Labour & Employment Litigation Legal Assistant

• Drafting/proofreading, serving, and filing legal documents
• Providing transcriptions
• Managing multiple lawyers and their practices
• Preparing special reports including gathering and summarizing data
• Maintaining physical and electronic document system
• Preparing bills of costs
• Calendar and email management
• Exercising initiative and judgement to relieve lawyers of administrative detail
• Working with various programs such as Caselines, ACL, Conveyancer, Teraview, Divorcemate etc. as required
• Opening and closing files
• Collaborating with other legal assistants on larger projects
• Providing back-up support for absences
• Other duties as assigned

• 3+ years of experience in the legal industry
• Strong litigation experience
• Experience with the Human Rights Tribunal or the Ontario Labour Board is considered an asset
• Ability to multi-task and support more than one lawyer
• Team-player attitude with strong communication skills
• Thorough understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to multi-task and manage your time in a fast-paced environment
• Willingness to learn
• Attention to detail
• Maintain strict confidentiality
• Strong working knowledge with all accounting and billing procedures
• Completion of a Legal Assistant or Law Clerk Diploma an asset

This posting represents an active and genuine vacancy with one 3 Step Recruitment’s clients and is not for speculative or pipeline recruitment.

3 Step Recruitment and/or our Clients may use, from time to time, AI-assisted tools to support the screening and evaluation of applications; however, these tools are not intended to replace human judgement or decision-making in the hiring process.