Immigration Legal Assistant
1 month ago
Siskinds LLP is a leading law firm located in Southwestern Ontario. We are a team of over 240 lawyers and staff covering personal legal services, business law, personal injury law, and class actions law as well as over 25 specialized practice areas. We help clients make the right legal choices, manage their legal affairs, and resolve complicated matters. Our culture and working style strive to make our clients’ experiences comfortable, reassuring, and productive while delivering excellence in the services we provide.
Immigration Legal Assistant
- Contract
Who are we looking for?
We are currently seeking a Legal Assistant. This is a temporary position only - of unknown duration - to fill an existing leave in the Immigration Law department. This position will require you to provide administrative support to the Immigration Law department.
- Post-secondary education (Legal Assistant/Law Clerk/Paralegal)
- 2-5 years’ experience supporting a law practice
- Above average interpersonal skills
- Strong organizational skills with the ability to be proactive and follow through.
- Superior communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Detail-oriented
- Ability to multi-task, prioritize, and work to deadlines
- Strong drafting skills
- Strong client service skills, and finally
- Above average keyboarding/computer skills (primarily Word, Adobe and Outlook)
General tasks
- Opening/Closing files
- Organizing and maintaining files
- Communication with clients
- Administrative tasks
- Research
Additional Tasks
- Drafting retainer agreements
- Drafting immigration forms
- Submitting written court records requests and following up on requests
- Monthly billings and expense submissions
Personal qualities are as important as professional qualifications when working with this team. You must be a team-player, reliable, empathetic to the situations of others, and able to maintain a positive outlook. Interacting with all levels of the firm, you possess a high level of tact and integrity when dealing with exposure to confidential information. You have the ability to multi-task through multiple interruptions in our fast-paced practice but maintain self-motivation during off-peak times.
**Contact Information**:
Siskinds, London Head Office
**Attention**: Human Resources, 275 Dundas Street, Unit 1 London Ontario N6A 3V8
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