Legal Assistant - Sherwood Park, Canada - Strathcona County

Strathcona County

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Sherwood Park, Canada

2 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

This posting is for 1 full-time, permanent position _

The Legal Assistant position is responsible for providing legal administrative support for the Legal Services area of the Legislative and Legal Services (LLS) department.

This support includes assisting lawyers to facilitate legal practice efficiency and ensure the provision of timely and effective legal advice.

Benefits of this role include 75% employer-paid health and dental care with a flexible health or wellness spending account, participation in an earned day off program, and three (3) weeks of vacation time.

The Legislative and Legal Services department also has a positive and friendly working environment.

Responsibilities
Provide legal assistant support to lawyers within the legal function of the LLS department including, but not limited to:

Create, organize, maintain and close paper and electronic files
Manage limitations, diarizations, and other important deadlines and advise the lawyers of file actions required to be completed
Review, triage, and confirm assignment of legal services requests in the database to lawyers and initiate preliminary steps to recommend or obtain external counsel as required
Liaise with County staff submitting legal services requests, including confirming the scope of the request, requesting required documents, and determining desired timeframes for review and action by lawyers
Manage lawyers' schedules, including coordinating meetings, preparing meeting materials and logistics, and monitoring the timing of upcoming deadlines to ensure time is well organized and key deadlines are met
Completion of corporate registry and land titles searches
Utilize a solid understanding of legal documents, proofreading, revising, editing, and formatting legal documents and some related document drafting
Draft legal correspondence and memorandums for lawyers' review and sign off
Review and confirm contracts are complete, correct, and ready for execution
Conduct case law and resource searches from legal research tools (such as, CanLit and Westlaw)
Prepare reports using legal practice management software, such as summaries of monthly hours spent working for certain clients or on certain types of work
Provide content management for legal related documents posted on the County internal website
Other legal assistant related support as requested
Provide administrative support to Legislative and Legal Services department, as required, including coverage for the departments administrative staff absences

Skills and Abilities

Excellent computer skills with a solid understanding of Microsoft Office Suite
Strong written and oral communication skills
Advanced interpersonal skills
Detail orientated with excellent organizational and time management skills with sound decision making skills
Ability to take initiative and work under pressure in a deadlinedriven environment
Ability to deal with confidential matters in a discreet and professional manner
Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment
Experience with legal practice management software (CLIO, PCLaw, ProLaw, PracticePather, CosmoLex, or similar software)
Proficient in performing corporate registry searches and land title searches
Experience with legal research resources (CanLII, Westlaw or similar resources)

Qualifications

High School Diploma
Postsecondary diploma in a related field such as a Legal Assistant or Paralegal
Experience in a municipal government legal department setting is considered an asset
Paralegal experience is considered an asset

Conditions of Employment

Submission of Satisfactory Criminal Record Check
Equivalencies of education and experience may be considered. _

This competition may be used to fill future vacancies for similar positions within the next 6 months.

A cover letter must be submitted along with a resume describing the interest in this position.