Legal Assistant/ Law Clerk Legal Assistant/ Law Clerk

Do you like tackling new challenges every day and have exceptional organizational skills? Are you an enthusiastic legal professional with exceptional administrative skills who likes prioritizing and managing deadlines with ease? If yes, apply today for this law clerk role to join an amazing team in Calgary/Edmonton. This is a temporary role with the potential for extension or even permanence.

This is a hybrid role (1 day in office)

Full-time Monday to Friday - between 8 am and 5 pm

Competitive Pay

Competitive Pay

• Full-time Monday to Friday role.
• Hybrid role - 1 day in the office.
• Weekly pay period.
• Contract with possibility of permanency

Arrange and assist with drafting of standard pleadings and arrange for service and filing of court documents and other duties as required.

Assist in file management duties such as opening to closing of files in a paperless environment, including organizing materials and assisting lawyers with preparations for questioning, mediations/JDR, and various other attendances.

Draft correspondence to clients, third parties, experts

Request and manage productions and undertakings and correspond with legal counsel

Support file work by identifying, obtaining, and organizing documents from the clients and from other parties to the litigation

All aspects of arranging Independent Examinations including retaining experts and preparing medical briefs for experts

Perform other duties as required of a Legal Clerk

Minimum 3 years of experience as a legal assistant or equivalent for a litigation department/legal team practicing civil litigation in Alberta (ideally insurance defence or personal injury practice)

Knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedure

Strong document management skills with the ability to learn various software programs

Demonstrated proficiency with Outlook and all MS Office applications

Ability to prioritize, organize and execute tasks in a quality manner with strong turnaround time

Excellent document management skills with ability to utilize the various software systems such as TeamConnect and ACL

High degree of personal ethics, integrity and responsibility with an ability to deal with sensitive issues and safeguard privileged and confidential information

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