Senior Litigation Associate - Administrative and Public Law

WeirFoulds LLP; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

WeirFoulds LLP in Toronto seeks a senior litigation associate to join our thriving Regulatory Practice Group, focusing on administrative and public law matters.

The ideal candidate has 5–8 years of civil litigation experience, hearing experience, and familiarity with professional regulation work. Strong drafting, research, organization, and client development skills are essential, along with the ability to manage multiple files and work collaboratively across levels of seniority.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of civil litigation experience and hearing experience
• Experience with administrative/public law matters is an asset
• Experience with professional regulation matters and regulatory bodies is preferred
• Strong technical, legal, research and drafting skills with excellent organization

Responsibilities

• Work on civil litigation and administrative/public law matters including professional regulation and discipline cases
• Handle judicial reviews of government and regulatory decision-making
• Represent professional regulatory colleges, regulatory authorities, universities, Crown corporations, owner-managed businesses, and private foundations
• Develop client relationships and contribute to client service and development
• Collaborate with lawyers at all levels and be a team player

Skills

Civil litigation

Administrative law

Client development

Team player

Independent handling

Research & drafting

Organization

Job description

Senior Litigation Associate – Administrative and Public Law

WeirFoulds is seeking a senior litigation associate to join our thriving Regulatory Practice Group. The ideal candidate will have:

• 5-8 years of civil litigation experience, from either private practice or in house, including hearing experience and administrative / public law experience
• Sustained interest or experience with administrative law and tribunals will be considered an asset
• Experience working with professional regulation matters and working with regulatory bodies is preferred but not mandatory
• Strong technical, legal, research and drafting skills combined with excellent organization skills
• Demonstrated strengths in entrepreneurialism including client service, client relationships and client development
• Ability to work with lawyers at all levels and be a team player
• Able to balance competing demands as well as being self-motivated, innovative and flexible
• Ability to manage document intensive files
• Confidence to manage files and clients independently
• Excellent academic credentials

The successful candidate will work with our experienced team of lawyers on a variety of challenging and diverse civil litigation and administrative and public law matters including professional regulation and discipline cases, judicial reviews of government and regulatory decision-making, human rights, and access to information and privacy matters. Our lawyers represent professional regulatory colleges, regulatory authorities, universities, Crown corporations, owner-managed businesses, and private foundations.

At WeirFoulds, we pride ourselves on providing the highest level of service to our clients. As such, it is essential for applicants to be self-starters, dedicated to entrepreneurialism including client service, client development and the building and strengthening of client relationships.

This is a new position.

WeirFoulds welcomes applications from all qualified candidates. We are committed to providing an inclusive work environment composed of people with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, identities, and cultures.

Accommodations in accordance with applicable laws are available for applicants with disabilities. If you require an accommodation at any time during the recruitment process, please contact our Human Resources Team at [e-mail].

At WeirFoulds, we recognize that we need to advance and to demonstrate equality, diversity, and inclusion in everything we do, internally and externally. We have been working diligently on several key areas, and we recognize that we must do better. Our goal is to put words into concrete action through a number of specific steps. These are described in our official statement on our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, which we are pleased to share.

We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.