Law Clerk

Job Description

 

Ford of Canada is seeking a Law Clerk to join its team at the corporate headquarters in Oakville. The successful candidate will be well organized, have a keen interest and desire to learn and provide proactive key support to our Ford of Canada Legal team.

 

Responsibilities

 

Role and responsibilities:

 

• Support General Counsel / Corporate Secretary with respect to corporate secretarial matters including preparing materials for board meetings, scheduling board meetings, maintaining corporate records including minute books, shareholder register, registers of officers and directors, etc. Support filing of annual returns and other filings across Canada.
• Issue annual engagement letters and outside counsel procedures to outside firms. Issue retainer letters for individual matters, process budget requests. Retain electronic copies.
• Support Legal Counsel with respect to litigation matters including electronic file opening, assigning allegation codes, having engineers assigned to cases, obtaining vehicle reports, preparing budget approvals, maintaining register of significant litigation, dealing with administrative and finance matters, closing files, maintaining electronic files.
• Work with billing coordinators at numerous outside counsel firms to set-up eBilling, manage timekeepers, deal with annual rate requests.
• Manage and store company contracts in compliance with contract governance process.
• Coordinate quarterly and ad hoc corporate insurance reporting, liaising with outside counsel and company Legal Counsel.
• Participate in quarterly Litigation / Finance meetings.
• Assist lawyers with annual file reviews.
• Attend training and assist lawyers with company policies.
• Finance tasks such as cheque requests and funds transfers.
• Administrative tasks such as scheduling meetings, scanning mail to lawyers, receiving statements of claim.

 

Qualifications

 

Basic Qualifications:

 

• 3+ years' Corporate or Litigation Law Clerk experience (in a private practice or in-house)
• Law Clerk Diploma or equivalent

 

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

 

• Excellent organization skills
• Proven communication skills

 

We thank all applicants for their interest, but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

 

Ford of Canada is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to a culturally diverse workforce. Accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment, selection and / or assessment processes, where needed, are available upon request. Please inform Human Resources of the nature of any accommodation(s) that you may require.

 

Candidates for this position must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Ford Motor Company of Canada, Limited does not sponsor work permit applications.