About the Company
Forge Recruitment is partnered with our client, a diverse, dynamic, and successful award-winning commercial litigation law firm located in the heart of the financial district in downtown Toronto. The firm provides clients with expert legal solutions to various litigation disputes.
The firm is seeking an experienced Law Clerk with a minimum of 5 years experience in commercial litigation. The successful candidate must be an enthusiastic self starter, a strong team player, problem solver, proactive, and takes+ initiative.
About the Role
As the successful candidate, the incumbent will be responsible for:

• Issue pleadings and file various court documents via the e-civil filing portal.
• Work with process servers to ensure that documents are served and filed.
• Attend the courthouse as needed to file and retrieve documents.
• Prepare, revise, and proofread drafts of correspondence and court documents such as pleadings, affidavits of service, etc.
• A Commissioner of Affidavits is an asset.
• Familiarity and a willingness to learn new applications such as Dropbox, Docusign, Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and Caselines.
• Adaptable to changing court and firm policies such as Regional Practice Directions.
• Preparation of simple court documents such as discovery plans, notices of intent to defend, notice of appearance, notice of appointment of lawyer, discontinuance, etc.
• Schedule and coordinate examinations, prepare and send notice of examinations, draft and send out preparation letters to clients.
• Organize client documents, determine missing documents/evidence based on the pleadings and information provided by clients, and prepare Affidavit of Documents.
• Order transcripts, draft undertaking charts, and collect and prepare undertaking charts for review by senior lawyers.
• Ability to prepare mediation briefs or pre-trial briefs is an asset but is not required.
• Assisting with trial preparation such as issuing summons and completing joint book of documents.
• On occasion, the successful candidate is comfortable completing non billable marketing work such as amending office manual chapters, posting on social media, and assisting with legal presentations.
• Awareness of processes and deadlines for serving and filing court documents.

The Offer
Beyond excellent compensation and a highly professional working environment, the firm is prepared to offer the incoming candidate:

• A strong reputation among its competition, peers, and clients; being respectful and conscientious with practicing law.
• Competitive compensation packages based on experience with vacation and benefits including joining our group RRSP after completing the probationary period.
• Flexible start and finish times with the possibility to permanently work from home.
• Discretionary bonus pay based on performance.

What You Bring

• Successful completion of a post-secondary program in a related discipline (i.e., legal assistant, law clerk and/or Paralegal course) and a minimum of 5 years experience in a commercial litigation setting.
• Excellent attention to detail and accuracy, ability to work under pressure and meet tight deadlines and draft correspondence and legal documents.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work autonomously.
• Knowledge of the Rules of Civil Procedure and general court procedure.
• Ability to use initiative and exercise judgment in identifying issues needing immediate attention.
• Strong administrative, organizational, interpersonal and communication skills (oral and written), solid typing skills (75-80 wpm).
• Intermediate to advanced technical skills (including Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, and Ghostpractice).
• The ability to research on search engines such as CanLii and Westlaw is an asset, but is not required.

Next Steps
If you are interested in learning more about this opportunity, please apply, in confidence. Thank you for your interest in the position and in Forge Recruitment.