Immigration lawyer

• Education: Bachelor's degree
• Experience: 5 years or more
• Legal professions and studies, other

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 previous experience in this field of employment?

Workplace information

• Hybrid
• Work Term: Permanent
• Work Language: Bilingual
• Hours: 40 hours per week