Recent Achievements
About uOttawa's Oral Advocacy Mooting Program
Our unique approach to training students to be top advocates blends cutting edge technology with old fashioned hard work. Our program teaches students to think critically about contemporary legal issues from an academic and pragmatic perspective. We focus on training our students on how best to present arguments coherently, in both written and oral form. We equip our students with the tools they will need to work successfully as part of a team as well as taking leadership roles within these teams. Our philosophy is that it is best to lead by example and our recent successes on both the national and the international stage confirms our program's philosophy.
Recent Achievements
Jessup: National Champions 2007, 2008, 2009
2007 Canadian National Champions / Best Applicant Memorial / Top oralist in finals (Erik Labelle-Eastaugh) / Top Oralist general rounds (Kirsten Odynski (2nd), Erik Labelle-Eastaugh (3rd)
Jessup 2007 (Left to Right: Prof. Anthony Daimsis (coach), Kirsten Odynski, Gerald Griffiths, Hilary Young, Erik Labelle-Eastaugh)
International Rounds: Quarterfinalists (tied as top North American team)
2008 Canadian National Champions / Best Overall Memorials / Best Respondent Memorial / Top oralist in finals (David Quayat) / Top Oralist general rounds (Brendan Green (1st), Benjamin Piper (3rd), David Quayat (5th)
Jessup 2008 (Left to Right: Prof. Anthony Daimsis (coach), Benjamin Piper, David Quayat, Brendan Green, Michael Marin, Safina Lakhani)
International Rounds: Baxter Award for World's Best Respondent Memorial / Dillard Award (4th) best combined Applicant and Respondent memorials (only North American team in top 10)
2009 Canadian National Champions / Top oralist in finals (Tamara Morgenthau) / Top Oralist general rounds (Tamara Morgenthau (2nd), Jordana Laporte (5th), Heather Squires (8th)
Jessup 2009 (Left to Right: Prof. Anthony Daimsis (coach), Tamara Morgenthau, Jordana Laporte, Hugh Verrier ('81), Heather Squires, Andrew Lanouette)
International Rounds: Quarterfinalists (top North American team)
Willem C. Vis Moot
2009 Quarterfinalists - Top North American Team / Honourable Mention Claimant's memorandum / Honourable mention top speaker (Brendan Green)
VIS 2009 Team From L to R: Erik Labelle-Eastaugh (coach), John Siewec, Christina D'oria, Prof. Anthony Daimsis (coach), Leanna Dejneka, Brendan Green
2007 Quarterfinalists - Top North American Team / Honourable Mention Claimant's memorandum / top speaker (David Quayat - 3rd)
VIS 2007 Team From L to R: Scott Lucyk, David Quayat, Aaron Shull, Rebecca Murtha, and Prof. Anthony Daimsis (coach)
2006 Quarterfinalists - Top Canadian Team / Third best Claimant's memorandum / top speaker (Erik Labelle-Eastaugh - 2nd), Honourable mention top speaker (Robert Edmonds)
VIS 2006 Team From L to R: Tanza Olifveldt, Prof. Anthony Daimsis (coach), Robert Edmonds, Erik Labelle-Eastaugh, Maxine Ethier
2005 Finalists - Honourable mention Claimant's memorandum / Honourable Mention Respondent's memorandum / top speaker (Jamie Furniss - 3rd)
2004 Semifinalists - Honourable mention top speaker (Amy Awad)
International Mediation
2008 Canadian National Mediation Advocacy Champions & 2009 winners in the Mediation Division and placed second in the Attorney/Client Division of the International Law School Mediation
Izabel Czuzoj-Shulman named one of the ten outstanding mediators of tournament
2009 Team From L to R: Professor John Manwaring, Lisa Cuthbert, Izabel Czuzoj-Shulman and André Schutten
ELSA WTO Moot
2009 North American Semifinalists
2009 Team From L to R: Neida Gonzalez, Katrina Reyes, Prof. Debra Steger, Roberto Aburto, Noah Arshinoff
Ontario Trial Lawyers Cup
Common Law students, Magda Wyszomierska and Jodie Primeau, won the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) Cup held on March 7, 2009 in London, ON.
The students won the award for “Best Team,” and Magda won “Best Closing Statement.” They were coached by Blair Crew, Review Counsel at the uOttawa Community Legal Clinic and Jennifer Guth from Gowling Lafleur Henderson LLP.
Wilson Equality Moot
2009 Finalists (2nd place).
Team members From L to R: Fadi Yachoua, Ashlee Barber, Elad Gafni, Nick Tzoulas, and Juliet Knapton of Williams McEnery barristers and solicitors (coach)
In addition to placing second overall, members of the team also ranked in the top 10 speakers: Nick Tzoulas 5th, Fadi Yachoua 7th and Ashlee Barber 10th
Harold Fox IP Moot
The Common Law Section was represented by students Adrian Howard and Tavengwa Runyowa, while Sherif Foda and Matthew Paik represented the Droit civil Section. Adrian and Sherif formed one of the eight appellant teams and advanced to the semi-finals where they argued their case against a team from McGill. They received excellent feedback from the presiding judges for their mastery of the material and their presentation, and Adrian was awarded the Donald F. Sim Award as the best oral advocate. As one of the eight respondent teams, Tavengwa and Matthew won the Gordon F. Henderson Award as the best factum writers.
2009 Team From L to R (back row/front row): Mitchell Charness (Partner, Ridout & Maybee), Dean Bruce Feldthusen, Adrian Howard, Dennis Leung (Partner, Ridout & Maybee), Matthew Paik, Sherif Foda, Tavengwa Runyowa, Andy Kaplan-Myrth
ABA Client-Counseling Regionals
2009 Semifinalists
2009 Team From Left: Caitlin Renneson and Ellie Persichilli