Litigation Associate

Description

Job Title: Litigation Associate – Saskatoon  

Location: Saskatoon, SK

Competition Number: MLTA-SKN-202605-033

About MLT Aikins

MLT Aikins is a full-service law firm of more than 350 lawyers across the four western provinces. Named one of Canada’s best law firms by the Globe and Mail, MLT Aikins is the only law firm to have offices in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon, Muskeg Lake Cree Nation, Regina and Winnipeg. As one of the largest firms in Canada, we have the bench strength and geographic scope to meet the increasingly complex needs of clients.   

We are looking for an associate lawyer with a minimum of one to three years of relevant experience to join our litigation group, with a focus on Indigenous, environmental and regulatory matters, and to be based in our Saskatoon office.

This associate lawyer’s role will involve a wide variety of legal matters, including:

·       Aboriginal and Treaty rights litigation

·       Advising on the duty to consult

·       Applications for judicial review

·       Regulatory proceedings before administrative tribunals

·       Environmental advising with respect to environmental assessments, permitting and reclamation

·       Contaminated sites litigation

This is an opportunity to join a top tier law firm, to work on diverse and complex files in a collaborative environment and to learn from skilled lawyers while developing expertise in Indigenous, environmental and regulatory litigation.

Qualifications include:

·       A minimum of one to three years of relevant litigation experience including exposure to Aboriginal, environmental and/or regulatory law

·       Strong professional and academic credentials

·       Strong work ethic

·       Effective communicator with excellent interpersonal and client service skills

·       Attention to detail

·       Ability to work in a team environment

·       Ability to multi-task and meet deadlines with excellent problem solving skills

Our diversity statement

MLT Aikins is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to building an inclusive and diverse work environment. Our principles of diversity, equity and inclusion create a space for everyone to collaborate, allowing us to deliver excellent and increasingly innovative legal service to our clients. We encourage individuals of a diverse group to apply to our job postings.

We welcome and encourage individuals who identify as members of Indigenous communities, and those who identify as belonging to diverse groups, including but not limited to persons with disabilities, members of visible minorities and individuals of diverse gender and sexual orientation, to disclose this in their application.