Contract Legal Assistant

Description:

🚨 Immediate Opening: Contract Legal Assistant in Toronto🚨

Our client, a leading employment and labour law firm, is currently looking for an experienced Legal Assistant to join their team on a contract basis.

This is an excellent opportunity for a accomplished legal professional who can step in quickly, provide seamless support to multiple lawyers, and contribute immediately in a fast-paced legal environment.

📍 Location: Downtown Toronto, ON (fully on-site to start, role will then transition into a hybrid
🏢 Work Arrangement: Fully on-site initially, with hybrid flexibility available following the training/probation period

What you'll be doing:
✅ Providing legal and administrative support to 2-3 lawyers
✅ Drafting, revising, and formatting legal correspondence and documentation
✅ Preparing court filings, hearing materials, briefs, and records
✅ Coordinating court and tribunal filings and monitoring key deadlines
✅ Communicating with clients, lawyers, courts, and external stakeholders
✅ Managing calendars, appointments, travel arrangements, and meeting coordination
✅ Organizing and maintaining legal files and document management systems
✅ Monitoring lawyer inboxes and assisting with urgent client matters
✅ Processing dockets, expense claims, and supporting file closures

What Our Client is looking for:
✔️ Minimum 5 years of Legal Assistant experience within employment and labour law
✔️ Legal Secretarial Diploma or equivalent education/training
✔️ Strong knowledge of court and tribunal filing procedures
✔️ Exceptional organizational and time-management skills
✔️ Ability to manage multiple priorities in a deadline-driven environment
✔️ Excellent verbal and written communication skills
✔️ Advanced proficiency with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Adobe Acrobat
✔️ Experience working independently while contributing to a collaborative team