Recognizing that experiential learning is a key component of providing a rigorous legal education, the Advocacy and Mooting Program at Windsor Law engages students each year in a variety of mock advocacy competitions including mooting (appellate advocacy), mock trial competitions, mock mediation, client counseling, and negotiation competitions.
Windsor Law reports the following successes for the 2019-20 mooting season:
Adam F. Fanaki Competition Law Moot
- Third-place Respondent finalist — Rebecca Flynn and Irma Shaboian
- Coach — Emrys Davis
Arnup Cup
- Second-place finalists — Ashley Haines and Sara Little
- Coaches — Jayme Lesperance and Bryan Pillon
Donald G.H. Bowman National Tax Moot:
- Semifinalists (top 4 of 34 teams in Canada) — Bushra Nassab, Ryan Markesic, Antonio Alcantara-Tangonan, Daniel Ibrahim and Eric Miller
- Coaches - Marcela Aroca, Stan Fedun, Cristina Fulop and Anish Kamboj
Gale Cup Moot
- Second-place finalists — Braden Adsett, Matthew Bedini, Siobhan Dundon, and Aditi Gupta
- Chief Justice Dickson medal for top oralist — Aditi Gupta
- Coaches – David Tanovich and Ashley Haines
International Association of Dispute Resolution (INADR) Tournament
- Top four Mediator finalist — Charles Campbell
- Fifth-place lawyer/client team — Kaffie Abdirashid and Harsh Makhijani
- Fourth-place overall advocate/client team; fifth-place top mediator team — Charles Campbell, Kayley Leon, and Nadia Nadeem
- Coach — Gemma Smyth
Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) Cup
- Bergeron Clifford Award for Best Team — Parmis Goudarzimalayeri and Adrianna Klukowska
- Will Davidson Award for Best Opening Address — Parmis Goudarzimalayeri
- Coaches — Francine Herlehy and Monica Pathak
Oxford Intellectual Property Moot
- Successful in passing the written submission round
- Invited to participate in the oral finals in Oxford, England (delayed due to COVID-19)
- Coach — Wissam Aoun
Winkler Class Actions Moot
- Third Best Oralist Award — Karly Lyons
- Coach — David Robins
“Windsor Law students’ commitment to excellence, high-quality advocacy and professionalism is deeply appreciated by our dedicated coaches who volunteer their time,” says Windsor Law associate dean academic Gemma Smyth. “Congratulations to all the Windsor Law 2019-20 moot team participants and their coaches.”