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Mooting successes go virtual

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Walsh Family Law Moot second-place team members: Nikita Matthew, Hannah Pye Robins, Sophia Cripouris,
Kevin MacNeil, and Samantha D’Souza Sen. Not pictured: coach Cynthia Nantais.

Mooting competitions offer law students opportunities to practise and improve oral advocacy skills in a simulated appellate court or arbitration for credit.

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Professor Bill Bogart pens op-ed about COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy

Bill Bogart

Professor Bill Bogart has published an opinion piece in Healthy Debate about vaccine hesitancy - suggesting a reward be offered to people for getting vaccinated.

"There is a level of hesitancy about the shot that must be addressed," writes Professor Bogart. "Multiple strategies need to be employed. One that needs further thought is rewarding people for getting vaccinated."

Professor Noel Semple comments on a BC Court of Appeal ruling

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Professor Noel Semple has commented on a British Columbia Court of Appeal ruling that the Law Society of B.C.’s decision to publicly name a lawyer who received a citation for professional misconduct was “unreasonable” because the process was not transparent and adequately explained.