Estates Content Specialist

LEAP Legal Software Pty; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

LEAP Legal Software is seeking an Estates Content Specialist for its Toronto office. This role requires legal expertise to tailor software solutions for Wills & Lifetime Planning while conducting extensive research. Ideal candidates will thrive in a dynamic, tech-focused environment and collaborate with teams to enhance legal practices.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Excellent group insurance benefits

RRSP with employer matching

Generous Paid Time Off including 4 weeks' vacation

Hybrid working model

Collaborative work environment

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in the legal sector (law clerk, paralegal, lawyer, etc.) focused on Wills & Estates.
• Proven experience in legal document management and software.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills are crucial.

Responsibilities

• Conducting legal research across multiple Canadian provinces.
• Communicating with clients and guiding development teams for recommendations.
• Overseeing automated Estate administration forms and improving matter types.

Skills

Legal Research

Communication

Organization

Critical Thinking

Attention to Detail

Tools

Microsoft Office

Legal Document Management Software

Job description

About LEAP
LEAP is the leading provider of Legal Practice Productivity Solutions in the world and is part of ATI – one of the largest international LegalTech companies. For more than 30 years, our curiosity and commitment to continual improvement have kept us reimagining productivity tools for lawyers and their staff to support our guiding purpose, which is to ‘Help lawyers who help people.’ The market-leading software we develop, and support is used by more than 100,000 lawyers and their staff in small and medium-sized law firms.

Working alongside our international team of passionate high achievers, you’ll join a fast-growing technology business where things seldom stay the same for long. With more than 1000 smart, caring and ambitious ‘LEAPsters’ working together across Australia, Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland, Poland and New Zealand, you’ll be in good company here.

Meet the Content Development team

Our Content Development team consists of local, regional, and global professionals reassuring clients that our software isn’t just cutting edge – it’s world-class, too. Responsible for maintaining LEAP’s global standards of care and expertise, the team harnesses a deep and complex understanding of the intricacies of law across jurisdictions and over time – ensuring LEAP’s output is always current, compliant and appropriate.

From database design to document management and legal research, you’ll turn an encyclopaedic knowledge of the law into a more streamlined and automated global LEAP experience. As a result, LEAP helps law firms help people and make a real difference.

We are seeking an Estates Content Specialist for a highly motivated, high-velocity, and growing team in our offices in Toronto and Poland, who will investigate how to tailor our software to meet the needs of legal professionals working in Wills & Lifetime Planning and Estate administration. The Estates Content Specialist will be a legal expert who is excited about working in a technology company and keen to work in a dynamic, innovative environment outside of a traditional legal career to help shape the future of legal practice. This role will report to the Director of Canadian Content Development.

Key Responsibilities

• Conducting legal research across multiple Canadian provinces to identify how LEAP can best support Estates practitioners.
• Communicating with clients and obtaining feedback, using this knowledge to guide the Forms & Development teams to bring recommendations to life.
• Overseeing matter types in the Wills & Estates areas of law and advising on how to improve matter types for clients.
• Overseeing LEAP’s growing library of automated Estate administration forms, advising on how these forms should populate with data pulled directly from client files.
• Using AI tools to draft prompt templates for legal documents such as affidavits and letters, helping streamline workflows for our users.
• Contributing to new Content initiatives through legal research and project support, playing a key role in ensuring successful project delivery to our clients.

Required Qualification

• 3+ years of experience working in the legal industry as a law clerk, paralegal, lawyer or legal assistant within the Wills & Estates area of law.
• Excellent legal research skills with a strong passion for conducting research.
• Previous experience using legal document management software that specializes in Estate administration.
• Ability to strategize and improve processes to maximize quality output.
• Experience working on multi-level projects.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Strong commitment to deliver excellent client service.
• Ability to work well independently and within a collaborative team environment.
• Experience balancing competing priorities and shifting deadlines.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent critical thinking skills.

Benefits

Why work at LEAP?

There are endless opportunities within our business to progress and grow your career and full training is provided so an aptitude and hunger to learn is essential. We offer:

• Competitive compensation
• Excellent group insurance benefits
• RRSP with employer matching
• Generous Paid Time Off (PTO), including starting at 4 weeks’ vacation, sick days, floater/personal days and volunteer days
• Hybrid working model at our beautiful and modern downtown Toronto office as well as work from home days
• Collaborative and inclusive work environment filled with learning and support

At LEAP,

We care about what we do and the people we work with

We continually improve to be the best

We NEVER EVER GIVE UP!

At LEAP we are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible environment. We are dedicated to building a workforce that reflects the diversity of the community in which we live, including those with disabilities. LEAP is committed to providing accommodations in all parts of the hiring process. If you require accommodation, we will work with you to meet your needs.