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At Windsor Law, experiential learning is a key component of your legal education. The Windsor Law Advocacy and Mooting Program (AMP) exposes students to a variety of mock advocacy competitions including mooting (appellate advocacy), mock trial competitions, and mock mediation, client counseling and negotiation competitions. Windsor Law competes in different competitions each year. The list, below, is updated annually.

2026-2027 Moot Offerings

Arnup Cup

The Arnup Cup is an annual trial advocacy competition for Ontario law schools, organized by The Advocates’ Society and generously sponsored by WeirFoulds LLP. The Cup bears the name of the Honourable John D. Arnup, O.C., Q.C., who for many years sat as a distinguished member of the Court of Appeal for Ontario following a career as one of Canada’s finest litigation counsel.

First held in 1988, the Arnup Cup has increased in prominence over the years. Teams from each of Ontario’s law schools participate in trials held in a Toronto courtroom and presided over by judges of the Superior Court of Justice. Senior members of The Advocates’ Society act as assessors. The teams vie for the right to represent the province in the prestigious Sopinka Cup, Canada’s national trial advocacy competition held annually in Ottawa.
 

Congratulations to the winning teams of the 2024 Arnup Cup:
First Place:
From: University of Windsor
Kate Hunter
Maddy MacEachern

For more information: https://www.advocates.ca/

Bowman National Tax Moot (Donald G.)  

The Bowman National Tax Moot is one of the largest national moots, which brings together teams of law students from 15 to 17 law schools across Canada, including French-speaking teams. The Tax Moot is named after the former Chief Justice of the Tax Court of Canada, the Honourable Donald G. H. Bowman. It encourages excellence in written advocacy through the preparation of facta, and excellence in oral advocacy by simulating an appeal from a decision of the Tax Court of Canada, Federal Court of Appeal, or Supreme Court of Canada. Judges from the Federal Court of Appeal and the Tax Court of Canada, along with seasoned tax practitioners, sit as judges for the mooting competition that takes place at the Tax Court of Canada building in downtown Toronto.  

For more information: http://www.bowmantaxmoot.com  

Windsor Law Successes:  

2021-2022:   

  • Rushi Chakrabarti  
  • Corey Bennett  
  • Sam Lewis  
  • Krystal Taylor  
  • Zehan Jagosh  

2020-2021: 2nd Place Finalists  

  • Sidney Brejak  
  • Adam Thibert  
  • Jonathan Wakelin  
  • Jennifer Lee  
  • Devin Lundy (researcher)  

Best Advocate Award:  

  • Sidney Brejak  

2019-2020: Semi-Finalists  

  • Bushra Nassab  
  • Daniel Ibrahim  
  • Antonio Alcantara-Tangonan  
  • Ryan Markesic  

2018-2019: 1st Place Winners, Best Appellant Factum  

  • Cristina Fulop  
  • Aaina Grover  
  • Stanislaw Fedun  
  • Anish Kamboj  

2017-2018: Semi-Finalists  

  • Elizabeth McLellan  
  • Ilan Levy  
  • Jennifer Clements  
  • Monica Carinci  

Best Advocate:  

  • Monica Carinci  

2016-2017: Best Respondent Factum  

  • Hersimar Singh Anand  
  • Aida Kimiagar  
  • Rachel Skipper-Horton  
  • Courtney March  

2014-2015: 1st Place - Best Team  

  • Khalid Karim  
  • Jillian Mulroy  
  • Zev Smith  
  • Khaled Gheddai  

Best Advocate:  

  • Khalid Karim  

2011-2012: 2nd Place Finalists  

  • Jesse Gardner  
  • Adam Patchet  
  • James Little  
  • Jason Kujath  
  • Isida Ranxi  

2010-2011: 1st Place - Best Team  

  • Jeremy Carnegie  
  • Gary Fung  
  • Sage Harvey  
  • Lindsey Laframboise  
  • Andrew Morreale 

Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC)

The Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC) provides a means for law students to practice and improve their negotiating skills. The competition simulates legal negotiations in which law students, acting as lawyers, negotiate a series of legal problems. The simulations deal with the same general topic, but the negotiation situation varies with each round and level of the competition. The winners of the CNNC will have the right to advance to the International Negotiation Competition.

