Description
About Us
JFK Law LLP is a specialty law firm focused on delivering high quality legal services to Indigenous people, communities, and organizations. We have offices in Victoria, Vancouver, and Toronto but serve our clients across Canada.
As a firm dedicated to serving Indigenous people, we strongly encourage Indigenous applicants to apply.
Role Overview
Paralegal
The primary focus of the Paralegal is to support the firm in the orderly, timely and cost-effective conduct of client business by providing support in the conduct of files, including litigation and regulatory support, document collection and management, and document preparation. This position requires collaboration between the lawyers, the litigation support specialists, and the legal administrative assistants to ensure the lawyers’ needs are met on each file. The paralegal will be responsible for assisting the lawyers and other staff in planning and managing their assigned files, particularly in relation to major court filings.
Key Responsibilities
Litigation and Regulatory Support
- Preparing timelines and work plans for filings, hearings and trials.
- Coordinating timelines and advising the Legal Assistants on calendaring, scheduling, and maintaining court filing deadlines for their lawyers.
- Coordinating the work planning of files, as required.
- Preparing specialized court documents in all levels of court and in various jurisdictions.
- Gathering client documents.
- Managing complex evidence records.
- Arranging dates for trials and judicial review hearings.
- Assisting with the review and assembling of documentary evidence.
- Collecting, organizing, tracking, and managing documents and consultation records.
- Organizing witness statements.
- Assisting the lawyers prepare for court and provide useful materials to brief Chiefs, Councils, Elders, and communities.
- Proofreading and editing of footnotes, as requested.
Document Management
- Overseeing the management of documents and legal databases.
- Overseeing the electronic document management system.
- Ensuring proper management of firm documents, including document collection, organization, tracking and retrieval and the maintenance of databases of these documents.
- Training and supporting the firm’s Legal Assistants and Lawyers in matters related to document management.
- Recommending improvements to the firm’s document management processes and systems, as necessary.
Qualifications
- Graduate from an accredited Paralegal program, or currently enrolled in the program.
- Member in good standing of the BC Paralegal Association, or provincial equivalent.
- Minimum of 5 years experience as a paralegal, or an equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Excellent technical skills and exceptional attention to detail.
- Ability to prioritize work effectively and meet deadlines which may change quickly.
- Outstanding interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
Assets
- Demonstrated ability to build and maintain positive client relationships
- Experience with eDiscovery
- Experience with iPro Eclipse, iManage, and Cosmolex.
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