Legal Support Clerk - Edmonton

Our Yellowknife Corporate Team is looking for a legal support clerk to provide general invoicing and administrative duties for the paralegals. This position is based in Edmonton and reports into a combination of the YK Partner and the Director, HR + Administration.

Field Law is committed to upholding our core values of Collegiality, Integrity, and Professional Excellence, which serve as the foundation of our dedication to creating a high-quality, collaborative, and respectful environment for everyone.

Duties + Responsibilities

Pre-Billing/Billing:

• Monthly lists for Domestic and Extra Territorial Corporations Annual Maintenance
• Monthly lists clean up before passing to billing
• Sending invoices to billing department
• Setting reminders
• Quarterly reporting

Billing Support:

• New vendor setups
• Time entries for missing time as well as standard monthly time entry
• Liaising with team on client billing inquiries
• Cancelling, sorting and reissuing billings
• Assisting with collections

Post Billing:

• Contacting client about trust funds
• Assisting accounting in payment allocation
• Drafting letters to clients
• Responding to other agents
• Processing payments and confirming receipt of payments

File Management:

• Performing conflict searches and opening files and ALF cards for new clients
• Updating contact updates
• Executing requests from corporate team
• File closing assistance
• Making notes in ALF
• Engagements letters for corporate files

Other:

• Yellowknife Business Services Inbox management
• Other tasks as assigned

Qualifications + Skills

• 2+ years' experience as a Legal Assistant/Clerk with an emphasis on billing experience
• Recognized 2-year Legal Assistant Diploma.
• Advanced computer skills.
• Strong analytical skills and problem solving with minimal supervision.
• Exposure to corporate businesses in the north territories an asset
• Strong organizational skills

Working Conditions

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic work environment.
• Normal week-day office hours (35)

Qualified applicants can submit their resume to: careers@fieldlaw.com