Legal and related associate professionals perform support functions in courts of law or in law offices, provide services related to such legal matters as insurance contracts, the transferring of property and the granting of loans and other financial transactions or conduct investigations for clients.
Skill level:
Skilled
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- A Legal Assistant in Alberta in administrative and support service activities with 4 years or less experience earned minimum $50.30 and maximum $60.50 per hour in 2020.
- A Legal Assistant in Alberta in administrative and support service activities with 4 years or less experience earned minimum $49.30 and maximum $59.30 per hour in 2020.
- A Legal Assistant in British Columbia in administrative and support service activities with 4 years or less experience earned minimum $48.30 and maximum $58.30 per hour in 2020.
Job Responsibilities
- Documenting court proceedings and judgements
- Serving statements of claims, summonses, warrants, subpoenas and other court orders
- Maintaining order in court and hearing rooms
- Preparing legal documents including trial briefs, pleadings, appeals, wills and contracts, and preparing papers summarizing legal positions or setting out conditions of loans or insurance
- Investigating facts, assembling evidence and researching relevant statutes, decisions and other legal documents to prepare cases
- Advising clients on legal matters
- Examining documentation such as mortgages, liens, judgements, easements, contracts and maps in order to verify properties’ legal descriptions and ownership
- Preparing documents relating to transfer of real estate, stocks or other matters requiring formal registration
- Investigating possible cases of theft of goods, money or information from business establishments and of other possible cases of unlawful behaviour by customers or employees
- Investigating establishments or the circumstances and behaviour of persons on behalf of clients
