Found Description
Work Location
Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Hours
35 hours per week
Line of Business
Legal
Pay Details
$50,200 - $70,800 CAD
Job Description
Provide legal secretarial support to one or more lawyers, maintaining a close and highly responsive relationship to their day‑to‑day activities.
Main Responsibilities
- Prepare complex legal documents by transcribing written or recorded material, including correspondence, factums, motions, summonses, etc.
- Draft standard legal documents, correspondence, and pleadings for review by lawyers; edit grammar, punctuation, and spelling as needed.
- Exercise initiative and judgment in a lawyer’s absence, such as negotiating extensions of time and prioritizing diverse incoming communications.
- Manage a lawyer’s calendar: schedule appointments, coordinate appearances, and resolve scheduling conflicts independently.
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