Legal Assistant, Litigation Services, Professional Regulation (Hybrid, Toronto) - contract/secondment until December 2024

OVERVIEW

JOB PURPOSE

As part of the Litigation Services Department, the Legal Assistant is responsible for providing confidential and complex legal administrative support to the Director, Assistant Manager and Discipline Prosecutors (consisting of Practice Leads, Discipline Counsel, Associate Discipline Counsel and Discipline Paralegals) in Litigation Services. This includes providing para-professional, organizational and technical support. The Legal Assistant is responsible for planning, organizing and coordinating practices and procedures support, ensuring ongoing case management while handling multiple and competing deadlines relating to internal complaint processes, regulatory and/or court proceedings. The Legal Assistant is responsible for preparing, and sometimes drafting, documentation for the hearing process (in both Tribunal and court settings). The Legal Assistant works independently as well as under a combination of general s...