Moots News Archive

May 29, 2025 — 
For the first time since 2012, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law fielded a team in the 2025 Wilson Moot which took place February 21 – 22 in Toronto, ON at the Federal Court facilities. The Wilson Moot, is named in honour of the late Honourable Bertha Wilson, the first female justice appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, and pays tribute to her remarkable contributions to Canadian law.

May 27, 2025 — 
The third annual Art Braid Business Law Case Competition took place on Friday, February 28, 2025, at Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP (TDS)’s offices. This year’s case challenged students to review and analyze a services agreement on behalf of a client and present their recommendations. Congratulations to winners Jordan Wagner (3L), Eric Wagner (1L), and William Ho (1L), and to runners-up: Eric Martin (1L), Tyler Rubigny (1L), Thomas James-Davies (1L), and Alessandro Imbrogno (1L). The Desautels Centre for Private Enterprise and the Law generously funded the competition.

May 26, 2025 — 
The 2025 Kawaskimhon Indigenous Moot took place March 7 – 8, hosted by the Bora Laskin Faculty of Law at Lakehead University on the traditional Anishinabe territory of the Fort William First Nation, home to Anemki Wajiw (Mount McKay, Thunder Bay, Ontario). The University of Manitoba’s Faculty of Law sent two teams to compete, including Mary-Charlet Lathlin (3L), Janell Jackson (2L), Raven Morrisseau (2L), and Chloe Dreilich-Girard (2L). The team was coached by Marc Kruse, Director of Indigenous Legal Learning and Services, and Daniel Diamond, Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Law.

May 26, 2025 — 
The Gale Cup Moot’s Team Manitoba was in Toronto from February 27 - March 2. Kaitlyn Clarke and Andrew Bergen (2Ls) were a Respondent team while Sameer Harris and Derek Zaporzan (2Ls) were Appellants. Denise Sarmiento (3L) was the researcher, (plus clerk and timer at practices). The team was coached by Dayna Queau-Guzzi and Ashleigh Smith from the Appeals Unit at Manitoba Prosecutions.

May 26, 2025 — 
The National Family Law Negotiation Competition took place virtually on February 27 to March 1, 2025. Manitoba’s team of Sydney Reimer (2L) and Tahnee Hoff (2L) placed 4th overall, with Reimer placing 2nd as individual top negotiator. The team of Ethan Kemp-Wasylyk (2L) and Nicolle Golletz (3L) placed 8th overall. Researcher, Eric Moon (3L), assisted the teams, which were coached by Tanya Keller [LLB/08] and Mikaela Bauerlein [JD/23] (both of Amica Law Corporation). Natasha Brown, Director of Access to Justice at the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, was an organizer of the annual competition, which is co-hosted annually by the University of Manitoba and Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.

May 20, 2025 — 
This year’s Harold J. Fox Moot team demonstrated excellence in advocacy, collegiality and respect, as demonstrated by the awards they brought home following the February 21 and 22 competition on Intellectual Property, held in Toronto. Maria Pepelassis was the Runner Up (2nd place) for the Donald F. Sim Award for Best Oral Advocate, while the full team of Steven Csincsa (3L), Marianna Pozdirca (2L), Maria Pepelassis (2L), Jordan Wagner (3L), was awarded the inaugural Ronald E. Dimock “Spirit of the Moot” Award.

May 8, 2025 — 
The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition took place February 20 – 22, 2025 in Ottawa. The University of Manitoba Faculty of Law sent four students from Robson Hall to the Bennett Jones Jessup Canadian Rounds hosted by the Canadian Council on International Law. The team of Harjot Kaur (2L) and Nicole Dohler (2L) acted as “Applicants” and Tia Andrews (2L) with Gillian Findlay (3L) were the “Respondents”. The Teams were coached by Assistant Professor Gillian MacNeil.

May 8, 2025 — 
The first moot competition of the 2025 season was the 18th Annual Julius Alexander Isaac Moot, which took place January 30 – February 1, 2025 in Ottawa, hosted by the Black Law Students’ Association of Canada. For the first time in recent memory, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law fielded a full team at the Isaac Moot, of which the Appellant team of Quinn Thomas (3L) and Talia David (3L) emerged as champions and brought the Isaac Moot Cup home to Winnipeg.

May 8, 2025 — 
This term, the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law was proud to host the MacIntyre Cup (also known as the Western Canada Trial Advocacy Moot competition) on February 14 – 15, 2025, and even more proud of the Robson Hall team’s second-place finish. This meant the team went on to represent Western Canada at the national final competition, the Sopinka Cup, in Ottawa.

March 17, 2025 — 
Three University of Manitoba Faculty of Law teams from Robson Hall recently competed in the ninth annual Canadian National Negotiation Competition (CNNC). The competition was held at the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law in Windsor on March 6th and 7th, 2025, and had both a French and an English stream. Against a talented field of the best law student negotiators from across Canada, the three U of M teams of Larissa Einarson and Kirsten Nynych; Heather Peterson and Erin Kyriakopoulos; and Tess Poulton and Maia Bacchus put in extremely strong showings with Heather and Erin receiving an award for "Best Process Management."