Legal Assistant
7 months ago
Osler prides itself on attracting and maintaining some of the brightest talent in the legal arena. Our lawyers, students, management and staff have created a unique firm culture which nurtures mentoring and the exchange of ideas. Osler is a dynamic and exciting place to further your career or carve out a new path.
**Major Responsibilities and Duties**:
- Clerical support such as answering the telephone, e appointments for lawyers, maintaining lawyer’s calendars and reminding lawyers of deadlines; makes travel/accommodation arrangements on behalf of legal professionals, handling of expense claims.
- Duties associated with litigation practices such as assisting counsel with trial preparation; organizing documentation and sending required materials to opposing counsel; maintains book of pleadings; prepares court documents, etc.
- Perform client account administration which includes receiving, reviewing, editing and drafting e-prebills; preparing invoices for review by legal professionals; receiving and preparing accounts for finalization and preparing subsequent correspondence and addressing client inquiries regarding billings; receiving and preparing monthly summary statement of certain client invoices.
- Provide Assistant support as a Floater to other legal areas including Intellectual Property, Employment and Technology Law
- Perform other duties as assigned.
**Position Requirements**:
- Completion of a Community College Secretarial program
- Experience working with Tax Law, Federal Courts, litigation in a professional office or legal environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills required to deal with a variety of internal and external contacts
- Ability to multi-task, organize and manage multiple priorities and respond to requests from a wide range of stakeholders
- Excellent writing skills to effectively draft legal documents
- Ability to learn new technology and adapt to new systems and processes
We thank all applicants for their interest in Osler; however, only chosen applicants will be contacted.
For the safety of firm members and visitors, Osler is committed to complying with the recommendations of public health authorities, including with respect to adopting mandatory vaccination policies. Employment at Osler is therefore conditional on complying with any vaccination policies that Osler may adopt from time to time in response to the recommendations of public health authorities.
Accessibility and Accommodation
Background and Reference Checks
Please note that any offer of employment will be conditional upon background and reference checks, including a criminal record check, credit check, and employment and educational verifications.
If you have the required background with the ability to provide exceptional customer service and wish to work in one of Canada’s leading law firms, please reply in confidence with a cover letter and résumé by the closing date.
No agencies or phone calls please.
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