Merchant Law Group, LLP has over 10 offices across Canada but maintains a small office atmosphere in our Edmonton location.
Currently, we have three lawyers and a Student-At Law who will be called to the bar in June. Our lawyers practice in Family Law, Personal Injury, Wills and Estates, Civil Litigation, and Real Estate. We are located on the river's edge with spectacular views of the river valley and the High-Level Bridge.
We arelooking for a full-time legal assistant/paralegal position for our office.
The available position entails working for lawyers whose practice is mainly family law.
You will be required to cover reception from time to time and may be asked to assist our Student-At-Law and other lawyers or staff within our office.
The ideal candidate should have the following abilities and qualifications:
- Knowledge of Family Law in both Provincial Court and Kings's Bench Court;
- Know the Court filing procedure for applications; chambers; specials, trials, etc.;
- Proficient at word processing, drafting Court documents, correspondence from dictation, from precedents, and on their own;
- A keen eye for detail and excellent organizational skills;
- Ability to multi-task, establish priorities and work independently;
- Able to keep and maintain a schedule, diarizations and filing system;
- Ability to use Microsoft Office, Outlook, Teams; Excel and Word;
- The ideal candidate will have at least three years of experience in Family Law.
This job requires you to attend at the office and remote work is not available.
Only those candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. All resumes received will be held in the strictest confidence and remain on our file for a period of 6 months.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Salary: $24.00-$30.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
Flexible Language Requirement:
- French not required
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- No weekends
Supplemental pay types:
- Overtime pay
Experience:
- legal assistant: 3 years (preferred)
Work Location: In person
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