Come join Whaley Estate Litigation Partners (WEL Partners), a well-recognized and tech-forward litigation law firm located in Toronto. We foster a collaborative and supportive work environment.
Our practice focuses on estate and elder law litigation, and we are looking for an outgoing, bright, legal administrative professional to join our Team. This is a junior / entry level position.
This legal administrative professional will need to be detailed, collaborative and tech-savvy as well as extremely organized in to order plan, co-ordinate, and work as part of a law firm team to serve our clients, our business, and our colleagues.
The successful candidate must be SUPER organized and will have regular direct contact with the firm lawyers and professionals as well as direct contact with our clients.
This is strictly an onsite position; hours of work are from 9 am to 5 pm.
Primary Responsibilities
- Liaise with lawyers, clients, and the court; taking information and carrying out instructions.
- Diarize court dates and meetings and arrange boardrooms or deliverables.
- Assist with file management and organization and maintenance of comprehensive legal files including preparing correspondence, assisting with record-keeping, time-management and other tasks related to the ongoing administration of legal files.
- Back-up reception duties and client intake.
- Act on lawyer instructions and deal with complex and sensitive client issues.
- Prepare, issue, serve and file court documentation.
Qualifications │ Requirements
The ideal candidate has a minimum of 1+ years’ experience in a litigation law firm OR graduated a Legal Assistant or Law Clerk Diploma program and has a knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedure.
The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills—both written and oral, as well as good interpersonal skills to enable effective interaction within a law firm environment.
Strong computer skills including MS Office: Word, Outlook and Excel are essential.
At our firm, success means:
- Caring about one another – you possess strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build harmonious working relationships within your immediate team, across the firm, and in the legal community
- Working collaboratively, which requires coordination of deadlines and deliverables.
- Adapting to changing priorities in a fast-paced environment while being organized and maintaining accuracy with a high attention to detail
- Being solution-oriented and forward thinking
- Approaching work with agility and the willingness to learn and utilize new technology
- Always treating sensitive client matters with extreme confidentiality.
WEL Partners welcomes applications from all qualified applicants; however, only those applicants whose background and experience match our requirements will be contacted.
The Firm is committed to maintaining an inclusive work environment comprised of people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and cultures. It is important to our firm that all its members, including those with disabilities, find our workplace to be welcoming and supportive. Reasonable accommodations are available on request for candidates with disabilities taking part in all aspects of the recruiting process.
Any offer of employment may be conditional upon full background checks including a criminal record check, a credit check, employment and educational verifications, and references.
NO AGENCIES, PLEASE.
Pay: $48,500.00-$55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
