Moots 2008 - 2009
The Faculty of Law at UBC is pleased to announce the outcome of the 2008 – 2009 Competitive Mooting Season. Special thanks to the law firms and individuals who make our participation in these competitions possible, and congratulations to all for another successful season.
International Counselling Competition
Sponsored by Douglas Cochran
Team: Jarrett Plonka, Jennifer Poirier, Tamra Meshel, & Victor Barta
Advisors: Douglas Cochran & Toiressa Jesperson
ABA Negotiation Competition
Sponsored by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Team: Andrew Gray & David Volk
Advisors: Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, Jim Schmidt, and Owen James
Aboriginal Kawaskimhon Moot
Sponsored by Mandell Pinder
Team: Rosalind Campbell, Jeanna Harnden, & David Wells
Coaches: Mandell Pinder
Advisors: Gordon Christie & Bruce Stadfeld
Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Competition
Teams: Jesse Desilets & Dia Montgomery; and Daniel Loutfi & Jaime Sarophim
Advisors: John Kleefeld & Sharon Sutherland
Both teams placed as semi-finalists
UBC/UVic Moot
Sponsored by Davis LLP
Team: Rochelle Pauls, Tony Paisana, Dan Getz, Peter Millerd & Neal Kansy
Advisors: Joost Blom, QC & Elizabeth Edinger
Winners of the Begbie Trophy
Canadian Corporate/Securities Moot
Sponsored by Borden Ladner Gervais LLP
Team: Victor Barta, Rong (Lauren) Liang, Elicia Salzberg, Matthew Smith & Chris Walker
Advisor: Mary Childs
Placed 3rd overall with joint third place standing for their factums
Gale Cup Moot
Sponsored by Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP
Team: Graham Kosakoski, Kendra Naidoo, Colleen McLeod, & John Nelson
Advisors: Janine Benedet & Isabel Grant
Placed 3rd overall with Kosakoski & Naidoo winning individual oralist prizes
Jessup International Moot
Sponsored by Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Team: Jonathan Duckles, Sarah Kalil, Kaitlin McKinnon, Anthony Purgas, & Jennifer Wong
Coaches: Tina Cicchetti & Kelly Keenan
Advisor: Karin Mickelson
Award for 4th Place Memorials
Mathews Dinsdale & Clark Labour Arbitration Competition
Sponsored by Harris & Company and Victory Square Law Office
Team: Parham Peiroo & Jason Banack
Advisors: Jim MacIntyre, QC, Ryan Anderson, & Gradin Tyler
Laskin Moot
Sponsored by McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Team: Mike Fink, DJ Larkin, Claire Sung, Jennifer Vallance, & David Volk
Advisor: Bill Black & Mary Liston
Oxford International Intellectual Property Moot
Sponsored by Oyen Wiggs
Team: Catherine Newnham & Jarrett Plonka
Researcher: Mike Reid
Reserve: Bruno Godin
Advisor: Mira Sundara Rajan
Assistant Coach: Matthew Canzer
Semi-finalists
Peter Burns Moot
Sponsored by S.R. Chamberlain, QC, Richard CC Peck, QC, & Michael Tammen
Competitors: Aaron Burns, Christina Cook, Rebecca Hockin, Anthony La Bar, Margaret Mackie, Preston Parsons, Laura McPheeters, & George Roper
Advisors: Christine Boyle & Karima Andani
Coaches: The Hon. Judges Joanne Challenger, Ellen Gordon, Jocelyn Palmer and Herbert Weitzel; lawyers Joe Doyle, Richard Fowler, Chris Johnson, Tara Laker, Matt Nathanson, Michele Peacock, Patti Tomasson & Sandra Watson
Judges presiding on the case: The Hon. Judges Conni Bagnall, Tom Crabtree & Carol Baird Ellan
Winners: Laura McPheeters & George Roper
Western Canada Moot
(MacIntyre Cup)
Sponsored by Jim MacIntyre, QC
Team: Laura McPheeters and George Roper
Advisor: Christine Boyle
Coaches: Karima Andani and Richard Cairns, QC
2nd Place. Advanced to the Sopinka Cup
Sopinka Cup Moot
Sponsored by The Advocates Society
Team: Laura McPheeters & George Roper
Advisor: Christine Boyle
Coaches: Karima Andani & Patti Tomasson
Winners of the 2009 Sopinka Cup. McPheeters received award for Best Cross-Examination.
Wilson Moot
Sponsored by Heenan Blaikie LLP
Team: Kaity Cooper, Keith Evans, Ava Murphy, Ted Murray & Zara Rahman
Advisors: Robin Elliot, QC and Margot Young
Won 1st Place Prize in the Factum competition
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