For more information: https://www.canadiannationalnegotiationcompetition.com/

Windsor Law Successes:

2023-2024: Best Advocacy for Client Interests Award

  • Tredegar Shea
  • Matthew Oliver

2022-2023: Best Communication for Relationship-Building Award

  • Abdullahi Dorre
  • Amanda Mustapha

2021-2022:

1st Place Team, advancing to the International Negotiation Competition in Omaha, NE, representing Canada.

  • Laura DeMarco
  • Hana Syed
     
  • Mark Omenugha
  • Taiwo Onabolu

2020-2021:

Award for Best Communication and Relationship-Building:

  • Charles Campbell
  • Taiwo Onabolu

Gale Cup

The Gale Cup is Canada’s premier national bilingual mooting competition, bringing together teams of law students from 15 to 20 law schools across the country to moot a criminal law case. Named after former Ontario Chief Justice George A. Gale, the Gale Cup encourages excellence in oral advocacy by bringing together Canadian law school students in a forum that simulates as closely as possible the appellate court experience. The Gale provides a particularly valuable experience for students in that it uses real judges versus lawyers and takes place at the Ontario Court of Appeal at Osgoode Hall in downtown Toronto.

For more information: https://www.galecupmoot.com

Harold G. Fox Moot

The Harold G. Fox Moot is intended to promote the furtherance of education in the intellectual property field, and to provide participants with the opportunity to interact with jurists of the Supreme, Ontario, and Federal Courts and experienced practitioners of intellectual property law. It is named in honour of the late Harold G. Fox, one of Canada’s leading intellectual property scholars and advocates.

The Fox Moot is sponsored by DLA Piper (Canada) LLP and administered by a committee of judges and practitioners (the Fox Moot Committee) and Elysia Karabegovic (the Fox Moot Administrator).

For more information, please visit: https://ipmootcanada.ca/

Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Law Moot Competition (IRCLM) 

The Immigration, Refugee, and Citizenship Law Moot (the “Moot”) is Canada’s first moot on immigration, refugee, and citizenship law. It is a national bilingual competition. The competition will be held in person at the Federal Court in Toronto. 

The Moot’s purpose is to provide a unique opportunity for law students, judges, Organising Committee members, decision-makers, academics, and practitioners from the public and private sectors to meet and debate problems of current importance in the fields of immigration refugee and citizenship law. 

The Moot’s objectives are the following: 

  • to support and encourage legal education; 

  • to foster collegiality and collaboration in the legal community;  

  • to promote interest in and appreciation for the fields of immigration , refugee, and citizenship law 

The Moot is administered by the Organising Committee, comprised of a Lead Committee and subcommittees. Members of the committees include judges and legal practitioners. 

For more information visit: https://ilm-cpdi.ca/ 

Windsor Law Successes: 

2022-2023: Top Law School Runner Up and Top Oralist Team Runner Up 

  • Gabrielle Gibbs 
  • Pratibha Sivasithamparam 
  • Sydney Rossi 
  • Sjal Verma 

Julius Alexander Isaac Moot

The Julius Alexander Isaac Moot ("The Isaac") is a competitive, for-credit moot historically held at the Ontario Court of Appeal. It is named after the late Chief Justice of the Federal Court, Julius Alexander Isaac, who was the first Black judge to sit on the Federal Court of Canada. Every year since 2008, the Moot has focused on an area of law in which issues of equity and diversity arise.

For more information: https://www.blsacanada.com/isaac-moot

Windsor Law Successes:

2023-2024 Best Oralist - Christina Sutrov

Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot

The Kawaskimhon Moot is a national moot held every year at a different place in Canada. It focuses on Aboriginal Law issues. The Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot is open to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students. Kawaskimhon means “Speaking with Knowledge”. The Moot may involve the use of a talking circle or other indigenous processes to resolve the legal issues that arise from the selected topic. It usually involves a presentation of a 20-minute argument and consensus building. The host school decides the moot format. The preparation of a factum will be required from each team. This event is a two-day forum. On the first day, participants present oral arguments based on written submitted factums or other legal documents. At the end of the first day, the host law school prepares a cultural night, which usually includes a banquet, singers, and dancers. Kawaskimhon participants are required to work toward reaching a consensus on the mooted problems or issues by the end of the second day. Previous moots have addressed band membership rights, territorial overlaps, the effects of hydro projects on Indigenous lands and territories, Métis rights and Aboriginal heritage.

