Law Clerk, Litigation

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TD is committed to providing fair and equitable compensation opportunities to all colleagues. Growth opportunities and skill development are defining features of the colleague experience at TD. Our compensation policies and practices have been designed to allow colleagues to progress through the salary range over time as they progress in their role. The base pay actually offered may vary based upon the candidates skills and experience job-related knowledge geographic location and other specific business and organizational needs.

As a candidate you are encouraged to ask compensation related questions and have an open dialogue with your recruiter who can provide you more specific details for this role.

Job Description:

Department Overview:

TD Legal is dedicated to providing industry-leading advice and counsel to all TD business segments and corporate the Law Clerk role you will join and support a dynamic and collegial team of legal professionals who provide advice in respect of a range of litigation risks for Canadian Banking. The role provides an opportunity to work in an exciting important and busy area while gaining exposure to a range of stakeholders and leaders both within TD Legal and across the enterprise.

Job Accountabilities:

• Independently assess litigation files prepare litigation documents correspondence organize and catalogue legal documents correspond directly with customers internal and external lawyers and other professionals other TD staff and agents collect and track data and appropriately manage the litigation as necessary including independently managing a portfolio of small claims court cases.

• Assist with the creation and delivery of business enterprise and board level reports relating to litigation.

• Provide wide range of support to the Canadian Banking litigation team as well as other individual counsel within TD Legal.

• Resolve under supervision of counsel a wide range of legal issues incidental to management of litigation matters.

• Assist in the creation and maintenance of discovery indexes organize case files review and analyze documents for production and coordination with eDiscovery support.

• Participate in the retrieval and/or preparation of information witnesses and legal documents for internal and external counsel.

• Create/develop forms/tools and templates.

• Use software programs and other departmental tools or equipment with ease efficiency and provide appropriate documents/information that legal counsel team members require.

Job Requirements:

• Law Clerk or Paralegal designation.

• At least five years previous litigation experience gained in a law firm or financial institution is required.

• Bilingualism (French and English) is strongly preferred.

• This position requires you to be detail oriented well organized have excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Advanced computer literacy (MS Office including Word PowerPoint Excel Access Internet Explorer legal research tools data mining on a variety of internal and external systems familiarity with e-Discovery process procedure and tools a plus.)

Who We Are:

TD is one of the worlds leading global financial institutions and is the fifth largest bank in North America by branches/stores. Every day we strive to make every interaction product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple for over 27 million households and businesses in Canada the United States and around the world. More than 95000 TD colleagues bring their skills talent and creativity to foster deeper relationships ensure disciplined execution and build a simpler faster banking experience. TD is deeply committed to being a leader in client experience that is why we believe that all colleagues no matter where they work are client facing. Together we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial physical and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary variable compensation and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits savings and retirement programs paid time off banking benefits and discounts career development and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
Were delighted that youre considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations training programs and a competitive benefits plan were committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations requirements.

Colleague Development

If youre interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills we want to help you succeed. Youll have regular career development and performance conversations with your manager as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If youre passionate about helping clients and building deep lasting relationships TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

Were committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued everyone has fair opportunities to grow and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that youve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
Well reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if youd like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms captioning for virtual interviews etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

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