Law Clerk - Litigation (Environmental)

Gowling WLG; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 93,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health coverage

Dental coverage

Mental health coverage

40+ hours of vacation? (text mentions

Job summary

Gowling WLG seeks an experienced Law Clerk to join our Environmental Law team. You will support lawyers across environmental, municipal, regulatory, and litigation matters with independently managed files, draft a wide range of documents, and coordinate court filings.

The role requires a detail-oriented professional who can work independently while collaborating with a team, meeting deadlines and adapting to changing demands.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have prior litigation experience and familiarity with Ontario and/or Federal court procedures.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct legal research and analyze legislation, case law, and procedural requirements with high accuracy.
• Proven ability to work independently while contributing to a collaborative team environment.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage assigned files from opening to closing, reviewing case facts and applicable regulations.
• Draft, revise and manage a wide range of legal documents, including pleadings, affidavits, motions, contracts, and court forms.
• Coordinate court filings and support lawyers throughout litigation, regulatory proceedings, hearings, and closings.
• Organize and maintain electronic and physical file records and litigation databases (Relativity, Summation, CaseLogistix, Firmex).
• Conduct legal and factual due diligence research and prepare summaries for lawyer review.
• Communicate professionally with clients, opposing counsel, courts, tribunals, and other service providers.

Skills

Litigation experience

Legal research

Attention to detail

Independent worker

Team collaboration

Microsoft 365 proficiency

Relativity experience

Tools

ACL

Relativity

Summation

CaseLogistix

Firmex

Job description

Salary Range: $93,000.00 To $130,000.00 Annually

ABOUT GOWLING WLG

At Gowling WLG, our commitment to excellence begins with our people. As an international law firm with offices in Canada, the U.K., Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, we’re proud to recruit and retain top talent who bring energy, insight, and a singular focus on delivering exceptional experiences – for our clients and each other.

We’re intentional about building a workplace that’s both high-performing and supportive, ensuring that everyone is empowered to do their best work and reach their full potential. Our culture is grounded in our shared values: Raise the Bar, Embrace Differences, and Thrive Together. These values shape how we collaborate, lead, and succeed – across teams, time zones, and career paths.

Whether you’re pursuing a role in law or business services, explore what’s possible and make your mark with Gowling WLG.

PROFILE

We are seeking an experienced, proactive, and detail-oriented Law Clerk to join our Environmental Law team. This role supports lawyers on a broad range of environmental, municipal, regulatory, and litigation matters. The successful candidate is an organized professional who can work independently and in groups, adapt to changing demands to meet deadlines, and exercise sound judgment.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Independently manage assigned files from opening to closing by reviewing case facts, identifying applicable legislation, regulations and procedural requirements, preparing initial documentation, maintaining matter plans, budgets and timelines, and ensuring all critical deadlines are identified and met.
• Draft, revise and manage a wide range of legal documents, including pleadings, affidavits, motions, contracts, agreements, correspondence, court forms, tribunal filings, memoranda, briefing materials and document books.
• Prepare, coordinate, file and serve court and tribunal documents in accordance with applicable legislation, court rules, practice directions and electronic filing requirements, while supporting lawyers throughout all stages of litigation, regulatory proceedings, hearings, appeals, examinations for discovery, mediations and closings.
• Organize, maintain and administer electronic and physical file records, document management systems and litigation databases, including Relativity, Summation, CaseLogistix, Firmex or similar platforms. Coordinate document productions, due diligence projects and secure document repositories, ensuring key documents are identified and readily accessible.
• Conduct legal, factual and due diligence research, including case law, legislation, regulatory requirements, environmental and mining searches, Freedom of Information requests, Information and Privacy Commissioner appeal processes, and other government or public record searches. Analyze findings and prepare summaries and reports for lawyer review.
• Communicate professionally with clients, opposing counsel, courts, tribunals, government agencies, experts, consultants and other service providers. Provide clients with timely file updates and respond to inquiries within the scope of assigned authority.
• Other clerk duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Candidates must have prior litigation experience. Experience with Ontario and/or Federal court procedures, Environmental, Municipal, Administrative, or Regulatory Law are considered strong assets.
• Demonstrated ability to conduct legal research and analyze legislation, case law, legal documents and procedural requirements with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Demonstrated interest and ability to adapt to changing demands and consistently meet deadlines.
• Proven ability to work independently while contributing effectively within a collaborative team environment, exercising sound judgment, professionalism and discretion.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft 365 (Word, Outlook, Excel and Teams), together with experience using legal technology, document management systems and litigation support platforms, including ACL, Relativity, Summation, CaseLogistix, Firmex or comparable applications.

BENEFITS/PERKS

Gowling WLG’s total rewards program is designed to foster a culture where high performance and personal well-being go hand-in-hand. We support your career and life with:

• 100% employer-paid health, dental, and mental health coverage, plus an annual lifestyle spending allowance
• Benefits coverage for Firm members and their dependents from day one!
• 15+ vacation days and hybrid work flexibility
• Parental leave top-up for 26 weeks (after 12 months of full-time employment)
• Group Retirement Savings Plan with employer match
• Financial protection through short & long-term disability, life, accident & critical illness insurance
• Employee & Family Assistance Program, guided CBT, and an internal network of 120+ trained Mental Health First Aid responders
• Recognition awards, appreciation events, and a supportive, collaborative work culture
• Perks and preferred pricing programs, referral bonuses and more

The starting range for this role is $93,000 to $130,000.Starting salary will be determined based on an applicant’s individual skills, competencies and unique qualifications. Gowling WLG employees have the potential to exceed this range based on tenure and performance.

This position is currently vacant and is open to both internal and external candidates. Gowling WLG is recruiting for this role to support ongoing firm needs and team operations.

This employer may use tools within our applicant tracking system that include artificial intelligence–supported features, such as automated candidate matching. These tools do not make hiring decisions; all screening, assessments, and selections are reviewed and completed by human recruiters and hiring managers.

Gowling WLG is dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace. If you are in need of accommodation or support at any time during the recruitment process, please let us know.