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Legal Practice Assistant – Litigation / Adjoint·e à la pratique juridique – Litige

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP · Ottawa
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Posted 5 days ago
CompanyBorden Ladner Gervais LLP
LocationOttawa
SourceWorkday
ListedPosted 5 days ago

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We are BLG: Canada’s Law Firm. Our culture is one of vigilance and curiosity, Firm-wide collaboration, unfailing mutual respect and dedication. We pride ourselves on having standout talent and delivering an exceptional client experience.
We are a future-minded Firm delivering high-value advice and known for our unwavering commitment to innovation, diversity and inclusion, community involvement and talent development. Learn more about us at www.blg.com.
Purpose of the Role
The Legal Practice Assistant will take an active interest in, and obtain a thorough understanding of, all aspects of client requirements to provide exceptional service levels to the lawyers and our clients. The Legal Practice Assistant will act as workflow coordinator for other support services including delegating and reviewing the completion of document production, file management, copying/scanning work and other administrative work. This position is for an existing vacancy.
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Description du poste
Le ou la titulaire du poste devra comprendre à fond toutes les exigences des clients et avoir à cœur de fournir un service exceptionnel aux avocat·es et aux clients du cabinet. La personne sélectionnée sera en outre responsable de coordonner les flux de travail pour les autres services de soutien; ainsi, elle supervisera le bon déroulement de tâches administratives comme la production de documents, la gestion des dossiers et la photocopie et la numérisation de fichiers – ou verra à ce qu’elles soient déléguées aux personnes appropriées.
Ce poste remplace un poste actuellement vacant.
Key Responsibilities
The key responsibilities of this role are:
Administrative
Manage calendars, ensuring they are up to date and reminding lawyers of meetings etc. on a daily basis
Arrange meetings, book conference rooms, refreshments, check rooms prior to meetings etc. and liaise with other attendees, both internal and external
Arrange for travel bookings and related details to be made through the support teams
Arrange photocopying, printing, organizing couriers, sending out of letters, faxes etc.
Arrange for files to be opened and closed, supervise general filing requirements and record keeping
Coordinate/conduct research on conflict of interests
Use effective systems to ensure that both short and long term tasks are completed within required timescales
Support lawyers in marketing activities including involvement in preparation of pitches and presentations
Communication
Take internal and external telephone queries, responding as appropriate and/or ensuring that all messages are passed on in a timely manner
Monitor post and/or e-mails and dealing with as appropriate and ensure that all client related correspondence is passed on to an appropriate lawyer if the relevant person is out of the office
Liaise with administrative support departments on behalf of lawyers as required
Liaise with the department’s Team Leader over any planned absences, arranging cover as necessary and communicating this to the relevant lawyers.
Client Relationship Management
Become an active part in the care of clients and be wholly familiar with contacts/clients
Enter, maintain and update client details and relevant information in the Firm’s CRM contacts system
Deal with basic client queries and general administration
Arrange client meetings
Document Production
Check correspondence, attachments, documents, reports, presentations, faxes etc. produced by the Document Production team before they are passed to the relevant lawyer and undertake basic/minor amendments where appropriate
Type urgent/short/confidential correspondence and emails
Produce and maintain Excel spreadsheets as required
Financial - Billing
Assist lawyers in the daily entry and recording of their hours in the system
Assist lawyers and Practice Group Billing Coordinator in the billing and credit control process by liaising with the lawyer and accounts and to produce standard prebill financial/time reports through the system
Request cheques, bank transfers and paying in money received, as appropriate
Send invoices to clients with the appropriate supporting documents
Other Duties and Responsibilities
In addition to providing support to the lawyer(s) to whom they report, a Practice Assistant will also provide assistance to their immediate colleagues in the department and, where practical, other departments.
Team duties will therefore include:
Assisting other members of the firm, both proactively and at the request of the Team Leader
Any other duties as requested by the Lawyers or Team Leader
Key Competencies
Legal Assistant or Law Clerk Diploma or equivalent experience;
Perfectly bilingual in French and English, written and spoken is an asset
Minimum 3 to 5 years of legal experience
Mandatory experience in litigation, ideally in Labour and Employment
Proficiency in MS Office (excellent knowledge of advanced functions in Word);
Ability to communicate in a professional manner with clients and lawyers;
Ability to interact professionally with clients and all members of the firm;
Strong organizational skills and time management skills;
Self-starter who can work with minimal instruction/supervision;
Detail-oriented individual with good proofreading skills;
Excellent multi-tasking skills;
Ability to follow instructions with minimal supervision and take initiative;
Able to set priorities while maintaining flexibility;
A team player with excellent interpersonal skills.
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Principales attributions
Administration
Tenir à jour les calendriers et rappeler aux avocat·es leurs réunions quotidiennes.
Organiser les réunions, réserver les salles de conférence, commander les rafraîchissements, vérifier l’état des salles avant les réunions et communiquer avec les autres participant·es, à l’interne et à l’externe.
S’occuper de la réservation des déplacements et d’autres détails connexes avec l’aide des équipes de soutien.
Voir au bon déroulement de diverses tâches : photocopie, impression, envoi par messager, envoi de lettres et de télécopies, etc.
Superviser l’ouverture et la fermeture des dossiers et veiller au respect des exigences générales de dépôt de documents et à la bonne tenue des dossiers.
Coordonner/effectuer des recherches sur les conflits d’intérêts.
Employer des systèmes efficaces pour faire en sorte que les tâches à exécuter à court et à long terme soient terminées dans les délais impartis.
Soutenir les avocat·es dans leurs activités de marketing et participer à la préparation de divers types de présentations.
Communication
Répondre aux demandes téléphoniques internes et externes, en acheminant en temps opportun les messages aux personnes appropriées.
Surveiller le courrier ou les courriels et prendre les mesures nécessaires; voir à ce que la correspondance qui concerne un client soit transmise à l’avocat·e concerné·e ou, en son absence, à la personne désignée.
Au besoin, communiquer au nom des avocat·es avec les services de soutien administratif.
Communiquer avec les responsables d’équipe quant aux absences prévues, trouver des remplaçant·es au besoin et transmettre l’information aux avocat·es touchés.
Gestion des relations avec les clients
S’occuper proactivement des besoins des clients et être au fait des contacts importants.
Saisir, maintenir et actualiser les renseignements relatifs aux clients dans le système de gestion des contacts du cabinet (CRM).
Répondre aux demandes courantes des clients et aux questions générales ayant trait à l’administration.
Organiser les rencontres avec les clients.
Production de documents
Vérifier notamment la correspondance, les pièces jointes, les documents, les rapports, les présentations et les télécopies que produit le Centre de production de documents avant que les avocat·es les reçoivent, et apporter des modifications mineures au besoin.
Taper la correspondance et les courriels confidentiels, urgents ou brefs.
Produire des feuilles de calcul Excel et les tenir à jour, au besoin.
Tâches financières – Facturation
Aider les avocat·es à consigner quotidiennement leurs heures dans le système.
Aider les avocat·es et le/la coordonnateur·rice de la facturation attitré·e au groupe de pratique concerné dans le cadre du processus de facturation et de contrôle du crédit en communiquant avec l’avocat·e visé·e et les responsables des comptes, et produire, au moyen du système, des rapports standards de facturation préliminaire.
Faire des demandes de chèques, de virements bancaires et de versements, au besoin.
Envoyer les factures aux clients, avec les pièces justificatives appropriées.
Autres fonctions et responsabilités
En plus d’appuyer l’avocat·e ou les avocat·es à qui elle ren

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