Boost Legal Support is both a recruiting and temporary placement agency that supports legal assistants, paralegals and law firms.
Our client, a firm in downtown Calgary is looking for a legal assistant who has at least 5 years of experience working in a number of different areas of law for a resource/float legal assistant position. The position will be working in the following areas of law;
- Litigation
- Employment & Labour
- Commercial Real Estate
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate
- Corporate Securities
- Energy
- Tax
The law firm takes pride in their work culture and offers competitive salaries and benefits. They are a well respected national law firm.
Knowledge/Experience
- Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word and Outlook);
- Understanding of Styles and proper paragraph numbering required;
- Excellent at administrative tasks such as opening and closing of files, file management, proofreading and scheduling appointments;
- Strong attention to detail;
- Ability to work independently and to multi-task and prioritize;
- Flexible;
- Excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to adapt quickly to a variety of working styles;
- The ideal candidate must speak, read and write English fluently.
Legal Specific
- Graduated with a legal assistant diploma at an accredited school or equivalent experience;
- At least 5-10 years of legal experience;
- Comfortable drafting correspondence, preparing and filing documents;
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Ability to support various practice groups in a large firm setting. Areas of law include Litigation, Employment & Labour, Commercial Real Estate, Banking & Finance, Corporate, Corporate Securities, Energy, and Tax;
- Understand basic accounting principles and are familiar with legal accounting software such as Aderant, PCLaw or EsiLaw.
We thank all applicants interested in this position; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.
