Corporate Legal Assistant Clerk – Cores 1

We have a downtown law firm looking to have someone join their corporate team of two great ladies with the main role of filing annual returns. You must have at least 6 months of practical working experience and knowledge of Cores I, and interested in obtaining Cores II with help from the firm. Proof of an accredited legal assistant certificate is also required.

This position is perfect for someone with a young family or winding down into retirement who wants to work hard at their job during regular business hours, and not be required to work overtime or through their lunch. This is a junior position primarily

• maintaining minute books,
• preparing and filing annual returns,
• filing notices of change of address, lawyers and directors, as well as
• legal accounting and administrative duties for the corporate department.

If you are independent, and also enjoy working in a team environment, please submit your resume for consideration.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• CORES 1: 6 months (Required)
• Corporate: 6 months (Required)

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Legal Assistant – Corporate/Securities

The following is a permanent placement in a firm located in the downtown core:

We are looking for a full time  legal assistant in the area of Corporate/Securities law.

Knowledge/Experience

• Communicates in a professional manner with lawyers, clients and other team members;
• Has strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and accuracy;
• The ability to work within tight timelines and meet deadlines;
• Must have advanced skills in Microsoft Word; formatting with styles, proper use of paragraph numbering, cross referencing, blacklining and track changes;
• Transcribe from electronic dictation;
• Open and closing physical and electronic files;
• Maintain, organize and keep current electronic and physical client files.

Legal Specific

• Graduated with a legal assistant diploma at an accredited school;
• Must have at least 2 years’ experience working within securities law;
• Working knowledge of Closings – preparing agendas, closing documents and closing books;
• Experience with filing documents on SEDAR is an asset, but not required;
• Performing due diligence searches;
• Familiar with audit inquiries;
• Knowledge of a legal accounting program such as Aderant, Esilaw and/or PCLaw;

We thank all applicants interested in this position; however, only qualified candidates will be contacted for an interview.

Job Type: Full-time

Experience:

• Corporate Securities: 2 years (Required)

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Legal Assistant – Litigation

We are looking for a full-time legal assistant who has experience working in litigation. 

The following is a permanent placement in a firm located in the downtown core.  The ideal candidate must have: 

Knowledge/Experience 

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word and Outlook);  
• 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;  
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to adapt 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; 
• At least 3 years of litigation experience; 
• Comfortable drafting correspondence, preparing and filing pleadings;  
• Familiar with reminder or limitation systems for deadline dates as dictated by the Rules of Court; 
• Experience performing Court searches, scheduling various applications, questionings and court dates; 
• Putting together briefs/factums, lists of authorities and books of authorities; 
• Experience helping lawyers prepare files for court; 
• 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. 

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Legal Assistant/Paralegal – Litigation (Eclipse SE or Summation Experience)

We are looking for a full-time legal assistant who has experience working in the area of litigation and who is familiar with iPro Eclipse SE or Summation. 

The following is a permanent placement in a firm located in the downtown core.  The ideal candidate must have: 

Knowledge/Experience 

• Intermediate to advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office programs (Word and Outlook);  
• The ability to work independently, multi-task and prioritize;  
• Excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to adapt 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; 
• At least 3 years of litigation experience; 
• Must have working experience with Summation and/or Eclipse SE;    
• Competent with collecting and analyzing documents for an initial review to determine privilege and relevance; 
• Ability to import documents into a database via load files or using native or PDF files;  
• Prepare production sets and export production sets for exchange with opposing counsel;  
• Import and work with transcripts;  
• Prepare an Affidavit of Records including exporting data for a Schedule 1;  
• Create and maintain binders for Pleadings, Productions, Questionings and Experts.   

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