Employment Litigation Associate

Position Summary:

Our Calgary office has an exciting opportunity for a labour & employment lawyer to join the firm’s dynamic and entrepreneurial practice representing premier national and international employers. This opportunity is ideal for lawyers who are proactive and passionate about providing legal service within a sophisticated practice and who are seeking to assume a significant role in all aspects of labour and employment law. This role requires extensive contact with clients, adjudicators, governmental agencies and opposing counsel as well as lawyers and partners within the local office and abroad.

Duties include, but are not limited to: performing applications, pleadings, court appearances, arbitrations, labour board and tribunal hearings, legal research, drafting of legal memoranda, questionings, examinations, investigations, and counseling clients.

The right candidate will have a passion for employment and labour law, strong analytical and writing skills, and an ability to relate to exceptional clients. This is a great opportunity for the right lawyer to join a national and international practice in a collaborative and cohesive environment.

Our office is collegial with a commitment to mutual respect in the workplace. We hold regular in-person conferences with lawyers from across our global offices. We make lawyer development a priority and provide ongoing writing, publishing, and speaking opportunities as well as mentorship and access to expansive professional development training programs and opportunities to work with the leading lawyers in this field, including abroad.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments and strongly encourage the interest of diverse candidates in the firm.

Requirements:

• Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Law (LLB). Qualified candidates must be in good standing with the Law Society of Alberta or equivalent Canadian law society and maintain this status during employment.
• Candidates must possess 6+ years of employment law experience. 
• Excellent analytical, writing and communication skills are required.
• Applicants should submit law school transcripts and at least one legal writing sample with their application.

Please note, we are not working with outside recruiters for this position. 

Benefits:

Ogletree Deakins offers a robust suite of benefits for our attorneys including: comprehensive training and development programs including an annual firm-wide Attorney Retreat, CLE and bar admission expense reimbursement, several competitive annual bonus programs, 401(k) plan, affordable health, and life insurance including dental and vision coverage, flexible spending accounts to help offset the cost of dependent care and/or health care expenses, employee assistance program, back-up childcare program, and a paid parental leave on-ramping program.

Firm Overview:

Ogletree Deakins is one of the largest labor and employment law firms representing management in all types of employment-related legal matters. Best Law Firms® has named Ogletree Deakins a “Law Firm of the Year” for 14 consecutive years. In the 2025 edition, the publication named Ogletree Deakins its “Law Firm of the Year” in the Litigation – Labor and Employment category. Ogletree Deakins has more than 1,100 attorneys located in 60 offices across the United States and in Europe, Canada, and Mexico. The firm represents a diverse range of clients, including many of the Fortune 50 companies in the U.S.

We are fully committed to the importance of diversity within the legal profession, as well as all workplace environments.

Equal Opportunity Employer.