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Advocacy
The Common Law Section has always enjoyed a reputation for graduating some of the greatest advocates in Ontario. Our earliest graduates tell us uOttawa excelled in advocacy competitions from the very beginning. Today many of our graduates are leaders in the advocacy bar.
Although much has changed in our law school over the past 50 years, our commitment to advocacy education has not. What may have changed is our conception of advocacy which today includes not only trial and appellate courtroom advocacy, but advocacy before tribunals, international advocacy, negotiation, settlement, mediation.
Every first year student has an opportunity to participate in one of our internal moot court competitions, either the Nelligan O’Brien Payne Moot Court Competition or the Heenan Blaikie Moot Court Competition. Each first year student takes a three week intensive course in Dispute Resolution. Upper year students may select from a wide range of optional courses. We sponsor many competitive advocacy teams who have achieved success on the national and international scene.
News
Common Law/FMC Host ABA Regional Negotiation Competition
On the weekend of November 12-13, 2011, the Common Law Section, in partnership with Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP, hosted the American Bar Association Law Student Division’s Regional Negotiation Competition for Region 6. (details)
2011 Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition
On Saturday, November 5, 2011, a large contingent of enthusiatic first-year students participated in the preliminary round of the 2011 Nelligan O’Brien Payne First-Year Moot Court Competition. Four students, Samantha Clarke, Rolake Adeniran, Megan Martins and Kristen Holman, advanced to the Championship Hearing on November 7. (details)
uOttawa Faculty of Law Team Wins Vis Arbitral Moot!
A mooting team from uOttawa’s Faculty of Law has won the 2011 Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot in Vienna, Austria, prevailing over teams from nearly 280 universities from around the world. (details)
uOttawa Team Competes in ELSA World Trade Organization Moot
The Faculty of Law team of Andrew Christie, Daniel Herzlin, Visnja Jovanovic and Kaushik Parameswaran recently competed in the North American Regional Round of the European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) World Trade Organization Moot in Washington D.C., advancing to the semi-final round. (details)