The Tort Law Moot 

The Tort Law Moot is Canada’s first moot focusing solely on tort and insurance law. It is designed to promote advocacy and excellence in the fields of tort and insurance law. The Moot was founded by Shima Heidari, an alumni of Windsor Law. The Tort Law Moot is an appellate level moot that gives law students a chance to take part in a simulated appeal proceeding. The Moot will provide participants with the opportunity to interact with jurists of the Provincial Courts and with experienced practitioners in the field. 

Windsor Law Successes: 

2023-2024: 1st Place and Top Advocates 

  • Angela Ribarich 
  • Nicole Anozie 

2021-2022: 

  • Adam Thibert 
  • Amanda Jones 
  • Katarina Tatomir; Top Advocate Award 
  • Emma Pedota 

Walsh Family Moot

The National Family Law Moot Competition was established to foster relations between Law Schools and practitioners; to encourage the study of family law; and to increase knowledge amongst law students.

All Law Schools are invited to take part in this moot. The Law School will select a team of between two and four members in accordance with the Family Law Moot Competition Selection Policy.

The Moot will be judged by leading Ontario family law practitioners and judges who will assist in the drafting of the moot problem and grading of factums.

For more information: https://afccontario.ca/walsh-family-law-moot-negotiation-competition/

Windsor Law Successes:

2022-2023: Best Respondent Factum

  • Monica Romero
  • Sarah Cantos

2021-2022:

  • Julianna Galifi
  • Sarah Durcikova
  • Ashley Ash
  • Danielle Talbot
  • Alexandra Tuccillo

2020-2021: 2nd Place Team

  • Kevin MacNeil
  • Samantha D’Souza Sen
  • Sophia Cripouris
  • Nikita Matthew
  • Hannah Pye Robins (researcher)

2017-2018: 2nd Place Team

  • Andie Hunter
  • Jennifer Eensild
  • Jessica Laurenza
  • Nikki Dehnashi

Coached by: Cynthia Nantais

2016-2017: 3rd Place Team

  • Jerrod Douglas Patterson
  • Amanda Webb
  • Sarah Stankiewicz
  • Carolyn Flanagan

2015-2016: 1st Place Team

  • Leslie Cambpell
  • Mackenzie Falk
  • Rebecca Hines
  • Rebecca Locksley

Walsh Negotiation Competition 

  • Course Credits: 4 
  • Coach: Sophia Cripouris, Nikita Mathew, Danielle Talbot, and Julianna Galifi 
  • Competitors: 4 
  • Date: Saturday, March 6 2027
  • Location: Advocates' Society, Toronto, ON 
  • 12twenty Posting: https://uwindsorlaw.12twenty.com/job-postings/18004901041520
  • Application Requirements: Preference will be given to students who have taken, or are currently taking, Family Law (LAWG-5843) 

In 2015, the Association of Family and Conciliation Courts Ontario, the Ontario Court of Justice, and the Supreme Court of Justice launched the Walsh Family Law Negotiation Competition which is run concurrently with the litigation moot. The negotiation competition is based on an American Bar Association model negotiation competition but rooted in the Ontario family law context. It helps students hone their negotiation skills and provide them with fantastic exposure to family law negotiation processes. 

For more information: https://afccontario.ca/walsh-family-law-moot-negotiation-competition/ 

Windsor Law Successes: 

2023-2024: First Place Team 

  • Mark MecKelvie (2nd Place Negotiator Award) 
  • Dawn Trudel 

2021-2022: 

  • Samantha D'Souza-Sen 
  • Katerini Zaikos 
  • Megan Kurn 
  • Jessica Borromeo 

2020-2021: 

  • 1st Place Team 
  • Danielle Talbot 
  • Sabrina Mangiapane 
  •  3rd Place Negotiator 
  • Julianna Galifi 

Wilson Moot 

The Wilson Moot was founded in 1992 and cared for throughout the years by Melanie Aitken, the former Commissioner of Competition for Canada.  It was conceived to honour the outstanding contribution to Canadian law made by the late Honourable Bertha Wilson and, in the spirit of this contribution, to promote justice for those disempowered within the legal system.  The goal of The Wilson Moot is to explore legal issues concerning women and minorities, and thereby promote the education of students and the legal profession in these areas of pressing concern.  It is the hope that such a moot constitutes an appropriate tribute to an esteemed jurist and addresses issues not otherwise raised in the traditional mooting curriculum. 

