Intern Legal Services
March 27 2025
Industries
Retail
Categories Legal, Paralegal
Etobicoke, ON • Full time
Position Title:Intern Legal Services
Requisition ID:41698
Career Group (ADSP):Administrative
Division:Nat - Affaires juridiques (80069744)
Department:Legal Services
Work Location:METRO ON - 5559 DUNDAS STREET W (#A-DUND)
Province:Canada : Ontario
Position Type:Intern/Student
SUMMARY:
The intern will gain hands-on experience assisting the legal team by reviewing and drafting a variety of contracts, lease related paperwork and employment related documents, under supervision of a lawyer.
SPECIFIC RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Assists in store licensing processes which includes determining the license requirements per store, coordinating the application process, processing renewals, and notifying stores if inspections are required (health, fire, etc.).
- Maintains all records that pertain to the licensing process (business, lottery, propane, tobacco, signs, elevator licenses).
- Exposure to a number of different practice areas including real estate, corporate/commercial, marketing/advertising, pharmaceutical and employment/human rights
- Review and draft a variety of contracts with an emphasis on real estate contracts such as offers to lease, leases, and lease amending agreements
- Draft legal correspondence and other documents
- Prepare legal memorandums
- Assist with transactional work as necessary
- Conduct legal research
- Attend meetings as directed and take minutes
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Student working towards the completion of law degree.
- Experienced in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Teams
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Excellent time management skills
- Independent thinker interested in taking initiative.
- Proven ability to multitask and follow up on actions/issues.
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The responsibilities and relationships assigned to this role may change as is necessary to achieve Metro's business objectives.
METRO is committed to providing an inclusive work environment that reflects the communities we serve. The company values, respects and relies on the diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and points of view because it allows us to innovate, make better decisions and better understand our customers. We will consider qualified applications from all walks of life to build the best team.
We encourage you to let us know if your current condition requires accommodation in the recruitment process so that we can accommodate you.
Please note that we will only contact those whose applications are selected.
We respectfully request that agencies do not contact us or send us unsolicited applications.