Undergraduate Students Learn the Art of Advocacy
TORONTO, March 1, 2005 – Ten teams of undergraduate students from five Ontario universities will get a taste of what it is like to act as lawyers this weekend at the inaugural Osgoode Cup National Undergraduate Mooting Competition.
The competition, which is sponsored by the law firm of Beard Winter LLP, will take place at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School on Saturday, March 5 from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m. and Sunday, March 6 from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
This year’s competition, which will feature teams from Toronto, Kingston, Ottawa and Waterloo will be judged by a panel consisting of Superior Court judges and Osgoode Dean Patrick Monahan. In 2006, the Osgoode Cup will become a national competition and, thanks to the generosity of sponsors, students from outside Ontario will receive travel bursaries to enable them to participate in the competition.
WHO: Host: Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
Mooting teams from: Carleton University, Queen’s University, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Toronto, York University
Judges: Madam Justice Rose Boyko, Madam Justice Andromache Karakatsanis, Madam Justice June Maresca
WHAT: Osgoode Cup National Undergraduate Mooting Competition (A “moot” is a mock legal proceeding in which students argue an appeal in a case specially designed to challenge and develop their oral and written advocacy skills. This year’s case will deal with the responsibility of social hosts when their party guests consume alcohol and injure unrelated/innocent third parties.)
WHEN: Saturday, March 5 from 9.30 a.m. to 3.30 p.m.
Sunday, March 6 from 8.30 a.m. to 1.30 p.m.
WHERE: Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
4700 Keele Street, Toronto
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FURTHER INFORMATION:
Virginia Corner
Communications Manager
Osgoode Hall Law School of York University
416-736-5820
vcorner@osgoode.yorku.ca
or
Melissa Hughes
Media Relations Officer
York University, 416-736-2100 x22097
mehughes@yorku.ca
