We are seeking permanent, full-time experienced Legal Assistants to join the Float Team in our Halifax office, to provide legal administrative support to lawyers in various practice areas, including, but not limited to: Litigation, Insurance, Property, Corporate/Commercial and Employment & Labour.
Your required skills and knowledge include:
· Accurate preparation of correspondence and legal documents;
· Processing large volumes of documents, with ability to use technology to store and organize emails and files diligently;
· Meeting deadlines, and ability to multi-task and reprioritize as needed;
· Processing daily emails, phone messages and time sheets;
· Maintaining detailed and accurate client and administrative files;
· Calendar maintenance, scheduling and organizing meetings, assisting with client meetings, making travel arrangements and updating address books;
· Communicating in a professional manner with lawyers and team members;
· Providing overflow support and help to other assistants as time allows; Other duties as assigned
· Minimum of 1 year administrative experience in a legal environment;
· Preference is given to those with related paralegal/legal assistant formal education;
· Strong competency in the usage of MS Office (particularly Word, and Excel), paired with superior typing and dicta-transcription skills;
· Strong verbal and written communication skills with a demonstrated ability to provide superior customer service;
· Excellent analytical skills with attention to detail, coupled with strong organizational and time management skills;
· Excellent proofreading skills (ability to check typed material for grammatical, typographical, spelling, word usage and formatting errors);
· The ability to work independently, follow instructions with minimal supervision and take initiative;
· The willingness to learn and contribute to the team.
Cox & Palmer 1625 Grafton Street, Suite 1500 Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 0E8
Tammy Goodwin tgoodwin@coxandpalmer.com Preferred Contact: Email
