Job Description

Legal Assistant - Labour & Employment
Downtown Toronto
Work from Home Two Days a Week

Our client, a well established downtown Toronto law firm is looking to add an Employment and Labour Litigation Legal Assistant to it team.

Duties & Responsibilities will include:

• Drafting/proofreading, serving, and filing legal documents
• Providing transcriptions
• Managing multiple lawyers and their practices
• Preparing special reports including gathering and summarizing data
• Maintaining physical and electronic document system, opening and closing files
• Preparing bill of costs
• Calendar and email management
• Exercising initiative and judgement to relieve lawyers of administrative detail
• Working with various programs such as Caselines, ACL
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 2+ years of strong litigation experience in the legal industry
• Experience with the Human Rights Tribunal or the Ontario Labour Board is considered an asset
• Ability to multi-task and support more than one lawyer
• Team-player attitude with strong communication skills and attention to detail
• Thorough understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to multi-task and manage your time in a fast-paced environment
• Maintain strict confidentiality
• Strong working knowledge with all accounting and billing procedures
• Completion of a Legal Assistant or Law Clerk Diploma an asset

If you are interested in joining a friendly team of professionals look no further. Apply today!

We thank all applicants for their interest in this role however only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in Linds & Associates Ltd.