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About the role

  • Legal Aid Saskatchewan manager leading major criminal cases, conflicts, and litigation across Saskatchewan. Supervising lawyers while maintaining a complex criminal defence practice.

Responsibilities

  • Evaluate, triage, and assign all major cases and conflict matters arriving in the office
  • Oversee staff lawyers and administrative professionals on the team
  • Mentor staff lawyers to build major-case expertise
  • Establish and communicate clear work standards and expectations
  • Conduct performance management and discipline activities
  • Advise local directors and senior leadership on major-case practice
  • Oversee collection and analysis of case data and timekeeping
  • Model modern case-management practices, including digital practice and work across multiple locations
  • Manage and provide Brydges advice to in-custody clients detained in relation to major-case offences
  • Carry a complex criminal caseload including major cases, conflicts, and appeals
  • Provide criminal defence services at all levels of court, including Provincial Court, King’s Bench, Court of Appeal, and Supreme Court of Canada
  • Appear across multiple geographic locations, including remote court points
  • Develop innovative defence strategies in complex and novel areas of criminal law
  • Conduct client meetings and provide clear, timely, professional legal advice
  • Perform advanced legal research and draft high-quality legal documents
  • Contribute to law reform initiatives and criminal-law education
  • Maintain fully electronic files and model excellence in digital legal practice

Requirements

  • LL.B. or J.D. from a recognized university
  • Member in good standing with the Law Society of Saskatchewan
  • Minimum 7 years of criminal litigation experience, including major cases
  • Strong courtroom advocacy at all levels of court
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills
  • Demonstrated ability to manage people, workloads, and complex files
  • Proficiency with legal research tools, MS Office, and digital practice management
  • Valid Class 5 driver's license and ability to travel, including remote locations
  • Comfort travelling in small/chartered aircraft for circuit court work
  • Successful completion of a criminal record check
  • Previous people-management experience (asset)
  • Experience mentoring junior lawyers or articling students (asset)
  • Interest in legal education, ethics, and criminal law development (asset)

Benefits

  • 6% stipend
  • Employer-paid extended health and dental family coverage
  • Paid sick time
  • Three weeks of paid vacation at the start
  • 12 scheduled days off or 26 earned days off per year for support staff
  • 12 scheduled days off per year for lawyers
  • 14 statutory holidays
  • Pension match of 6.35%
  • Relocation assistance if applicable

Job title

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

SeniorLead

Salary

CA$145,829 - CA$203,234 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

OnsiteSaskatoonCanada

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