Staff Lawyer

3 weeks ago

Toronto, Canada Legal Aid Ontario Full time

Union: The Society
- Job Number: J0323-0478
- Job Title: Staff Lawyer - Central Roster Management (12 months)
- Job Type: Contract
- Contract Duration: 12 months
- City, Province, Country: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Job Location: Toronto
- Job Category: Legal
- Job Classification: SL
- Role Designation:- Open Positions: 1
- Posting Date: March 10, 2023
- Closing Date: March 24, 2023
- Salary: $83,343.00 - $142,422.00/Year

Legal Aid Ontario employees are committed to making a difference in the lives of our clients.

As an integral partner in the Justice system, working at Legal Aid Ontario is more than just a job. It's an opportunity to help people who need it the most; to ensure each client receives the access to justice afforded to them under the law.

If you are looking for a new challenge in your already meaningful career with a team dedicated to justice, and innovation in a flexible and supportive work environment consider this opportunity below.

**Primary function**:

- To provide legal services in the areas of administrative law, and professional regulation to carry out LAO’s statutory powers under the Legal Aid Services Act, 2020 and its rules applicable to LAO’s Lawyer Roster.
- Roster Management Staff Lawyers are responsible for working with LAO’s District Offices to oversee LAO’s roster of third-party independent service providers. This oversight includes:
- providing legal opinions and recommending courses of action to internal LAO staff to resolve issues
- legal research and analysis to identify issues and determine courses of action
- drafting correspondence, memoranda and administrative law pleadings further to LAO’s legislation, and rules
- writing notices of suspension from the roster, or roster refusal and removal
- reviewing information relating to complaints, audits, or investigations regarding lawyer service-providers, and assessing any potential risks to clients or LAO,
- identifying areas for improvement in LAO’s processes and policies relating to management of its roster and quality of service provided to LAO clients
- chairing inter-departmental meetings including LAO’s Compliance Departments;
The Roster Management staff lawyer will be responsible for a high-volume of roster management files at any given time. This position also includes ensuring data tracking, file management, and policy review and drafting.
- This position will appeal to a lawyer with experience in administrative law, professional regulation, and legal research and writing. This position requires significant knowledge of LASA, 2020, and Roster Management process, and will require a lawyer who can effectively navigate and manage multiple competing priorities, and an often intensive workload involving detailed reading, writing, and correspondence. Effective time-management is essential in this role.
- Home Location: Provincial Office, Toronto
- Secondary Location: Not applicable
- Reports to: Director, Roster Management Dept.**Key accountabilities**:

- Drafting legal correspondence, notices of suspension, notices of refusal to enrol on the roster, notices of roster removal, and other materials further to LAO’s legislation, rules, or policies.
- Oversight of approximately 1200 legal aid roster members, including carriage of a high-volume roster management files at any given time
- Identify and assess risk, and formulate strategies and approaches to addressing issues with roster management files as they arise;
- Reviewing and providing direction to management and advice on reports from LAO’s Compliance Departments
- Facilitating knowledge-sharing and best practices among staff offices
- File management, including developing and maintaining repository of correspondence, pleadings for roster membership proceedings or related litigation, and other relevant materials including use of computer technology and data input for statistics measurements in a timely manner
- Data tracking, including reviewing and assessing data from LAO’s annual lawyer self-report, and tracking data on roster member issues and resignations.
- Supporting District Offices including providing research and analysis on roster management inquiries from various LAO local staff.
- Ensuring a high quality of legal work in a cost effective manner
- Assistance with other special projects as they arise, including providing input and research on new policies or procedures, and new area of law standards.
- Keep abreast with and where necessary providing research and analysis on matters before the Law Society Tribunal.
- Punctual attendance to perform daily duties
- Facilitating knowledge-sharing and best practices among staff offices
- Perform other duties and administrative tasks as assigned and remain adaptable and flexible in a changing environment.

**Required skills & experience**:

- Lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario
- Fluency in French, including ability to draft legal materials in French would be an asset.
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