Job description
- Education: College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
- Experience: 5 years or more
- Assist lawyers by interviewing clients, witnesses and other related parties, assembling documentary evidence, preparing trial briefs, and arranging for trials
- Draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
- Prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits
- Arrange probates and administer the estates of deceased persons
- Research records, court files and other legal documents
- Draft legal correspondence and perform general office and clerical duties
- In-house training from a law firm or law clerk program
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large caseload
- Large workload
- Accurate
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- Dental plan
- Disability benefits
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Life insurance
- Pension plan
- Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 35 hours per week