Residential Real Estate Paralegal
Edmonton, Alberta
•Legal
•Permanent
•05/12/2026
•284709
Aplin has partnered with our long-term client to recruit a Real Estate Paralegal to join their well-established conveyancing team. If you are looking for a supportive, engaging environment where your efforts are recognized and rewarded, this is the role for you.
You will be stepping into a crucial role, ensuring the seamless flow of basic to complex residential files. You will have the full support of a collaborative team and lawyers who genuinely appreciate their legal staff.
Key Responsibilities:
At Aplin — together with our brands CompuStaff, Impact Recruitment, and Vantix Systems — we connect great people with great organizations across North America. We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We use AI tools to assist in a fair and efficient matching process, helping our recruiters connect the right people with the right opportunities. To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits. Our recruitment services are always free for job seekers.
You will be stepping into a crucial role, ensuring the seamless flow of basic to complex residential files. You will have the full support of a collaborative team and lawyers who genuinely appreciate their legal staff.
Key Responsibilities:
- Full-Cycle Conveyancing: Manage all stages of residential real estate files from start to finish.
- Financial Management: Calculate and requisition funds for closings, manage incoming/outgoing trust funds, mortgage financing payouts, and prepare Statements of Adjustments.
- Document Drafting & Filing: Prepare, review, and file transfers, mortgages, builder packages, subdivision documents, and trust letters with the Alberta Land Titles Office (LTO).
- Due Diligence: Conduct and summarize land titles, tax, zoning, and bankruptcy searches.
- Client & Lender Communication: Produce timely reports, handle direct client inquiries, and liaise with lenders to meet tight transactional deadlines.
- Step in to assist on files when other paralegals are on vacation or away, ensuring no deadlines are missed.
- Graduate of a recognized Legal Assistant or Paralegal program.
- Minimum 2 years of recent experience in Alberta residential real estate.
- Experience in Unity and Aderrant (billing/file opening), and iManage document management system (not required but an asset)
- Self-motivated, highly organized, able to follow instructions with minimal supervision, and thrives in a fast-paced, dynamic team environment.
- 35-hour work week
- 100% employer paid benefits (dental, health, wellness) + Group savings plans.
- Competitive salary
- Earn an Individual Performance Bonus based on your merit—not just firm profitability.
- Pension plan after 1 year
- 3 to 4 weeks of vacation with 6 sick days
- Earned Days Off (EDO) Program
- Free gym membership
- A genuinely supportive and awesome team. No micromanagement. We work hard but respect work/life balance.
At Aplin — together with our brands CompuStaff, Impact Recruitment, and Vantix Systems — we connect great people with great organizations across North America. We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. We use AI tools to assist in a fair and efficient matching process, helping our recruiters connect the right people with the right opportunities. To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits. Our recruitment services are always free for job seekers.
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