Among the topics chosen for past Wilson Moots are the Charter implications of the taxation scheme for child support payments, freedom of religion in the context of state-funded education, a challenge to the anti-terrorism provisions of the Criminal Code and the Crown's obligation to provide programming to ameliorate the effects of a disability with respect to a specific group and a provision of the Alberta Human Rights Act that allows parents to opt their children out of sexual education classes.  Last year’s problem focused on issues concerning the adoption of aboriginal children by non-aboriginal parents and the protection of the rights of aboriginal parents and children in private adoptions. 

The Wilson Moot takes place each year on a Friday and Saturday in late February at the Federal Court facility in Toronto. Several rounds take place each day with three judges on each panel. The final moot between the two top teams is held before a panel of judges on the Saturday afternoon with the winner announced at a dinner on Saturday evening. 

Windsor Law Successes: 

2023: Top Facta, 3rd Place Team 

  • Lucia Chiara Limanni 
  • Coral McMillan 
  • Isabel Cox 
  • Laheen Dhanidina 
  • Meera Pahwa 

2022: Top Facta, 3rd Place Team 

  • Thaniya Jeyachandra 
  • Princess Doe 
  • Filareti Perivolaris 
  • Olivia Hayes 
  • Lyann Ordenes-Gonzalez 

2017: Shelby Morrison, Top Oralist, 3rd place 

2013: 1st Place Team 

  • Daniel DiFonzo 
  • Shaun Hashim 
  • Heather MacIvor (Top Oralist) 
  • Justin Reid 

2012: Andrew McLean, Top Oralist, 1st place

Warren K. Winkler Class Action Moot 

The annual Warren K. Winkler Class Action Moot gives law students practical, hands-on exposure to the class certification hearing, a form of litigation that often involves very high stakes and interesting factual and legal issues. As former Chief Justice Winkler has remarked, class actions play an increasingly large role in the Canadian legal landscape. Class actions on behalf of hundreds of thousands of consumers, institutional abuse survivors, and victims of faulty products and drugs, have improved access to justice and effected policy changes. 

Unlike most other moots which take place in an appellate court setting, and thus require only arguments on points of law, the Winkler Class Actions Moot is a certification hearing argued at the motions court level. Consequently, students must argue both the law and the evidence before the court, as well as craft novel legal arguments. In the final round, mooters compete before a panel of judges from the Ontario Court of Appeal and Superior Court of Justice. 

The problem is usually released in October. McCarthy Tetrault hosts a Moot Strategy Session in Toronto in November to provide participating students with an opportunity to hear from the plaintiff and defence counsel about the basics of the class certification hearing and to get tips for approaching the issues in the problem. 

Preference will be given to students who have taken, or are currently taking, the Class Action Seminar. 

Windsor Law Successes: 

  • 2023-2024 - 2nd Place Team 
    • Kayla Sager 
    • Joudy Sarraj (Top Oralist) 
  • 2021-2022 - 1st Place Team 
    • Sidney Brejak 
    • Maya Koparkar 
    • Dylan MacIsaac (Top Oralist Award) 
    • Katie Pfaff 
  • 2020-2021 
    • 2nd Place Team 
      • Mikal Daniel 
      • Aditi Gupta 
      • Stefanie Hill 
      • Olivia Trojko 
    •  Joan Lax Top Oralist Award 
      • Aditi Gupta 
  • 2018-2019 - 1st Place Team 
    • Parmis Goudarzimalayeri 
    • Sean Frankland 
    • Tiffanny Ing 
    • Ally Lawrence 
  • 2016-2017 - 1st Place Team 
    • Amanda Iarusso 
    • Peter Joaquim Valente 
    • Sean Reginio 
    • Justin Kurtis Smith 
    • Coach - Jasminka Kalajdzic 
  • 2014-2015 - 1st Place Team 

ALTERNATIVE MOOT OFFERINGS

The Zuber Moot

  • Course Credits: None. This is a voluntary moot. 
  • Faculty Advisors: Professor Ruth Kuras and Professor Margaret Liddle-Kwan
  • Dates: October 2026 (preliminary rounds) and November 2026 (final round)
  • Application Requirements: This moot is open to second and third-year Windsor Law students only. Applicants must sign up with a partner.

The 2026 Zuber Moot Committee is delighted to announce that Windsor Law’s 53rd Annual Zuber Moot Competition will be taking place in the Ron W. Ianni Building this Fall! This will be an exciting opportunity to celebrate a treasured Windsor Law tradition while demonstrating your oral and written advocacy skills! The deadline to apply is Thursday, September 10, 2026, at 11:00 a.m. Sign-up information will be sent through a Windsor Law Matters email announcement in August. 

