Litigation Legal Assistant
1 week ago
Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: Experience an asset
- or equivalent experience
- ** Work setting**:
- Relocation costs not covered by employer
- Litigation
- ** Tasks**:
- Coordinate the flow of information
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Train staff
- Maintain filing system
- Record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
- Draft legal correspondence
- ** Supervision**:
- No supervision responsibility
- ** Computer and technology knowledge**:
- PCLaw in the Cloud
- MS Word
- MS Office
- Electronic mail
- MS Excel
- MS Outlook
- MS PowerPoint
- MS Windows
- Adobe Acrobat Reader
- ** Area of work experience**:
- Correspondence
- Invoices
- Civil litigation
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- ** Personal suitability**:
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Organized
- Reliability
- ** Screening questions**:
- Are you available for the advertised start date?
- Are you willing to relocate for this position?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
- ** Health benefits**:
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
- ** Financial benefits**:
- Life insurance
- Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)
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