Job summary
Job type: Permanent
Start date: As soon as possible
Workplace: Laval
Job description
As part of a growing firm, you will provide support to a team of 2-3 lawyers and your main responsibilities will include the following tasks:
- Prepare, revise and layout various documents (correspondence, opinions, legal proceedings, contracts, and other legal documents) according to legal standards and grammatical usage;
- Prepare court proceedings, exhibits, consents and other legal documents;
- Prepare books of procedures, exhibits, authorities (case law);
- Manage and organize customer files, both physical and computerized;
- Manage telephone calls and follow up with internal and external stakeholders;
- Record time and prepare invoices;
- Carry out notifications, send correspondence, documents and procedures by bailiff;
- Calculate legal deadlines and manage deadlines;
- Ensure that your lawyers' schedules are properly managed;
- Fill in various forms (file opening, etc.);
- All other related tasks.
Profile required
- Ideally, at least 2 years' experience as a legal assistant;
- Training in legal secretarial work (an asset);
- Good ability to work under pressure and manage several tasks and files at the same time;
- Thoroughness, organization and attention to detail;
- Fluency in spoken and written French;
- Be able to handle simple e-mails in English (assistants are required to support lawyers whose clients may be unilingual English-speaking);
- Good knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite;
- Great autonomy and flexibility;
- Initiative and adaptability.
Our advantages
- Competitive compensation (depending on experience);
- From three (3) weeks of vacation;
- 5 redeemable sick days;
- Employee benefits, such as group insurance (drug, travel, short- and long-term disability), group RRSPs, etc.
Notes :
The masculine gender is used without discrimination and for the sole purpose of lightening the text. We offer equal employment opportunities to all. Only successful candidates will be contacted.