Law clerk - Mississauga

Overview

Languages

English

• College/CEGEP

Experience

7 months to less than 1 year

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

• Advise clients on legal proceedings
• Assemble documentary evidence in preparation for trial
• Be responsible for the administration of the estate and the distribution of assets
• Draft contracts, prepare promissory notes and draw up wills, mortgages and other legal documents
• Interview clients, witnesses and other related parties
• Perform clerical duties, such as maintain filing systems
• Take legal action on landlord and tenant matters
• Write trial briefs
• Establish work priorities for court staff
• Prepare wills, real estate transactions and other legal documents, court reports and affidavits
• Receive affidavits, declarations and affirmations
• Represent clients in small claims court and in other lower court proceedings, at tribunals and before administrative bodies
• Administer oaths
• Witness and certify the validity of signatures on documents
• Record court commencement, trial proceedings and judgements
• Draft legal correspondence
• Explain rights and obligations to defendants
• Oversee maintenance of judicial court records
• Perform civil marriages
• Assist in preparing annual budgets
• Hear evidence at trials on summary conviction offences and may preside over trials of criminal offences
• Call courts of law to order, read charges and take pleas from defendants