- Transcribe correspondence and legal documents from digital recordings or handwritten notes
- Manage lawyers’ diary and update electronic calendar
- Review and proofread outgoing documents to ensure they are correct and comply with legal procedures
- Check for conflicts and submit file opening requests
- Assist paralegals and lawyers from other office with notarizing, filing, searches, disbursements, etc.
- Access and use online legal resources
- Handle routine accounting procedures: billing, cheque deposits/requests, time entry, etc.
- Maintain client contact lists
- Arrange for lunches for marketing meetings with clients and/or Field lawyers
- Other tasks as advised by the Yellowknife managing partner

**Who You Are**:

- You bring:_
- Minimum of 5 years of legal assistant experience
- Graduate of a 2- year Legal Assistant Diploma program
- Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Acumin and Worldox knowledge considered assets
- A desire to learn other software packages

**What Field Law Can Offer You**:

- Competitive compensation
- Collegial and collaborative environment
- Support, Feedback and Mentorship
- Health, Wellness and Social activities
- Growth

Does this sound like the role for you and are you excited about
becoming a Fielder? If you answered yes to both, we invite you to submit your resume to:

- We appreciate your interest in Field, however only qualified applicants will be notified._

Field Law is also a member of SCG Legal.


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