Legal Assistant

2 weeks ago


Ottawa, Canada Goldblatt Partners LLP Full time

Goldblatt Partners LLP (formerly Sack Goldblatt Mitchell LLP) is a highly respected law firm distinguished by the excellence of our work. We deliver outstanding legal services in an efficient and cost-effective manner.

For 40 years, we have blazed a trail for working people and trade unions in Ontario. While labour law remains a core practice area, we also have thriving civil litigation and criminal law practices, and represent clients in a broad spectrum of other types of disputes, including public interest, constitutional, human rights and Aboriginal rights litigation, public inquiries and coroners inquests, and professional regulation and discipline matters.

We are looking for a motivated and detail-oriented bilingual Legal Assistant to join our team. The Bilingual Legal Assistant will be primarily responsible for providing clerical and administrative support to two lawyers in a professional, effective and efficient manner in French and English.
- **Responsibilities**:_
- Communicates with principals, peers and clients to schedule appointments, hearings, arbitrations, meetings and coordinates arrangements for attendance requirements;
- Receives all incoming mail and redirects, prioritizes and records deadlines;
- Organizes and expedites the flow of work through the lawyers’ offices;
- Creates, types, formats, reviews and proofreads documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage;
- Assists in the preparation and formatting of legal documents;
- Prepares forms according to general instructions and/or precedents, and accompanying documentation;
- Arranges for proper service and filing of court pleadings;
- Makes travel arrangements, including booking flights, hotels, vehicle rental, etc.;
- Sets up and maintains filing systems, utilizing knowledge of legal records and procedures (including a tickler system);
- Enters dockets into accounting software (French and/or English)
- **Knowledge, Skills and Personal Attributes**:_
- 2+ years administrative experience in a legal setting and/or diploma in legal administration or law clerk program
- Strong set of technical skills which include, but are not limited to, knowledge of Microsft programs, the _Rules of Civil Procedure_, court filing procedures and time limitations;
- Demonstrates competence in proper grammar, spelling and punctuation in French and English;
- Communicates effectively (written and verbal in French and English);
- Strong attention to detail, and excellent proofreading skills in French and English;
- Highly organized;
- Able to prioritize, meet deadlines, multi-task and adapt to frequently and rapidly changing priorities;
- Demonstrates discretion and effectively manages confidential information;
- Effectively works in a team environment or independently, as the situation requires;
- Working knowledge of legal office administration through the completion of an office procedures course, or related experience;
- Working knowledge of Word, AdobePro, Excel, and Outlook, NetDocs, PowerPoint and Tikit;
- Flexible, respectful, honest and trustworthy;
- Demonstrates sound work ethic.

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ottawa, ON K1P 5G8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Ottawa, ON K1P 5G8


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