Legal Assistant

Legal Assistant Opportunity

Law Ville Professional Corporation is growing, we are seeking a Legal Assistant for one full-time position. We are seeking a passionate, energetic, dedicated, team-oriented person. We specialize in immigration and refugee law.

The candidate(s) would provide legal research, administrative support and assistance to the lawyer. Candidates will come with excellent communication skills, work ethics & dedication.

Qualifications

-Candidate must have a law degree and an ongoing NCA process hopefully leading to the practice of law in Canada.

-Must be fluent in English and several African languages

-Passionate to work in legal field and willing to thrive

-Experience as a legal assistant or law clerk is an asset

Job Duties

-Client intake

-Conduct legal research and case laws, legal submissions and other immigration applications.

-Preparing appeal files at the RAD, Federal court, IAD, etc.

-Prepare billing, timesheet, and able to work with legal accounting software.

-Maintaining filing system/ E-filing court documents and other immigration documents.

-Coordinate the flow of information.

-Maintain filing system/ record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences.

-Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents.

-General office administrative duties.

-Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage.

Supervision: No supervision responsibility

Job Types: Full-time Legal Assistant

Salary: 20.00 hourly / 40 hours per Week

Work Location& time: In person/ Monday to Friday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm)

Flexible Language Requirement: French not required/ Proficiency in English and African languages

Asset languages: Fanti/ Twi

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday (10:00 am – 6:00 pm )

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Toronto, ON, M9W 6N5: reliably commute or own transportation.

Education:

-Post-secondary education in law

-Experience and specialization asset: Computer and technology knowledge: MS Word/ Electronic mail/ MS Excel/ MS Outlook/Adobe Acrobat Reader/ Accounting Software

Area of work experience: Contracts/ Correspondence/ Invoices/ Management

Benefits: Bonus, Mileage paid& On-site parking