Immigration lawyer

• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: Bilingual
• Hours: 44 hours per week
• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: 5 years or more

Asset languages

• Spanish; Castilian

Work setting

• Private company, corporation or industry

Tasks

• Advise clients of their legal rights and all matters related to law
• Perform administrative functions related to the practice of law
• Perform management functions related to the practice of law
• Plead clients' cases before courts of law, tribunals and boards (lawyers only)
• Draw up legal documents and prepare statements of legal opinion
• Supervise professional, para-legal and support staff and articling students
• Research legal precedents and gather evidence
• Write and edit for legal publications

Supervision

• 3-4 people

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

• Membership in a provincial or territorial law society

Computer and technology knowledge

• MS Excel
• MS Word

Area of work experience

• Immigration

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Tight deadlines
• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

• Accurate
• Client focus
• Dependability
• Efficient interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral communication
• Excellent written communication
• Flexibility
• Initiative
• Interpersonal awareness
• Judgement
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Values and ethics

Screening questions

• Do you have experience working in this field?

Workplace information

• Hybrid

Support for persons with disabilities

• Applies accessible and inclusive recruitment policies that accommodate persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition

Support for mature workers

• Applies hiring policies that discourage age discrimination

Supports for visible minorities

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)