Springlaw

Salary:

Employment & Labour Lawyer

Looking for an innovative,collaborativeand creative employment & labour law firm to put down your lawyer roots this spring?

Come joinSpringLaw! We are a growing, busy group of smart, tech-forward employment & labour lawyers looking to add to our team. We serveboth employers and employees in a wide range of industries, from tech tolandscaping tofinance.If you are a lawyer looking for a high-impact position withstrong support, training and mentoring to grow your career,SpringLawmight be for you!

What Sets Us Apart

• SpringLawis a virtual employment law boutique whose purpose and passionisto disruptold-schoollaw for an amazing client journey.

• We have been remote workers since day 1. The firm was founded 9 years ago on a paperless and virtual model with a tech and cloud-based infrastructure to thrive in our new online environment.

• We have lots of collaborative systems to keep us all connected, including daily watercooler chats on our internal channels, recurring and deliberate 1:1 mentoring and office hour meetings, weekly team file strategy review, quarterlymeet-ups, and an annual all-team strategy retreat out of town.

• We are anequity-seekingemployer, and weoperatewith an anti-oppression mindset. Wemaintainawareness of and remain sensitive to structural oppression/privilege at work and in the communities we serve.

• Location: Ontario.Your work will be remotewith the exception ofoccasionalin-person client legal proceedings, and 4 scheduledall-teammeet-ups a year.

• Competitive Market Salary based onexperience, plusperformance and referral bonuses.

• Benefits: full range of health & dental; DB pension plan (yes DB!), educationallowanceand learning & development experiences; generous paid sick days & vacation.
  

WhatYoullDo

We serve both employer and employee clients in a wide range of solicitor and litigation workplace law issues, including contract reviews, disability management, discrimination and harassment claims, workplace investigations, M&A employment matters and termination claims and litigation.This is ahigh-impactclient-facing role, andyour input to the firm, to our mission and to our clients will be felt directly.

WhatYoullBring

We are looking for someone collaborative, creative,forward-thinking, tech-enthusiastic and who enjoys working in an entrepreneurial environment. Our ideal Lawyer:

• At least 3-4 years of private practice experience withemployment and labour law work, with client-facing practice management experience, and the ability to ground every legal solution in real life.

• For this role, we particularly need someone comfortable with both litigation proceedings and a solicitor soul who loves to nerd out on innovative and enforceable contracts and legal precedents.

• Collaborate effortlessly with other lawyers on our team. Though we often work independently, we use a shared system and always avoid silos - everyone must roll up their sleeves and simply ask, "How can I help the client and our team?".

• Shared values for how you want to help clients: seeourClient Values Manifesto.

• A relentless growth mindset alwaysseekingto improve workflows, legal knowledge, lawyerskillsand client services.;

• A tech-savvy, forward-thinking and bold outlook on the future of law and how to solve peoples legal problems today and in 20 years;

• Grit, a work-hard ethic and an instinctive focus on getting the clients problem solved.

• Proficiencyin Clio,Microsoftand Asana, with a deep growth mindset in learning new software as the firm continues to grow and evolve.

• A desire to join a team long-term, where you belong, grow and become core to the firms fabric;

• Aconnection with your community, friends and family while working hard for clients - itdoesntneed to be one over the other.Youllbe a better lawyer for it.

• And finally we are a group of innovative individuals with can-do attitudes. We are kind to each other, and we allhelp outwherever we can. We have fun andwererespectful, no matter how busy we get. We avoid egos and brilliant jerks. Our collaborative culture is in our firms DNA.Werelooking for someone alignedwithour firms core values who will be a positive and creative addition to our team!
  

How to Apply

If you are qualified to practice law in Canada and meet 80% or more of the ideal requirements, please apply directly through BambooHR by clicking the "Apply for this job" button.

What about a cover letter? Wed prefer a 60-second video introducing yourself and letting us know something that stood out to you in this post that made you say This is for me, as well as something role or firm-related youre interested in learning more about. Because BambooHR does not support video uploads, please include your video as a link (e.g., Google Drive, OneDrive, or SharePoint). You can upload a Word document or PDF as part of your application that includes the link to your video. If making a video is not possible for youat the moment,dontlet it stop you from applying. Including the information in a short paragraph in your cover email is fine with us.

SpringLawis an equity-seeking organization. People who identify as being from marginalized communities, including Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people identifying as 2SLGBTQ+, and people from low-income backgrounds, are especially encouraged to apply.Disability-relatedaccommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in our hiring process. Please contactAshley Carteratcareers@springlaw.cawith your needs or any questions you haveaboutthis.