Legal Administrative Assistant

Job summary

Coordinate questioning, mediations, settlement conferences, pre-trials, and trials, including preparation and follow-up. Maintain lawyers’ calendars, draft routine correspondence and memos, and ensure court filings are accurate and timely.

Job details

At Preszler Injury Lawyers, we believe our people, our culture, and the way we do business is important. That's why when we hire; we look for a combination of fit and skills. We are focused on getting excellent results for clients. We do not view our business as a job but instead as a calling rooted in access to justice for traditionally vulnerable populations. The right candidate will share our motivations for personal injury work while also having an interest and appreciation for running a sustainable and growing business. We have an exciting opportunity at our Calgary office to join the role of Legal Administrative Assistant to work on scheduling. Reporting to the Managing Partners, your role will include but are not limited to the following: Main Tasks and Responsibilities: Arranging questioning, mediations, settlement conferences, and trials Pre and post preparation for questioning, mediations, and pre-trials Maintaining lawyer's calendar Drafting routine correspondence and memos Ensuring court filings are completed in an accurate and timely manner Other duties as assigned Experience: Legal Certificate an asset but not required. Legal Experience - 1 to 3 years commendable but not required. Have excellent time management and organizational skills and the ability to work independently. Be empathetic with an effective ability to build rapport with clients. Excellent accuracy and the ability to exercise initiative and good judgement. Flexible and adaptable to changing work demands, volumes and schedules. Other clerical and administrative support duties as directed by the management and/or legal team. We offer a friendly work environment, a competitive salary, and a benefits package. Interested candidates are invited to submit a resume to us. We thank all applicants however only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted.

What you’ll do

Coordinate questioning, mediations, settlement conferences, pre-trials, and trials, including preparation and follow-up. Maintain lawyers’ calendars, draft routine correspondence and memos, and ensure court filings are accurate and timely.

Requirements

A legal certificate is an asset but is not required, and one to three years of legal experience is commendable but not required. Candidates should have strong organizational and time-management skills, work independently, communicate empathetically with clients, exercise accuracy and good judgment, and adapt to changing demands.

Benefits

• Benefits Package

Listed skills

• Time management · Preferred
• Organization · Preferred
• adaptability · Preferred
• Accuracy · Preferred
• scheduling · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Scheduling
• Time Management
• Organization
• Independent Work
• Client Rapport
• Empathy
• Accuracy
• Initiative
• Judgment
• Adaptability
• Calendar Management
• Legal Correspondence
• Court Filings
• Mediation Coordination
• Trial Coordination

Job areas

• Legal
• Administrative

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