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$41,500-52,000
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• General administrative and clerical duties, from answering phones to filing and making copies
• Maintaining calendars, scheduling appointments, and completing documents
• Preparing, drafting, editing, and distributing legal documents and correspondence
• Communicating with clients, opposing counsel, other parties and court officials
• Assisting with billing and accounting services
• Establishing and maintaining client relationships
• Establishing, implementing, and improving existing workflows and administrative procedures
• Supporting other legal professionals with research, if required
• Performing general office administrative tasks
• Entering lawyers time and expenses
• Managing client files, from opening to closing and assisting with storage of closed files
• Creating and maintaining an efficient bring-forward system
• Assisting with management of email inbox of supervising lawyer and ensure swift correspondence
• Entering data and maintaining accuracy of legal management database, Cosmolex
• Other duties as requested
Benefits
Dental care
Extended health care
Employee Assistance Provider
Vision care
Paid time off
Continuing Legal Education opportunities
• Maintaining calendars, scheduling appointments, and completing documents
• Preparing, drafting, editing, and distributing legal documents and correspondence
• Communicating with clients, opposing counsel, other parties and court officials
• Assisting with billing and accounting services
• Establishing and maintaining client relationships
• Establishing, implementing, and improving existing workflows and administrative procedures
• Supporting other legal professionals with research, if required
• Performing general office administrative tasks
• Entering lawyers time and expenses
• Managing client files, from opening to closing and assisting with storage of closed files
• Creating and maintaining an efficient bring-forward system
• Assisting with management of email inbox of supervising lawyer and ensure swift correspondence
• Entering data and maintaining accuracy of legal management database, Cosmolex
• Other duties as requested
Benefits
Dental care
Extended health care
Employee Assistance Provider
Vision care
Paid time off
Continuing Legal Education opportunities
Qualifications & Experience
You are resourceful, conscientious, and ready to pitch in. This position is a permanent position in our growing Business Law department. Some legal experience is required.
- 1-3 years of administrative experience
- Legal Administrative Assistant certificate or similar, preferred
- Interpersonal skills for communication with clients, lawyers, other legal support staff, and other professional offices
- Clear and concise written skills to ensure efficient and accurate communication
- Strong values of honesty, transparency, and ethics
- Attention to detail for reviewing important documentation
- Legal knowledge and understanding
- Ability to work independently and with others as required
- Intermediate in Microsoft Office suite
- Intermediate with legal management software, such as Cosmolex, would be an asset
- 1-3 years of administrative experience
- Legal Administrative Assistant certificate or similar, preferred
- Interpersonal skills for communication with clients, lawyers, other legal support staff, and other professional offices
- Clear and concise written skills to ensure efficient and accurate communication
- Strong values of honesty, transparency, and ethics
- Attention to detail for reviewing important documentation
- Legal knowledge and understanding
- Ability to work independently and with others as required
- Intermediate in Microsoft Office suite
- Intermediate with legal management software, such as Cosmolex, would be an asset