Legal Assistant/Paralegal

at  Law Ville Professional Corporation

LEGAL ASSISTANT/ PARALEGAL OPPORTUNITY

Law Ville Professional Corporation is growing, we are seeking a Legal Assistant/ Paralegal for one full-time position. We are seeking a passionate, energetic, dedicated, team-oriented person. We specialize in immigration and refugee law.
The candidate(s) would provide legal research, administrative support and assistance to the lawyer. Candidates will come with excellent communication skills, work ethics & dedication.

QUALIFICATIONS

-Candidate must have a minimum qualification in a 2 year College Diploma in a law related program.
-Must be fluent in English and several African languages
-Passionate to work in legal field and willing to thrive
-Experience as a legal assistant or law clerk is an asset

Experience:

• legal assistant: 1 year (required

-Front desk responsibilities: Client greetings, intake, answering phone calls and etc.
-Conduct legal research and case laws, legal submissions and other immigration applications.
-Preparing appeal memos at the RAD, Federal court, IAD, etc.
-Prepare billing, timesheet, and able to work with legal accounting software.
-Maintaining filing system/ E-filing court documents and other immigration documents.
-Coordinate the flow of information.
-Maintain filing system/ record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences.
-Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents.
-General office administrative duties.
-Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage.
Supervision: No supervision responsibility
Job Types: Full-time Legal Assistant
Salary: $18.50 per hour / 40 hours per week
Work Location& time: In person/ Monday to Friday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm)
Flexible Language Requirement: French not required/ Proficiency in English and African languages
Asset languages: Twi, Fanti, Ga and/ or Akuapim and Sefwi
Ability to commute/relocate: reliably commute or own transportation.
Experience and specialization asset: Computer and technology knowledge: MS Word/ Electronic mail/ MS Excel/ MS Outlook/Adobe Acrobat Reader/ Accounting Software
Area of work experience: Contracts/ Correspondence/ Invoices/ Management
Benefits: On-site parking
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $18.50 per hour
Expected hours: 40 per week

Benefits:

• On-site parking

Flexible language requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Application question(s):

• Do you speak any of these language(es)?: Twi, Fanti, Ga and/ or Akuapim and Sefwi

Experience:

• legal assistant: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In perso