LEGAL ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT – FLOATER RESOURCE TEAM

If you’re looking for a challenge and a chance to grow your career alongside the best and brightest in the industry, you’ll find it here. We are currently seeking a junior or intermediate Legal Administrative Assistant to join our Floater Resource Team. The position provides an opportunity to work with a vibrant and team-oriented group of people. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 2 years’ experience working in a Canadian law firm, be energetic, flexible, highly motivated and driven to succeed.

WHO WE ARE + HOW WE WORK

We are a dynamic and diverse group of highly skilled people working together to deliver excellent service to our clients. When you join our firm, you join a culture of excellence, collaboration, camaraderie and respect. We’re a great place to grow your career. Our core values focus on developing a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace that encourages and supports differences and promotes innovative perspectives. We are committed to maintaining and expanding the diversity of our firm’s lawyers and staff and creating an inclusive environment in which everyone can flourish.

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• Providing assistance to lawyers during periods of vacation and other absences of legal assistants
• Liaising with other legal assistants, paralegals, lawyers and clients regarding file progress
• Drafting and transcribing legal documents, basic pleadings and correspondence
• Fielding client inquiries
• Managing bring-forward system for tasks and appointments
• Organizing meetings and scheduling discoveries, trials, and other court dates
• Preparing application records
• Keeping paper and electronic files up-to-date
• Preparing monthly accounts
• Conducting searches
• Providing overflow assistance and other various general administrative duties