Litigation Law Clerk
Makki Law Professional Corporation is a boutique Litigation law firm located in Toronto. The firm has several litigation practice areas, including Commercial Litigation, Tax Litigation and SR&ED Litigation.
The firm is seeking an articling student to join its litigation team. This is an ideal opportunity for a candidate looking to work in a dynamic, fast-paced and growing environment. The successful candidate will be a self-starter, flexible, have strong interpersonal skills, and have an appetite to gain invaluable hands-on experience.
What you will be doing:
- Prepare correspondence, pleading, and other legal documents
- Drafting/proofreading, serving, and filing legal documents
- Ability to prepare various correspondence, Affidavit of Documents, Motion Records, Mediation Memos
- Ability to schedule Examinations for Discovery, various court appearances efficiently, other meetings and manage calendars
- Assist with preparation for trials and arbitrations
- Managing files through all stages of the legal process
- Preparing special reports including gathering and summarizing data
- Maintaining physical and electronic document system
- Assist with invoicing and billing
- Exercising initiative and judgement to relieve lawyers of administrative detail
- Working with various legal software and strong experience using Clio
- Opening and closing files
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications:
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, stellar organization skills, accurate and quality work are an ideal fit for this position
- 5+ years of law clerk experience with a specific focus on litigation
- Working knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedure and court procedures
- Ability to manage a large volume of documents and work in a fast-paced environment
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to be resourceful and work with minimal instruction or supervision
- Must have experience supporting Partners, Lawyers with a busy practice
- Strong Initiative and follow up skills
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
- Solutions-focused and tech-savvy
- Willingness to learn
- Attention to detail
- Maintain strict confidentiality
- Prioritizing workflow and managing critical details
- Completion of a Law Clerk Diploma is an asset
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $60,000.00-$65,000.00 per year
Flexible Language Requirement:
Schedule:
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Toronto, ON M5R 3N5: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Education:
- AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (preferred)
Experience:
- 5-years Litigation (required)
Work Location: In person
