Articling Student

Harris Law, Personal Injury Lawyers PC is considering hiring an Articling Student for the 2024/2025 year. If you are looking to gain immeasurable experience in personal injury, hone your research skills and advocate for clients during the claims process, we have the position for you!

In joining Harris Law, you will be part of an incredible team of passionate, purpose-driven people who believe in excellence and focus on doing their best work every day.

Business Hours: 8:30am to 5:00pm, Monday to Friday.

What We Offer:

Benefits: vacation time, sick time, appointment time, group health benefits with an employee assistance program and Lumino Health, parking as a taxable benefit and quarterly social events.

Learning and development opportunities: we will support and invest in your career and improvement because we believe that exceptional people crave the opportunity to grow.

Bar Exam Fee Coverage: We offer financial assistance to cover the costs associated with the bar exam for qualified candidates (including materials, application fee, Robes at Call).

Remuneration: $55,000.00 -- $60,000.00

Who You Are:

• Self-starter with a proven history of holding yourself accountable.
• Effective communication skills, coupled with the ability to interact confidently and professional with clients, adjusters and counsel.
• Excellent legal written and oral skills.
• Attentive to detail when reviewing legal documents and case materials.
• Effective in time management with ability to handle multiple tasks and meet deadlines effectively.
• Team Player who is collaborative and adaptable with a positive attitude, and willing to learn from experienced lawyers and contribute to the firm’s success.
• Problem solver.
• Creative thinker.
• High legal research skills.
• An advocate.

How You’ll Make a Difference:

• Advocate for the client through brief writing and submissions.
• Attendance at mediation, pretrial, examinations for discovery and client meetings with the assigned lawyer to better assist the client’s proceeding, as required
• Attend internal meetings to ensure everyone is up to date on the claims you’re working on
• Provide assistance with the client intake process and respond to both basic and complex client inquiries by e-mail and/or telephone to ensure that documents are processed, and any obstacles are anticipated and dealt with
• Effectively communicate with clients regarding procedural and case processing issues, identify client solutions and understand current client activity
• Participate in office-wide projects, including training and process improvement
• Attendance at Motion Court, Trial Scheduling Court, Speak to Court, and other Court or Tribunal appearances as required, on routine matters
• Stay up to date with developments in personal injury la
• Other duties may be assigned as required

Requirements:

• Law Degree: Completion or near-completion of a law degree from an accredited law school.
• Articling Placement: Enrolled or eligible to be enrolled in an articling program approved by the Law Society of Ontario.

Students need to submit a cover letter, resume, undergrad and law school transcripts and a list of references to jschellenberger@harrishurtline.com.

Job Type: Fixed term contract

Salary: $1,057.70-$1,153.84 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Company events
• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Vision care

Flexible Language Requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Work Location: In person