Legal Assistant, Litigation
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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Original job description
Ranked a Best Employer in Canada for 25 years, Bennett Jones is one of Canada’s premier business law firms and home to 450 lawyers and business advisors. With deep experience in complex transactions and litigation matters, and offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Toronto, Vancouver and New York, the firm is well equipped to advise businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world. Serving clients since 1922, we are proud to be the firm that businesses trust with their most complex legal matters.
We are currently recruiting for the following role in our Calgary office:
Legal Assistant, Litigation
The Role
Legal Assistants at Bennett Jones provide important support to the Firm and its clients. Our Legal Assistants are assigned to work within a team of highly skilled Lawyers and other Legal Assistants. This role will provide day-to-day support and backup to all members of the team.
Essential Functions
Responsible for clerical, administrative and general office duties, including:
Human Resources
Bennett Jones Services Limited Partnership
4500 Bankers Hall East
855 - 2 Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4K7
E-mail: hrdeptcal@bennettjones.com
We are currently recruiting for the following role in our Calgary office:
Legal Assistant, Litigation
The Role
Legal Assistants at Bennett Jones provide important support to the Firm and its clients. Our Legal Assistants are assigned to work within a team of highly skilled Lawyers and other Legal Assistants. This role will provide day-to-day support and backup to all members of the team.
Essential Functions
Responsible for clerical, administrative and general office duties, including:
- Managing time, resources, workflow, and competing priorities and deadlines of busy Litigation practices involving Commercial Litigation, Health Law and Bankruptcy & Insolvency.
- Manage calendars, schedule and coordinate meetings and telephone conferences with clients, experts, and other law firms.
- Planning for various functions, meetings and travel.
- Drafting correspondence (letters, memos, emails, etc.), and review and proofread documents.
- Managing paper flow, maintain filing systems (both hard copy and electronic), diarize limitation dates, etc.
- Minimum of five (5) years of related Litigation experience is required.
- Legal Assistant Diploma from an accredited post-secondary institution required.
- Positive, team-oriented attitude with the ability to work independently.
- Professionalism, confidentiality, and discretion.
- Adaptability to new technologies and strong technical troubleshooting skills.
- Excellent attention to detail, organization, and time management.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Knowledge of legal procedures and ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment.
- Strong problem-solving skills, creativity, and a commitment to continuous learning and improvement.
- Flexibility to manage competing priorities efficiently.
- Proactive, solutions-focused approach with a drive to improve workflows and deliver results.
Human Resources
Bennett Jones Services Limited Partnership
4500 Bankers Hall East
855 - 2 Street SW
Calgary, AB T2P 4K7
E-mail: hrdeptcal@bennettjones.com
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Responsibilities
Provide day-to-day administrative and clerical support to lawyers and legal assistants in busy commercial litigation, health law, and bankruptcy and insolvency practices. Manage calendars, meetings, travel, correspondence, documents, filing systems, and limitation-date diarizing while balancing competing priorities and deadlines.
Requirements
Requires at least five years of related litigation experience and a Legal Assistant Diploma from an accredited post-secondary institution. Candidates should be professional, discreet, detail-oriented, adaptable to new technologies, and able to communicate effectively, solve problems, and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Skills
- Litigation Support
- Calendar Management
- Meeting Coordination
- Travel Planning
- Correspondence Drafting
- Document Review and Proofreading
- File Management
- Deadline Management
- Organization
- Time Management
- Written Communication
- Verbal Communication
- Confidentiality
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Problem-Solving
- Workflow Management
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Categories
- Legal
- Administrative
Keywords
- Legal Assistant
- Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Health Law
- Bankruptcy
- Insolvency
- Legal Assistant Diploma
- Administrative Support
- Clerical Duties
- Calendar Management
- Meeting Coordination
- Telephone Conferences
- Travel Planning
- Correspondence
- Document Proofreading
- Paper Flow Management
- Electronic Filing Systems
- Hard-Copy Filing Systems
- Limitation Dates
- Legal Procedures
- Workflow Management
- Confidentiality
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Time Management
- Problem-Solving