Law Clerk

Litigation Law Clerk About the Firm

K.R. Davidson Professional Corporation is a litigation firm in downtown St. Catharines. Our practice focuses on family law, estates and commercial litigation. Our clients are individuals and small and medium-sized companies. We succeed by efficiently delivering very high-quality, client-centered services.

Remuneration will be based on a base pay.

About the Opportunity

We are looking for a Law Clerk to work alongside K.R Davidson and associate counsel.

Key duties include :

• Strong writing skills for the purpose of drafting, proofreading, and editing correspondence and other work
• Managing the support functions of the litigation practice, including task/file management, scheduling examinations and motions and arranging for service and filing of court and tribunal documents
• Preparing financial statements, net family property statements, briefs, affidavits of documents, pleadings, and other court and tribunal forms
• Conducting simple legal research
• Conducting searches (title, corporate and real estate)
• Opening and closing files, and administrative work including scanning and document classification

Qualifications :

• Preferably 1-3 years’ experience as a law clerk
• A Law Clerk Diploma from an accredited institution or a university degree or equivalent experience
• General knowledge of court forms, court processes and procedures, and the Rules of Civil Procedure and Family Law Rules
• Strong organizational skills and computer skills
• Attention to detail
• Ability to work independently

We offer :

• A full-time, permanent position
• Competitive salary commensurate with experience
• Extended Health Care
• RRSP match

Salary : $37,200.00-$54,405.00 per year

Benefits :

• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• RRSP match

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• No weekends

COVID-19 considerations: Where applicable, we follow COVID-19 guidelines.

Experience :

• law clerk: 1 year (preferred)