Collection Paralegal - London, Canada - York Property Management
Description
Work Term:
Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 40 hours per week
- Education: College/CEGEP
- Experience: 1 year to less than 2 years
- Legal assistant/paralegal
- Legal professions and studies, other
Work site environment:
- Nonsmoking
- Air conditioned
Work setting:
- Company legal department
Tasks:
- Advise clients on legal proceedings
- Assemble documentary evidence in preparation for trial
- Coordinate administrative services
- Interview clients, witnesses and other related parties
- Issue subpoenas, summonses and warrants
- Perform clerical duties, such as maintain filing systems
- Take legal action on landlord and tenant matters
- Write trial briefs
- Administer oaths and take affidavits and depositions
- Receive affidavits, declarations and affirmations
- Represent clients in small claims court and in other lower court proceedings, at tribunals and before administrative bodies
- Administer oaths
- Research records, court files and other legal documents
- Schedule court trials
- Arrange pretrial conferences and hearings
- Assist lawyers in preparation for mediation and judicial dispute resolutions
- Witness and certify the validity of signatures on documents
- Record court commencement, trial proceedings and judgements
- Collect and record administrative and service fees
- Draft legal correspondence
- Oversee maintenance of judicial court records
Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses:
- Inhouse training from a law firm or law clerk program
Computer and technology knowledge:
- Spreadsheet
- Database management
- MS Office
- Information management system
- MS Excel
- MS Word
- MS Windows
Security and safety:
- Criminal record check
Transportation/travel information:
- Public transportation is available
Work conditions and physical capabilities:
- Fastpaced environment
- Attention to detail
Personal suitability:
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Resourcefulness
Screening questions:
- Are you currently legally able to work in Canada?
- Do you currently reside in proximity to the advertised location?
- Do you have previous experience in this field of employment?
Health benefits:
- Dental plan
- Health care plan
- Paramedical services coverage
- Vision care benefits
Financial benefits:
- Life insurance
Other benefits:
- Free parking available
- Learning/training paid by employer
- Parking available
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