[Hiring] Employment & Labour Lawyer @SpringLaw

Role Description

Looking for an innovative, collaborative and creative employment & labour law firm to put down your lawyer roots this spring? Come join SpringLaw! We are a growing, busy group of smart, tech-forward employment & labour lawyers looking to add to our team. We serve both employers and employees in a wide range of industries, from tech to landscaping to finance. If you are a lawyer looking for a high-impact position with strong support, training and mentoring to grow your career, SpringLaw might be for you!

What You’ll Do

• Serve both employer and employee clients in a wide range of solicitor and litigation workplace law issues, including:
  • Contract reviews
  • Disability management
  • Discrimination and harassment claims
  • Workplace investigations
  • M&A employment matters
  • Termination claims and litigation
• This is a high-impact client-facing role, and your input to the firm, to our mission and to our clients will be felt directly.

Qualifications

• At least 3-4 years of private practice experience with employment and labour law work
• Client-facing practice management experience
• Ability to ground every legal solution in real life
• Comfortable with both litigation proceedings and a solicitor soul
• Collaborate effortlessly with other lawyers on our team
• Shared values for how you want to help clients
• A relentless growth mindset always seeking to improve workflows, legal knowledge, lawyer skills and client services
• A tech-savvy, forward-thinking and bold outlook on the future of law
• Grit, a work-hard ethic and an instinctive focus on getting the client’s problem solved
• Proficiency in Clio, Microsoft and Asana
• A desire to join a team long-term
• A connection with your community, friends and family while working hard for clients
• Innovative individuals with can-do attitudes

Requirements

• Qualified to practice law in Canada
• Meet 80% or more of the ideal requirements

Benefits

• Competitive Market Salary based on experience
• Performance and referral bonuses
• Full range of health & dental
• DB pension plan
• Education allowance and learning & development experiences
• Generous paid sick days & vacation

How to Apply

If you are qualified to practice law in Canada and meet 80% or more of the ideal requirements, please apply directly through BambooHR by clicking the "Apply for this job" button. We’d prefer a 60-second video introducing yourself and letting us know something that stood out to you in this post that made you say “This is for me,” as well as something role or firm-related you’re interested in learning more about. If making a video is not possible for you at the moment, don’t let it stop you from applying. Including the information in a short paragraph in your cover email is fine with us.

SpringLaw is an equity-seeking organization. People who identify as being from marginalized communities, including Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people identifying as 2SLGBTQ+, and people from low-income backgrounds, are especially encouraged to apply. Disability-related accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in our hiring process. Please contact Ashley Carter at [email protected] with your needs or any questions you have about this.