Job Description

Dentons is designed to be different. Our Firm leads the way in a rapidly changing legal marketplace. We challenge the status quo and deliver consistent results as well as uncompromising quality and value to our clients. Our global presence is renowned as a Firm with over 21,000 individuals in more than 200 offices serving clients across 80+ countries.
Dentons Canada is committed to its people and communities. We are consistently recognized as an employer of choice having received numerous awards including being selected as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers (2025); Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2025), and Canada's Best Diversity Employers (2025).
This role is an opportunity for you to join Canada's Global Law Firm, a Firm that offers opportunities to build your career while growing your skills and deepening your expertise.
POSITION SUMMARY
As a Legal Assistant within our Legal Support Services team, you will provide both administrative and practice management support to legal professionals in a variety of practice areas within the Vancouver office. This position will require a confident, reliable and service-minded assistant with the ability to manage multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities. This is a supporting role where you will have the opportunity to meet and work collaboratively with people across the Firm, develop your skills and provide seamless service and coverage for leaves, absences, and peak work volumes.
The successful candidate will be organized, discreet, detail-oriented, and have a client-first approach to work. In addition, the successful applicant must be team-oriented and accustomed to working collaboratively with other legal professionals. This is a great opportunity for a Legal Assistant to expand their scope of skills and gain exposure to a variety of practice areas within a collegial team and supportive environment.
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Assist the Legal Support teams with overflow work and backup coverage as needed.
• Prepare routine correspondence and forms from precedents.
• Initiating conflict searches, opening files and preparing engagement letters.
• Maintain and organize files electronically, including closing files.
• Enter and maintain lawyer's time entries as requested.
• Dealing with and responding to client inquiries expeditiously and conducting follow up; keeping the lawyers apprised of interactions in their absence.
• Prepare and update cheque requisitions and expense reports.
• Coordinate large scan, print or copy jobs with support from our office services team.
• Update and maintain client/matter lists and current client contact records electronically to meet Dentons' requirements.
• General administrative duties such as scheduling appointments and meetings, photocopying materials, booking meeting rooms, making travel arrangements, etc.; working with other related departments/services internally to provide documents and other materials on time to meet client needs.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIREMENTS

• Legal Assistant certification required.

• Familiarity with a law Firm environment, possessing a minimum of 1 year experience as a Legal Assistant or supporting practice groups within a law Firm.
• Digital dexterity and interest in learning new programs, along with proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Word, and Outlook.
• Experience with Elite, 3E, Intapp, iManage/document management systems preferred, but not required.
• Passion for working in a team environment, willing to help others and ability to build relationships.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills (both verbal and written).
• Able to meet deadlines, work well under pressure, and take initiative using sound judgment.
• Strong grammatical skills, including punctuation, proofreading, attention to detail, and accuracy are a must.
• Ability to produce a high quality work, occasionally under tight timelines.
• Excellent organizational and follow up skills; ability to exercise sound judgment in setting priorities.
• Demonstrated commitment to privacy and ethical conduct.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
The expected salary target for this role is $50,000 to $58,000, commensurate with experience. At Dentons we are committed to offering equitable and competitive pay, we achieve this by aligning internal salary ranges for specific roles to similar positions in the external market. In the normal course, our practice is to hire, transfer and promote employees within the entry part of our range, adjusting as needed based on the prior experience, skills and competencies required for the role along with any market differentials.
Recognizing our exceptional talent means providing a comprehensive total rewards package beyond a competitive salary. We have curated our employee benefits portfolio to offer inclusive and comprehensive wellbeing and developmental programs for our people. With extended benefits and mental health plans, paid time off, savings plans, fitness subsidy, parental leave top up and more, our benefits are flexible, aligned to our core values and supports the various needs of our people. Additionally, our personal and professional development programs include people networks, mentorships, and leadership series programming to help people grow their career.
Note: Availability of the benefits and perks may be subject to your location and employment type and may have certain eligibility requirements. Dentons reserves the right to alter these programs and offerings in whole or in part at any time without advance notice.
Equal Opportunity Statement
At Dentons Canada, inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility (IDEA) are not just ancillary values, they are foundational to our business. We believe that IDEA is essential to the shared success of our team and our clients. Our forward-thinking and inclusive culture supports the professional development of all our people, enhances the leading services we offer to our clients, and informs our commitment to make a positive impact in the communities where we live and work. As a testament to our commitment to IDEA, we have been recognized as one of Canada's Best Diversity Employer's for 15 consecutive years (2011-2025), as well as one of Canada's Top Employers for Young People (2025) for the eighth time.
Dentons Canada is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome your application. All employment decisions, including hiring, will be made without regard to age, ancestry, citizenship, colour, creed, disability, ethnic origin, family status, gender identity, marital status, place of origin, race, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by applicable human rights legislation.
We are committed to providing you with an inclusive, barrier-free, and accessible workplace to support your success. Should you require accommodation during the recruitment process, for example as a result of a disability, please contact us at .

Skills Required