Legal Director

Ontario, Canada
Remote
Posted Oct 17, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Lead · 10+ years
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Location requirements: Country, Ontario, Canada
Seniority: Associate
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Oversee legal service delivery, quality assurance, compliance, and risk management across programs, while guiding staff lawyers and paralegals. Lead program and process improvements, manage projects and resources, and support strategic initiatives that respond to community needs.

Job details

Legal Director Location: Ontario - Fully Remote Our client Is a leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving access to justice for low-income Ontarians. Responsibilities Oversee the delivery of high-quality legal services across programs, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, professional standards, and regulatory obligations. Lead, mentor, and develop a team of staff lawyers and paralegals, fostering a culture of professional growth, collaboration, and accountability. Develop and implement systems, processes, and standards to improve the quality, consistency, and efficiency of legal service delivery. Oversee legal risk management practices across programs and provide guidance on novel, complex, substantive, and ethical legal issues. Monitor compliance with professional and ethical obligations and support quality assurance across legal programs. Oversee projects and programs to ensure quality, effective resource allocation, funding obligations, and alignment with strategic objectives. Support program development and contribute to strategic initiatives responding to evolving community needs. Qualifications Licensed lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario. Minimum 10 years of legal practice experience, including strong civil litigation experience. Demonstrated experience managing, mentoring, or leading legal professionals. Strong understanding of professional responsibility, legal risk management, and quality assurance. Strong organizational, project management, and systems-thinking skills. Experience leading process improvements or implementing new systems and technology is an asset. Compensation & Benefits Salary: depending on experience. Competitive benefit. Remote working environment. Ref# LI1855

What you’ll do

Requirements

Must be a lawyer in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario and have at least 10 years of legal practice experience, including strong civil litigation experience. Requires demonstrated leadership or mentoring of legal professionals and strong knowledge of professional responsibility, legal risk management, quality assurance, and project and systems management.