Senior Law Clerk

Job summary

Manage personal injury and litigation files from intake through trial, assess next steps, and track limitation periods, deadlines, productions, and disclosure. Prepare correspondence, request records, schedule matters, maintain disclosure charts, draft affidavits of documents, memos, file summaries, and motions, and support trial and hearing preparation.

Job details

About the firm Boland Romaine LLP is the leading personal injury law firm in York Region. We are trial lawyers for the seriously injured and consistently recognized by Canadian Lawyer Magazine as a top 10 personal injury firm. We distinguish ourselves with our trial record. Our office is the ideal alternative to the downtown commute. Conveniently located at the intersection of Yonge St. and Wellington St. in Aurora, our office provides free parking and is steps away from the Aurora GO station. We are looking for conscientious, detail-oriented, senior law clerk with a minimum of five years experience in personal injury litigation to join our team. Interested candidates are asked to email their resume and cover letter to Erin Farrell (efarrell@bolandromaine.com) About the role We need someone that will provide dependable legal support to lawyers handling personal injury and litigation matters in a full-time, on-site capacity. Day-to-day responsibilities include: File management requiring proactively moving files from intake to trial in a timely manner. The candidate must have the ability to review a file and assess next steps. Diligent management of limitation periods and deadlines; tracking, requesting and managing productions Preparing correspondence, requesting records, scheduling, updating and maintaining disclosure charts. Drafting affidavit of documents, memos, file summaries and motions. Qualifications A minimum five-years experience with Ontario personal injury litigation, accident benefits litigation, or related civil litigation. Relevant post-secondary education in law, legal studies, or a law clerk/paralegal program. Solid understanding of the Rules of Civil Procedure, the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, and LAT procedures. Excellent interpersonal and client service skills, strong initiative and ability to work in a team oriented atmosphere. Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Office, and Primafact as well as the technical skills to learn newer software. Effective communication skills, both written and verbal, to collaborate with lawyers, opposing counsel, and clients. Exceptional skills and knowledge of discovery preparation. Strong organizational skills and ability to manage deadlines and limitation periods. Trial and hearing preparation.

What you’ll do

Manage personal injury and litigation files from intake through trial, assess next steps, and track limitation periods, deadlines, productions, and disclosure. Prepare correspondence, request records, schedule matters, maintain disclosure charts, draft affidavits of documents, memos, file summaries, and motions, and support trial and hearing preparation.

Requirements

Requires at least five years of experience in Ontario personal injury litigation, accident benefits litigation, or related civil litigation, along with relevant post-secondary education in law, legal studies, or a law clerk/paralegal program. Candidates should understand the Rules of Civil Procedure, the Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule, and LAT procedures, and have strong discovery preparation, organizational, communication, client service, and teamwork skills, plus proficiency with Microsoft Office, Outlook, and Primafact.

Benefits

• Free Parking

Listed skills

• Customer service · Preferred
• Microsoft Office · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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• Personal Injury Litigation
• Accident Benefits Litigation
• Civil Litigation
• File Management
• Deadline Management
• Limitation Period Management
• Document Production Management
• Legal Correspondence
• Records Requests
• Disclosure Chart Maintenance
• Affidavit of Documents Drafting
• Motion Drafting
• Discovery Preparation
• Trial and Hearing Preparation
• Client Service
• Microsoft Office

Job areas

• Legal
• Administrative