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Staff Lawyer

Employer

Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic

Date Posted

November 25, 2024

Languages

English
  • Location Red Deer, AB
  • Earnings $65,000.00 to $90,000.00 annually (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 35 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 1  Vacancy
  • Closing Date Dec 25, 2024
Job Requirements

Employer

Central Alberta Community Legal Clinic

Languages

English

Education

Bachelor's degree

Work setting

  • Legal-aid clinic
  • Associations and non profit organizations

Tasks

  • Advise clients of their legal rights and all matters related to law
  • Plead clients' cases before courts of law, tribunals and boards (lawyers only)
  • Draw up legal documents and prepare statements of legal opinion
  • Negotiate settlements of civil disputes (lawyers only)
  • Research legal precedents and gather evidence
  • Provide public education seminars/sessions

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

Membership in a provincial or territorial law society

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Access
  • MS Excel
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Windows
  • MS Word

Area of work experience

Law

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Tight deadlines
  • Attention to detail

Personal suitability

  • Accurate
  • Client focus
  • Dependability
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Initiative
  • Interpersonal awareness
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Reliability
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics

Experience

Experience an asset

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Health care plan
  • Paramedical services coverage
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Life insurance
  • Mileage paid
  • Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP)

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Team building opportunities
  • Wellness program

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Staff Lawyer is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Lawyers and Quebec Notaries
METHODICAL

Interest in co-ordinating information to perform administrative and management functions related to the practice of law

INNOVATIVE

Interest in negotiating settlements of civil disputes (lawyers only), in applying principles of civil law as it pertains to notarization of legal documents and in researching legal precedents and gathering evidence

DIRECTIVE

Interest in mentoring in order to advise clients of their legal rights and all matters related to law; may act as an executor, trustee or guardian in estate and family law matters; may act as mediator, conciliator or arbitrator

Reading Interest Codes
A Quick Guide

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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