The Zuber Moot has become a hallmark of the Windsor Law community and is an internal, not-for-credit, upper-year, competitive moot open to all second and third-year law students in the single and dual JD programs.

Beyond looking great on a resume, the Zuber Moot Competition provides an opportunity for students to gain valuable experience in competitive mooting. It also offers those who are considering a career in litigation a chance to sharpen their oral advocacy skills. The finalists will have the remarkable opportunity to argue their case before a panel of distinguished justices.

The case being appealed in this year’s moot will address issues in criminal and/or constitutional law. Students must register in teams of two.

A special note to those participating in the OCI process: the Zuber Moot schedule has been designed to accommodate the OCI timeline.
 

Windsor Law Successes:

2025: Taylor McAuliffe (Top Oralist), McCair Tulloch (Top Oralist), Jordan Yordanov, Kayla Zikic; Justice Thomas G. Zuber Award Recipients - Kate Lloyd, Omer Malik

2024: Mario Bottoni, Julia Ciampa (Top Oralist), Samuel Lorinc (Top Oralist), Alex Mazzadi

2023: Jared Colthurst (Top Oralist), Meganne Fletcher (nee Macfarlane), Kate Hunter (Top Oralist), and Christina Sutrov

2022: Tish Lewis (Top Oralist), Neil La Marca (Top Oralist), Abbey James and Andrew Boyes (Best Factum)

2021: Natasha Daley (Top Oralist), Talissa Mohamed (Top Oralist), Rudra Krishnan and Ann-Mary Salama

2020: Nisheet Karthikeyan (Top Oralist), Sabih Ottawa (Top Oralist), Sidney Brejak (Best Factum), and Olivia Trojko 

2019: Meghan Chant (Top Oralist), Adrian Cormier (Top Oralist), Shelina Ruda and Sara Rosales Zelaya (Best Factum)

Transnational Law Moot

  • Course Credits: None
  • Faculty Advisors: TBD
  • Date: January 24, 2027

The Transnational Law Moot is the first joint moot competition hosted in two different international jurisdictions between Detroit Mercy Law School and Windsor Law.

For additional information, please email: tlawmoot@outlook.com

Hicks Morley Moot

  • Course Credits: None
  • Faculty Advisors: None
  • Date: late March or early April 2027

The Hicks Morley Moot is primarily a 1L-focused moot at Windsor Law, but participation at the Windsor Law level is open to students from all years of the JD program. Hicks Morley LLP hosts the moot, which gives students the opportunity to develop their written and oral advocacy skills in the area of labour and employment law.

The Windsor Law preliminary round is organized by the Labour and Employment Law Society, with successful teams advancing to the final competition in Toronto to compete against students from other Ontario law schools.

For additional information, please contact Taleen Kasbarian and Adrian Sbraccia, Co-Presidents of the Labour and Employment Law Society, at lelswindsor@gmail.com. For a description of the moot, please visit: https://hicksmorley.com/careers/students/hicks-morley-moot-cup-competition/.

Criminal Law Association of Windsor (CLAW) 

  • Course Credits: None
  • Faculty Advisors: None
  • Date: Winter 2027

The Criminal Law Association of Windsor (CLAW) is excited to announce the second annual mock trial competition! Please note that when you sign up, this is a year-long commitment to involvement and participation in the final mock trial event. Once teams are decided, you will meet at least biweekly as a team to coordinate and practice. Why you should participate:

  • Mentorship and networking: Some unique sessions will be attended by Crown and defence lawyers, as well as judges, to provide guidance.

  • Opportunities to learn: Teaching sessions, support from mentors, upper-years, and the CLAW team to prepare for the trial.

  • A unique advocacy experience: Unlike many traditional moots, this mock trial will allow you to do more than deliver oral submissions. You will gain practical courtroom experience by conducting direct examinations and cross-examinations, making objections, and developing a case theory.

We aim to have the competition at the beginning of the winter semester on a Saturday.

Applications are due October 9 at midnight. You can sign up here: https://forms.gle/NPLS2FTDVh3rfiXX8 

For more information, please contact: windsorclaw@gmail.com or visit our Instagram page at @claw_windsorlaw.

 

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