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Legal Researcher
Employer
Narang Law OfficeDate Posted
May 06, 2024Languages
English-
Location Calgary, AB
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Earnings $38.77 hourly
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Work Hours 40 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1  Vacancy
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Closing Date Aug 23, 2024
Employer
Narang Law Office
Languages
English
Education
Bachelor's degree
Tasks
- Co-ordinate administrative services
- Administer oaths and take affidavits and depositions
- Prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits
- 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
- Assist lawyers in preparation for mediation and judicial dispute resolutions
- Conduct bail hearings
- Witness and certify the validity of signatures on documents
- Release defendants on judges' orders
- Draft legal correspondence
- Explain rights and obligations to defendants
- Perform civil marriages
- Hear evidence at trials on summary conviction offences and may preside over trials of criminal offences
- Call courts of law to order, read charges and take pleas from defendants
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Tight deadlines
- Attention to detail
- Large caseload
- Large workload
Personal suitability
- Accurate
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Flexibility
- Judgement
- Organized
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Initiative
- Reliability
- Team player
Experience
Experience an asset
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Interest Codes
- METHODICAL
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Interest in compiling information when searching for and studying records and documents
- SOCIAL
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Interest in assisting lawyers by interviewing clients, witnesses and other related parties, and arranging for trials
- INNOVATIVE
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Interest in researching records, court files and other legal documents, and assembling documentary evidence
The interest code helps you figure out if you’d like to work in a particular occupation.
It’s based on the Canadian Work Preference Inventory (CWPI), which measures 5 occupational interests: Directive, Innovative, Methodical, Objective, and Social.
Each set of 3 interest codes for this NOC group is listed in order of importance.
A code in capital letters means it’s a strong fit for the occupation.
A code in all lowercase letters means the fit is weaker.
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