Full-time Law Clerk (Real Estate & Corporate)

Emerge Law is powered by people, creativity, and innovation with an extremely supportive culture. We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team as a law clerk who will assist with real estate and corporate matters.

Position: Full-time Law Clerk (Real Estate & Corporate)

Location: optional in-person (in Toronto or Ottawa) or remote.

Key Responsibilities:

• Supporting the lawyers within the firm
• Real estate:
  • Assisting residential and commerical real estate files from start to finish;
  • Tasks could involve preparing requisition letters, closing documents, ongoing correspondence, reviewing surveys, and various other administrative tasks related to these files.
• Corporate:
  • General corporate maintenance, registrations, due diligence, searches, and corporate filings;
  • Proofreading various documents, document preparation, and organization;
  • Assisting structuring and restructuring transactions.
• Bookkeeping:
  • Accounts payables and accounts receivables;
  • Law society reporting;
  • Receive and deposit of trust funds;
  • Issuance of payments;
  • Client ledgers;

Skills and Qualifications :

• 1+ years of experience working for a law firm and at least 1 year experience working as a law clerk;
• Law clerk diploma/paralegal license is an asset but not a requirement;
• Some background in accounting or bookkeeping;
• Basic knowledge of corporate legislation, OBCA, and CBCA;
• Familiarity with Teraview, Telus Assyst, Unity, FCT, and CosmoLex;
• Exceptional communication, multi-tasking, and organization skills;
• Attention to detail is very important and the ability to handle a large volume of files.