Legal Assistant - Edmonton, Canada - Field Law

Field Law

Verified Company

Edmonton, Canada

4 weeks ago

Posted by:

Sophia Lee

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Description

Location:

Edmonton,Calgary,Yellowknife
Closing Date:
Practice Area:

A Little About Us:

Field Law is an established western and northern regional business law firm and listed as one of the largest firms in Canada with offices in Calgary, Edmonton, and Yellowknife.

More than 120 lawyers and 180 support members work collaboratively to provide a wide variety of legal services to both businesses and institutions.

Field Law has a strong history dating back to 1915.

Consequently, our firm values are a significant part of who we are and how we work to strengthen those values by hiring individuals who display Integrity, Professional Excellence, and Collegiality.

We are proud of the firm we have built and have many long-standing lawyers and support who have been happy to call Field home for years.

Health and wellness, a safe workplace and diversity, equity and inclusion are important to Field, and we ensure there are many activities and resources available in these areas.

The Opportunity:

We have an opening for a legal assistant to join our corporate team.

_This position can be based out of any one of our three Field offices but will support the Yellowknife partner.

Note that there will be occasional travel to Yellowknife._

The position is full-time and based on a 35-hour work week and currently offers a hybrid arrangement.

Role Responsibilities:

Use various software to prepare correspondence and legal documents in support of corporate transactions
Schedule appointments, questionings, and meetings, and handle all administrative and business details
If not located in Yellowknife, correspond with Yellowknife office colleagues to create, and update paper files and print to Yellowknife printers
Transcribe correspondence and legal documents from digital recordings or handwritten notes
Manage lawyers' diary and update electronic calendar
Review and proofread outgoing documents to ensure they are correct and comply with legal procedures
Check for conflicts and submit file opening requests
Assist paralegals and lawyers from other office with notarizing, filing, searches, disbursements, etc.
Access and use online legal resources
Handle routine accounting procedures: billing, cheque deposits/requests, time entry, etc.
Maintain client contact lists
Arrange for lunches for marketing meetings with clients and/or Field lawyers
Other tasks as advised by the Yellowknife managing partner

Who You Are:

You bring:_
Minimum of 5 years of legal assistant experience
Graduate of a 2 year Legal Assistant Diploma program
Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office
Acumin and Worldox knowledge considered assets
A desire to learn other software packages

What Field Law Can Offer You:

Competitive compensation
Collegial and collaborative environment
Support, Feedback and Mentorship
Health, Wellness and Social activities
Growth

Does this sound like the role for you and are you excited about
becoming a Fielder? If you answered yes to both, we invite you to submit your resume to: