Law Clerk/Legal Assistant – Family Law

WHAT CAN OUR FIRM OFFER YOU? WHAT CAN YOU OFFER US?

Brief Description: The Gene C. Colman Family Law Centre is searching for a dedicated law clerk/legal assistant who will step up to help us with a variety of both administrative and substantive duties such as court filings, arranging services for clients, speaking with clients, assisting with financial disclosure and much, much more.
Law Clerk/Legal Assistant Opportunity: We currently have two Law Clerks, but we are looking for extra help. Gain experience under a team of dedicated lawyers and our senior Law Clerk. She will be your guide so that you too can succeed in this demanding role.
Work Environment: The firm works remotely (since March 2020). We access our files centrally on the cloud and use CLIO for practice management, time keeping and billing. We rely on electronic means to stay in close communication. We foster camaraderie with zoom meetings, group chat, group email, virtual zoom lunches and in person lunches. We take pride in our very pleasant and collegial work environment. With us you will improve your skills, learn new skills, and forge supportive relationships with a dedicated team. It takes a special sort of person to be able to maximize the benefits and responsibility of a 100% work remotely firm. Are you that person?
Mentoring: We offer great mentoring from our knowledgeable, dynamic and dedicated lawyers. Kulbir Vaid started here as many years ago as a Legal Assistant/Law Clerk while she completed her LL.M., articled here and then became a lawyer. She is now a partner. Kimberley Sandoval is our senior Law Clerk. She started her career after meeting our team at the Humber College Networking breakfast. She now knows everything about how this office operates as well as the ins and outs of dealing with court offices. Kim can share that wealth of information with you. Jenny Kirshen and Gloria Antwi are seasoned lawyers with over eight years of experience.
Professional Development: We enjoy a robust in-house CLE program centered around virtual firm lunches and in person lunches. We attend outside courses as well.
Salary and Benefits: We have an extended health package after three months of employment. Starting salary is based upon experience and skill level. There is room for advancement.
Not just a job: It’s not just a job; it could very well be a unique steppingstone to a satisfying career.

What do we want in a Law Clerk/Legal Assistant?

Does Family Law interest you? Have you retained at least a good part of what you learned about family law at your Law Clerk college? To succeed at our firm, you need to have a genuine interest in family law. And/or you have solid family law experience. The less family law experience you currently have, the more we would expect you to come up to speed on the Family Law Rules, Notices to the Profession, Practice Directions, and the family law statutes that we use. This could very well require you to engage in a fair amount of study outside of work hours.
Friendly Demeanour: You will have a lot of contact with prospective/actual clients, other law offices and court offices. You need to be friendly, enthusiastic, helpful and solution oriented.
Programs: If you have at least the basics in Accounting Software, Microsoft and Divorcemate, we will help you reach higher levels of competency and fluency.
Law Clerk Tasks: We will show you how to competently prepare Financial Statements, N.F.P. Statements and Financial Disclosure Briefs in our particular style. Are you currently able or do you aspire to actually draft Applications, Motions, Affidavits, Conference Briefs, etc? Interested in assisting one of our Associate Lawyers with an upcoming trial? If so, we are happy to mentor you to achieve even higher levels of competence and economic value to the firm. You show us your enhanced economic value to the firm, and we will reward you with enhanced financial compensation. In short, at our firm there is ample room “to grow” in many ways.
Keep our files in order: We pride ourselves in the high level of organization to our files. Help us keep the files organized by filing electronic documents in the right place. We’ll show you how.
We are committed; are you?: We offer great training and encouragement. We seek a Law Clerk who shares our dedication and would jump at this opportunity to truly develop his/her career in family law.

Who is Gene C. Colman? Gene C. Colman was called to the bar in 1979. His academic and professional life (from 2^nd year law school) has been dedicated to family law. He actually started the Canadian Journal of Family Law while at law school. He was part of the core groups that founded the Canadian Equal Parenting Council and Lawyers for Shared Parenting. He has published many legal papers, has been counsel in precedent setting cases, and he is a passionate advocate for procedural fairness and equal shared parenting. The issues in the majority of our cases tends to reflect our core values of achieving equal shared parenting, struggling against “parental alienation”, ensuring procedural fairness and above all protecting the rights of kids to enjoy their family relationships.. There is really never a dull moment.

Be a part of a dedicated team doing high quality work.

Application Process:

Here is what we would like to see from you:

Cover letter – Go ahead. Convince us why you are the one whom we need!
Academic Transcripts
References
Writing sample would be an advantage

Send your documents to careers@complexfamilylaw.com.

We welcome your application but we will respond only to those applicants who meet minimum requirements.

Posted November 26, 2025

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