Are you a passionate legal professional with a minimum of three years’ related experience and a flair for creativity? Do you believe in providing client-centered legal services with an emphasis on collegiality and innovation? At Meadows Law, we are seeking a dynamic junior lawyer with these attributes to join our forward-thinking team.
What We Offer:
- Client-Centred Focus: Put clients first. Apply your skills and innovation to create cost-effective and practical legal solutions for a variety of public and private clients in the areas of administrative, environmental, health and privacy law.
- Blaze Your Own Trail: Build your own path to success! We encourage you to build on the experience Meadows Law can provide with your fresh ideas, unique perspective, and approach to legal practice.
- Innovation: Collaborate with seasoned lawyers who value creativity and out-of-the-box thinking.
- Opportunity: Dive into our unique and varied administrative, environmental, health and privacy law files with real-world impact.
- Continuous Learning: Grow your legal skills through mentorship from veteran lawyers willing to share their decades of experience with you and who share a commitment to the pursuit of lifelong learning.
Your Role:
- Client Engagement: Build strong relationships and tailor legal solutions to meet the unique needs of individual clients.
- Advocacy: Craft compelling legal arguments, opinions and advice that stands out.
- Legal Innovator: Explore new ways to serve clients effectively and to improve the delivery of practical solutions to respond to varied legal problems.
- Scholarship: Remain curious and committed to learning what you don’t know and sharing what you do know.
- Respect and Reconciliation: Foster respectful relationships within Indigenous communities where we live and work and join us in walking the path of reconciliation.
Qualifications:
- Education and Experience: JD or LLB from an accredited institution, current Member in good standing or eligible for admission to the Law Society of Alberta and Nunavut; and a minimum of three years as a practicing lawyer in a law firm, government, or in-house position.
- Travel: Monthly travel is required, including considerable travel into and within Nunavut.
- Creativity: Show us your unique legal perspective!
- Adaptability and Flexibility: Thrive in a dynamic, ever-evolving legal landscape.
- Empathy: Understand our clients' needs and requirements and advocate passionately.
- Hybrid Work: When not travelling, we spend Mondays and Thursdays working together in our downtown Edmonton office and work the remaining three days from our home offices.
- Team Player: Must be willing to collaborate, learn, and grow together.
How to Apply:
Ready to make a difference? Send your resumé, cover letter, and a creative legal writing sample to ssonsteby@meadowslaw.ca by August 14, 2024. Tell us how you see yourself making your mark at Meadows Law!