Paralegal

• Durée de l'emploi: Permanent
• Langue de travail: Anglais
• Heures de travail: 40 hours per week
• Education:
• Expérience:

Education

• Bachelor's degree

Work setting

• Company legal department

Tasks

• Advise clients on legal proceedings
• Assemble documentary evidence in preparation for trial
• Co-ordinate administrative services
• Draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
• Interview clients, witnesses and other related parties
• Perform clerical duties, such as maintain filing systems
• Write trial briefs
• Prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits
• Research records, court files and other legal documents
• Schedule court trials
• Arrange pre-trial conferences and hearings
• Assist lawyers in preparation for mediation and judicial dispute resolutions
• Draft legal correspondence
• Oversee maintenance of judicial court records

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• In-house training from a law firm or law clerk program

Computer and technology knowledge

• Spreadsheet
• Database management
• Legal software applications
• MS Office
• Database
• Information management system
• MS Excel
• MS Word

Court experience

• Federal Court
• Federal Supreme Court
• Provincial and Territorial Court
• Provincial Supreme Court
• Territorial Supreme Court
• Appeals
• Trials
• Hearings

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Large caseload

Screening questions

• Do you have experience working in this field?

Experience

• 2 years to less than 3 years

Employment terms options

• To be determined

Financial benefits

• Bonus

Other benefits

• Paid time off (volunteering or personal days)