About This Role
This Law Clerk role supports the national Litigation team within Canada's premier full-service law firm. You will be a key member of a dynamic and innovative group of lawyers, paraprofessionals, and legal support staff, providing high-level service to clients and cultivating your skills in complex commercial and civil litigation matters.
Responsibilities
- Play a key role in high-profile disputes, including matters before the Supreme Court of Canada
- Support a diverse range of complex commercial and civil litigation matters
- Drive litigation files forward by delivering high-quality drafting, managing discovery, coordinating with clients, counsel, and experts
- Advance complex matters through all stages of proceedings
- Draft and manage a wide range of substantive litigation materials, including pleadings, motions, mediation briefs, affidavits of documents, undertakings, document briefs, and cost outlines
- Take ownership of matter management responsibilities, including file organization, electronic document management, data management, scoping, budgeting, client reporting, and overall coordination of complex litigation files
- Collaborate and contribute as an important member of the team
- Provide unwavering commitment to excellent client service
- Mentor and share knowledge with students, associates, and junior law clerks
Requirements
- 3+ years' of relevant working experience as a law clerk with a focus on commercial litigation
- Strong knowledge and understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure
- College Law Clerk Diploma or Institute of Law Clerks Ontario Certificate
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Excellent ability to take direction and work independently
- Knowledge of iManage, ACL, CaseLines, Relativity, Kofax Power PDF, Word, Excel, and Outlook
- A team player with a strong work ethic and a desire for continuous improvement
Nice to have:
- Knowledge of procedures before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of Canada Act, the Rules of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the Guidelines for Preparing Documents to be Filed with the Supreme Court of Canada
Benefits
- A hybrid working environment with technology reimbursements to support digital working
- Certification in Legal Project Management (LPM)
- Access to our market leading mentoring program
- A talent development framework that helps you develop your desired career path, including access to training and continued education opportunities
- Exceptional workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs
