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Legal Assistant – Campbells LLP
Oakville, Ontario
Starting at $40,000.00-$50,000.00 / year depending on experience. To be reviewed after ninety (90) days of employment plus extended health benefits (individual and family) and life insurance (eligible after probation period)
Full-Time – on-site - Monday-Friday 9:00AM – 4:30PM
Campbells LLP is a busy law firm in Oakville, Ontario. This position is full time and suitable for a candidate with experience as a legal assistant, executive assistant or office administrator. This position comes with the ability for the candidate to learn and develop skills to move into a law clerk, real estate clerk or corporate clerk role.
The ideal candidate will have:
-A minimum of two (2) years’ experience working in a law firm or five (5) years’ experience in an assistant, administrative, or client relationship role within any office, is required.
-Experience working in a supportive role for a lawyer is an asset but not required.
-Strong written and verbal communication skills including the preparation of routine correspondence and template based legal documents.
-Excellent attention to detail
-Keen ability to organize and prioritize volumes of tasks.
-The capacity to coordinate external and internal communications including mail, courier packages, e-mail, fax and telephone calls.
-The ability to address routine client inquiries such as providing basic quotes, information relating to our intake procedures and requests to schedule appointments or telephone calls with a lawyer.
-To prepare draft invoices and process credit card payments over the phone
-To coordinate and organize meetings (in-office and via zoom) and telephone calls.
-To open files in our matter management software and complete intake tasks (receive, scan and upload ID on each file, auto generate routine retainer agreements, send and receive intake forms)
-Demonstrated working knowledge of Microsoft Office (specifically Outlook and Word)
-Ability to respond effectively and professionally to changes in schedules and priorities.
-A positive, supportive and professional attitude
-Ability to work independently with minimal supervision and as a part of a team
-Education such as a Legal Assistant, Law Clerk or Paralegal Diploma or Degree is considered an asset but not required.
We are looking for someone who is dedicated and eager to learn and to grow within the firm.
Please forward your resume and cover letter to [email protected] for consideration.
We thank all applicants for their interest but only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
Anticipated start date: July 4, 2023 – July 10, 2023 (we can be flexible for the right candidate who may require additional time to provide notice to current employer)