03 Oct
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3 Step Recruitment
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Toronto
03 Oct
3 Step Recruitment
Toronto
Location: Downtown Toronto (Hybrid, 3 days in-office)
Salary: $45,000-$75,000
We are currently recruiting for an Employment and Labour Litigation Assistant for a well-respected firm in downtown Toronto. The ideal candidate should have strong litigation experience as well as the ability to multi-task and support more than one lawyer.
Responsibilities
- Drafting/proofreading, serving, and filing legal documents
- Providing transcriptions
- Managing multiple lawyers and their practices
- Preparing special reports including gathering and summarizing data
- Maintaining physical and electronic document system
- Preparing bills of costs
- Calendar and email management
- Exercising initiative and judgement to relieve lawyers of administrative detail
- Working with various programs such as Caselines, ACL, Conveyancer, Teraview, Divorcemate etc. as required
- Opening and closing files
- Collaborating with other legal assistants on larger projects
- Providing back-up support for absences
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- 3+ years of experience in the legal industry
- Strong litigation experience
- Experience with the Human Rights Tribunal or the Ontario Labour Board is considered an asset
- Ability to multi-task and support more than one lawyer
- Team-player attitude with strong communication skills
- Thorough understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Ability to multi-task and manage your time in a fast-paced environment
- Willingness to learn
- Attention to detail
- Maintain strict confidentiality
- Robust working knowledge with all accounting and billing procedures
- Completion of a Legal Assistant or Law Clerk Diploma an asset
This posting represents an active and genuine vacancy with one 3 Step Recruitment’s clients and is not for speculative or pipeline recruitment.
3 Step Recruitment and/or our Clients may use, from time to time, AI-assisted tools to support the screening and evaluation of applications; however, these tools are not intended to replace human judgement or decision-making in the hiring process.
📌 Labour & Employment Litigation Legal Assistant (Toronto)
🏢 3 Step Recruitment
📍 Toronto