Legal Assistant, Legal Support Services

Dentons is designed to be different. Our Firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a Firm with over 21000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80 countries.

Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canadas Top 100 Employers (2025); Canadas Top Employers for Young People (2025) and Canadas Best Diversity Employers (2025).

This role is an opportunity for you to join Canadas Global Law Firm a Firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.

POSITION SUMMARY

As a Legal Assistant within our Legal Support Services team you will provide both administrative and practice management support to legal professionals in a variety of practice areas within the Vancouver office. This position will require a confident reliable and service-minded assistant with the ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities. This is a supporting role where you will have the opportunity to meet and work collaboratively with people across the Firm develop your skills and provide seamless service and coverage for leaves absences and peak work volumes.

The successful candidate will be organized discreet detail-oriented and have a client-first approach to addition the successful applicant must be team-oriented and accustomed to working collaboratively with other legal professionals. This is a great opportunity for a Legal Assistant to expand their scope of skills and gain exposure to a variety of practice areas within a collegial team and supportive environment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Legal Support teams with overflow work and backup coverage as needed.
• Prepare routine correspondence and forms from precedents.
• Initiating conflict searches opening files and preparing engagement letters.
• Maintain and organize files electronically including closing files.
• Enter and maintain lawyers time entries as requested.
• Dealing with and responding to client inquiries expeditiously and conducting follow up; keeping the lawyers apprised of interactions in their absence.
• Prepare and update cheque requisitions and expense reports.
• Coordinate large scan print or copy jobs with support from our office services team.
• Update and maintain client / matter lists and current client contact records electronically to meet Dentons requirements.
• General administrative duties such as scheduling appointments and meetings photocopying materials booking meeting rooms making travel arrangements etc.; working with other related departments / services internally to provide documents and other materials on time to meet client needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

The expected salary target for this role is $50000 to $58000 commensurate with experience. At Dentons we are committed to offering equitable and competitive pay we achieve this by aligning internal salary ranges for specific roles to similar positions in the external the normal course our practice is to hire transfer and promote employees within the entry part of our range adjusting as needed based on the prior experience skills and competencies required for the role along with any market differentials.

Recognizing our exceptional talent means providing a comprehensive total rewards package beyond a competitive salary. We have curated our employee benefits portfolio to offer inclusive and comprehensive wellbeing and developmental programs for our people. With extended benefits and mental health plans paid time off savings plans fitness subsidy parental leave top up and more our benefits are flexible aligned to our core values and supports the various needs of our people. Additionally our personal and professional development programs include people networks mentorships and leadership series programming to help people grow their career.

Note : Availability of the benefits and perks may be subject to your location and employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Dentons reserves the right to alter these programs and offerings in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.

Equal Opportunity Statement

At Dentons Canada inclusion diversity equity and accessibility (IDEA) are not just ancillary values they are foundational to our business. We believe that IDEA is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people enhances the leading services we offer to our clients and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to IDEA we have been recognized as one of Canadas Best Diversity Employers for 15 consecutive years (2011-2025) as well as one of Canadas Top Employers for Young People (2025) for the eighth time.

Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome your application. All employment decisions including hiring will be made without regard to age ancestry citizenship colour creed disability ethnic origin family status gender identity marital status place of origin race sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.

We are committed to providing you with an inclusive barrier-free and accessible workplace to support your success. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process for example as a result of a disability please contact us at .

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 50000 - 58000