Work setting

• General law practice
• Business or corporate law
• Property and real estate law
• Law firm

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Open and distribute regular and electronic incoming mail and other material
• Schedule and confirm appointments
• Maintain filing system
• Determine and establish office procedures and routines
• Prepare and key in correspondence and legal documents
• Review and proofread documents and correspondence to ensure compliance with legal procedures and grammatical usage
• Perform basic bookkeeping tasks
• Draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
• Detect and correct errors in spelling, grammar and syntax
• Complete legal documentation
• Use real estate software packages
• Draft legal correspondence

Supervision

• No supervision responsibility

Experience and specialization

Computer and technology knowledge

• Dictaphone
• MS Word
• MS Office
• MS Excel
• MS Outlook
• MS Windows
• Adobe Acrobat Reader
• Legal software applications
• Database software
• Accounting software

Area of work experience

• Contracts
• Correspondence
• Real estate
• Law

Additional information

Transportation/travel information

• Own transportation

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Fast-paced environment
• Work under pressure
• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail
• Large caseload

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Ability to multitask