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Legal Aid Saskatchewan is seeking a lawyer for its Northern Office in La Ronge to practice in the areas of adult/youth criminal law with some family law. This position involves travel in small aircraft to northern communities.
Legal Aid Saskatchewan provides accessible and professional legal services in criminal and family law to eligible people.
Applicants should be Lawyers entitled to practice in Saskatchewan with experience in litigation in Provincial and Superior Courts. Placement within the salary range [$77,420 to $139,708] is commensurate with experience. The incumbents are entitled to 3 weeks annual vacation, 15 EDOs and 13 Statutory Holidays per full fiscal year. There is a $200 per month northern allowance, as well. The position is within the Union.
This is an opportunity for people who see the practice of law as more than just a job. This is an opportunity to help people who really need it, every day, and to hone your legal skills while doing so.
We encourage applications from people of Aboriginal ancestry, persons of a visible minority group, persons with disabilities and women seeking management and non-traditional roles. Legal Aid Saskatchewan has an employment equity program approved by the Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
Essential Skills
- Reading text
- Document use
- Writing
- Oral communication
- Working with others
- Problem solving
- Decision making
- Critical thinking
- Job task planning and organizing
- Finding information
- Computer use
- Continuous learning
- Significant use of memory
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Membership in a provincial or territorial law society
Additional Skills
- Supervise professional, para-legal and support staff and articling students
Specific Skills
- Advise clients of their legal rights
- Plead clients' cases before courts of law, tribunals and boards
- Offer mediation, conciliation and arbitration services
- Negotiate settlements
Work Setting
- Legal-aid clinic
- Court
Area of Legal Specialization
- Family
- Criminal
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