Litigation Legal Assistant Posted on Jan 19, 2018 by Venture Law Group LLP
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Location Edmonton, AB
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Earnings $3,000.00 to $5,000.00 monthly
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Work Hours 35 hours per week
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Position Permanent Full Time
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Vacancies 1 Vacancy
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Closing Date Apr 25, 2018
Employer
Venture Law Group LLP
Languages
English
Education
No degree, certificate or diploma
Experience
Experience an asset
Area of Work Experience
- Reports and records
- Invoices
- Correspondence
- Contracts
- Civil litigation
- Charts, tables, graphs and diagrams
Business Equipment and Computer Applications
- MS Excel
- MS Windows
- MS Word
- Dictaphone
- Electronic mail
- MS Outlook
- PCLaw in the Cloud
Additional Skills
- Schedule and confirm appointments
- Maintain filing system
Work Setting
- Litigation
- General law practice
- Business or corporate law
- Property and real estate law
Specific Skills
- Determine and establish office procedures and routines
- Record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences
- Arrange travel, related itineraries and make reservations
- Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
- Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
- Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material and co-ordinate the flow of information
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Attention to detail
- Large caseload
- Tight deadlines
Personal Suitability
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Accurate
- Team player
- Excellent oral communication
- Excellent written communication
- Client focus
- Dependability
- Reliability
- Organized
How to Apply
Anyone who can legally work in Canada can apply for this job. If you are not currently authorized to work in Canada, the employer will not consider your job application.
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Interest in compiling information to maintain filing systems; and in reviewing documents and correspondence to ensure that they comply with legal procedures and grammatical usage
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Interest in operating computers, and other office equipment; may train other staff in the use of current software
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Interest in speaking with people to schedule employers' appointments, meetings and conferences; in opening and distributing regular and electronic mail and other materials; and in co-ordinating the flow of information internally and with other departments and organizations; may supervise other staff in procedures
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