Residential Real Estate Law Clerk
Job Description
Residential Real Estate Law Clerk
Salary: Up to $75K
Our Client, an extremely friendly sole practitioner, is looking for a Residential Real Estate Law Clerk to join his busy Toronto practice. This is a great opportunity for your expertise to shine! You will have autonomy in your work and the ability to build your professional portfolio. This down-to-earth and supportive lawyer is looking for someone with a minimum of five years’ relevant experience and a positive work ethic. He offers a competitive salary, great office space in downtown Toronto, and work-life balance. Don’t miss out on this amazing offer – apply now!
Key Responsibilities
- Completion of residential real estate transactions (purchase, sale, refinance, private mortgages) from start to finish with minimal supervision
- Conduct title and writ searches, prepare requisitions, charges, deeds, and discharges, order title insurance
- Communicate with clients, brokers, lenders, and other law offices in order to complete closings
- Communicate with lenders to request for funds and deal with issues with funding
- Complete client intake and telephone clients to request required information and discuss issues relating to the file
- Prepare client and lender reports
- Banking to make deposits
- File opening and file management on PCLaw
- Schedule and confirm appointments and meetings, conduct docketing and billing, and other administrative tasks as required
Qualifications
- 5+ years’ experience as a Real Estate Law Clerk is required
- Experience with Conveyancer / Unity, Teraview and PC Law
- Legal Assistant / Law Clerk education
- Must be able to handle a Real Estate File without supervision, from start to finish.
- Ability to manage clients and follow up.
- Formal Law Clerk education and training preferred.
- Desire to learn and high care factor
- Ability to work under pressure to meet deadlines
- Excellent time management and organization skills are required
- Excellent grammar, oral and written communication
- Friendly and professional
- Extensive knowledge about Real Estate Law.
To apply, please forward your resume to Zaheeda Merali, Manager – Executive Search at zaheeda@cartelinc.com
