legal assistant - immigration

Overview

Languages

English

Education

• College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
• or equivalent experience

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Work setting

• General law practice
• Business or corporate law
• Willing to relocate
• Legal firm
• Delivery and courier service
• Business services

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Maintain filing system
• Determine and establish office procedures and routines
• Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
• Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
• Type and proofread correspondence, forms and other documents
• Manage contracts
• Complete legal documentation
• Prepare invoices and bank deposits
• Plan, direct and evaluate the activities of firms and departments that develop and implement advertising campaigns to promote the sales of products and services
• Direct and evaluate establishments and departments that publicize activities and events on behalf of businesses, governments and other organizations
• Draft legal correspondence

Supervision

• 1 to 2 people

Experience and specialization

Target audience

• Immigrants
• College/University students
• International students

Computer and technology knowledge

• PCLaw in the Cloud
• MS Word
• MS Office
• Electronic mail
• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• MS PowerPoint
• MS Windows
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Legal software applications

Area of work experience

• Contracts
• Correspondence
• Invoices
• Immigration

Area of specialization

• Legal services
• Customs services

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Valid driver's licence

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Large caseload
• Large workload

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask
• Initiative
• Flexibility
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement