Business Immigration Law Clerk

The ideal candidate will be a confident, proactive, highly detail-oriented team player who possesses excellent organizational skills. Working with other law clerks, articling students, lawyers and clients, it is expected that the candidate will have a dedicated role within our Employment & Labour Group on a contract basis, focused on supporting the business immigration needs of our clients' employers and employees into Canada, and be able to manage a high volume of work with tight turnaround times.

Duration of Contract: 14 months

Location: Toronto Office

Key Responsibilities

Assist in all aspects of business immigration engagements and contribute to the delivering of solutions and ideas for our diverse client base, including:

• Liaising with and processing clients' applications, including, collecting documents, organizing documents, completing immigration forms, and preparing supporting documents;

• Timely management of multiple files from beginning to end (i.e. initial document collection and review through to drafting, editing and final submission);

• Detailed analysis of client documents;

• Organization and maintenance of on-going file list;

• Conducting research, as required and staying current with Canadian immigration programs;

• Taking instructions from internal and external clients, obtaining information from immigration authorities, providing status reports and maintaining timely communication with clients and other stakeholders; and

• Liaising with lawyers, students, clients and foreign counsel while providing high-quality, professional service.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• Successful completion of the ILCO Corporate Law Clerk course or a law clerk certificate/diploma (or equivalent) offered by a recognized Ontario educational institution;

• 3-7+ years of business immigration law clerk experience*, including proficiency with Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and LMIA exemption processes;

• Technical proficiency using the entire MS Office Suite; and

• Strong working knowledge of the Canadian business immigration program.

*Experience with permanent residency applications is not required.

Your Attributes/Skills

• Excellent initiative, demonstrates good judgment and attention to detail

• Strong organizational and client-service skills

• High level of integrity and work ethic

• Confident and dependable, works well independently and in a team-oriented atmosphere

• Stays organized and skillfully prioritizes competing demands in a busy environment

• Flexible, easily adapts to different work and communication styles and embraces new technologies

• Superior written and oral communication skills

• Great interpersonal skills and a professional attitude

Please Note:
Our firm has a COVID-19 Vaccination Policy which requires all firm members to be fully vaccinated with a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccine. You will not be asked to disclose your vaccination status during the interview process. If you are offered employment, you will find a vaccination clause in your offer of employment providing that prior to commencing any employment with the Firm, you must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 and provide proof of a Health Canada approved COVID-19 vaccination. The Firm will make reasonable accommodation efforts if you cannot be vaccinated due to medical, religious, or other grounds to the extent protected by applicable human rights legislation.

Stikeman Elliott is committed to accommodating people with disabilities as part of our hiring process. If you have special requirements, please advise Human Resources during the recruitment process.