Chivers Carpenter has a team-centered approach. At Chivers Carpenter, lawyers, paralegals, and administrative staff all work together collaboratively to deliver an excellent product for our clients. We provide a competitive salary and benefits and are committed to ensuring that Chivers Carpenter is a safe and welcoming work environment for everyone. We regularly provide education and team building opportunities to strengthen our knowledge and teamwork.
Chivers Carpenter is a leading progressive law firm in Edmonton providing a full range of services to trade unions and employees in labour, employment, human rights and administrative law. We represent labour organizations and workers in all levels of court and facets of labour relations, human rights, administrative, professional regulatory and employment law. We are committed to social justice and to providing the highest quality legal work in an informal and collegial atmosphere.
We are seeking a lawyer with 3-8 years of experience who is committed to a challenging legal practice to advance social justice issues. Experience in the areas of labour law and human rights law is strongly preferred. Please indicate in your application if you have a preference of a litigator or a research position.
Litigator position
Experience conducting hearings will be considered very favourably. In addition to research and hearing preparation, the position will involve hearing work and drafting legal opinions and arguments. The successful candidate must have strong research skills, the ability to write clearly, analytical, and strategic thinking, and strong oral advocacy skills.
Research position
The successful candidate must have excellent research, writing, and analytical skills, and want to write legal memos, opinions, and briefs to be submitted to Courts and Tribunals.
Candidates must be members of or eligible for membership in the Law Society of Alberta. Please send a cover letter, resume, law school transcript, and a recent legal writing sample to the attention of Kara O’Halloran, Managing Partner, at kohalloran@chiverslaw.com. All applications and inquiries will be kept confidential. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
We have litigation lawyers and research lawyers on our team at Chivers Carpenter. Our litigators represent and assist clients throughout every stage of a matter. For litigator positions, we consider experience conducting hearings and oral advocacy experience to be strong assets. We also look for candidates with strong research skills, clear writing, and strong analytical and strategic thinking. For research positions, we prioritize candidates with excellent research, writing, and analytical skills. Our research lawyers predominately assist other counsel by researching legal issues and writing legal memos, opinions, and submissions for Courts and Tribunals.
Chivers Carpenter will periodically hire summer and articling students. We look for students who are passionate about social justice and interested in a fast-paced and rewarding area of law. If you are interested, please send your resume and a brief explanation of your interest in the firm to our Managing Partner, Kara O’Halloran.
At Chivers Carpenter Lawyers, we are dedicated to protecting the rights of workers and unions. Whether you require representation at an arbitration hearing, advice on employment law, or have questions about our upcoming educational seminars, our team is ready to assist.
Phone: (780) 439–3611
Fax: (780) 439–8543