Woodward & Co. Lawyers LLP is a national law firm providing legal services to Indigenous communities, governments and businesses, and advancing transformative change in an era of reconciliation and decolonization.
Woodward is seeking an experienced Senior Litigation Assistant to join our talented and dedicated team in our Victoria, BC, office location supporting lawyers engaged in complex Aboriginal law litigation. This role offers meaningful work that leverages your extensive litigation experience to a focused area of specialization and an opportunity to evolve in a dynamic and collaborative work environment.
We have a strong commitment to our workplace culture that prioritizes our meaningful work and values of collaboration, excellence, respect, accountability, trust, and ethics.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of work experience in litigation as a focused area of specialization.
• Post secondary (diploma, certificate, program) for paralegal or legal studies strongly preferred.

FIRST NATIONS, INUIT, OR MÉTIS ANCESTRY IS REGARDED AS DIRECTLY RELEVANT TO THE SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE PREFERRED AND INDIGENOUS APPLICANTS ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted

The successful candidate will support litigators with primary focus on Aboriginal, environmental and natural resources law.
This position is intended to provide general litigation and legal assistant support in a variety of high-profile matters within multiple jurisdictions across Canada. This career opportunity offers meaningful work and progression that leverages your extensive litigation experience to our focused areas of practice.

Essential Responsibilities

• Independently maintains and organizes calendars, correspondence, court schedules and bring-forward systems; schedules and coordinates meetings; and assists with day-to-day file and practice management.
• Edits and formats documents such as correspondence, legal memos, agreements, reports, litigation records and materials for filing in all levels of court.
• Follows court procedures for the preparation, filing and service of court documents.
• Coordinates with court registries, handles logistics and arranges for court appearances.
• Extensively uses litigation software, databases, and document management processes and systems to provide legal support services for complex litigation matters.