Legal Assistant, Litigation

Ranked a Best Employer in Canada for 24 years, Bennett Jones is one of Canada’s premier business law firms and home to 500 lawyers and business advisors. With deep experience in complex transactions and litigation matters, and offices in Calgary, Edmonton, Montréal, Ottawa, Toronto, Vancouver and New York, the firm is well equipped to advise businesses and investors with Canadian ventures and connect Canadian businesses and investors with opportunities around the world. Serving clients since 1922, we are proud to be the firm that businesses trust with their most complex legal matters.

We are currently recruiting for the following role in our Edmonton office:

Legal Assistant, Litigation Essential Functions

Legal Administrative Support

• Provides comprehensive legal administrative support, including drafting legal documents, managing client correspondence, and overseeing billing processes.Supports a broad range of practice areas, including health law, wills and estate litigation and employment law.
• Manage scheduling, meetings, and travel arrangements for assigned lawyers, ensuring seamless coordination tailored to individual practices.
• Builds and maintains strong, professional relationships with clients, lawyers, and staff to ensure effective service delivery.
• Performs general administrative and office duties to support daily operations.
  
  

Executive Support to Managing Partner

• Delivers high-level executive support, including managing confidential communications, strategic calendar oversight, travel planning, and leadership meeting coordination.
• Assists with firm-wide marketing initiatives, including preparing promotional materials and coordinating campaign activities.
• Maintains organized and secure physical and electronic filing systems to support confidentiality and ease of access.
• Promotes a collaborative and engaged team environment on behalf of the Managing Partner.
  
  

Practice Group & CMPA Operations Support

• Oversee Health Law Practice Group logistics, including meeting coordination, agenda preparation, speaker arrangements, and catering.
• Prepares and maintains monthly trust accounting reports related to CMPA files, ensuring accuracy and compliance with regulatory standards.
• Coordinates logistics for professional events, including conference registrations, travel arrangements, and related communications.
• Supports CMPA practice development and client engagement initiatives through effective administrative and operational support.
  
  

Qualifications:

• Post-secondary education from an accredited Legal Assistant program and/or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a legal support position; experience in Litigation an asset
• Proficient with computers, particularly Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel)
• Demonstrates a high level of professionalism, confidentiality and discretion
• Highly organized and able to prioritize workload
• Excellent attention to detail
• Self-motivated
• Responds to everyday tasks with little supervision and take ownership of the role
• A strong team player; demonstration of a positive work ethic
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  
  

Apply To:

Human Resources

Bennett Jones Services Limited Partnership

1400 Stantec Tower

10220 – 103 Avenue NW

Edmonton, AB T5J 0K4

E-mail: [email protected]

All offers of employment are conditional upon the satisfactory verification of a Canadian criminal record check. Determination of the factors that constitute satisfactory verification is within the sole discretion of Bennett Jones.

This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.

Bennett Jones welcomes applications from all applicants, including applicants who may requires a specific accommodation because of a disability or another protected ground. Any applicant requiring accommodation during the application process should contact email noted above.