wills and estates legal assistant

Education

• Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Work setting

• General law practice

Tasks

• Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Maintain filing system
• Record and prepare minutes of court sessions, meetings or conferences
• Prepare financial statements and reports
• Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
• Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
• Prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits

Supervision

• No supervision responsibility

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Office
• Electronic mail
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• WordPerfect

Area of work experience

• Correspondence
• Invoices
• Reports and records

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Dependability
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask

Experience

• 7 months to less than 1 year
• Durée de l'emploi : Permanent
• Langue de travail : Anglais
• Heures de travail : 70 hours bi-weekly