Recognizing that experiential learning is a key component of providing a rigorous legal education, the Advocacy and Mooting Program at Windsor Law engages students each year in a variety of mock advocacy competitions including mooting (appellate advocacy), mock trial competitions, mock mediation, client counseling, and negotiation competitions.

Windsor Law reports the following successes for the 2019-20 mooting season:

Arnup Cup

• Second-place finalists — Ashley Haines and Sara Little
• Coaches — Jayme Lesperance and Bryan Pillon

Gale Cup Moot

• Second-place finalists — Braden Adsett, Matthew Bedini, Siobhan Dundon, and Aditi Gupta
• Chief Justice Dickson medal for top oralist — Aditi Gupta
• Coaches – David Tanovich and Ashley Haines

International Association of Dispute Resolution (INADR) Tournament

• Top four Mediator finalist — Charles Campbell
• Fifth-place lawyer/client team — Kaffie Abdirashid and Harsh Makhijani
• Fourth-place overall advocate/client team; fifth-place top mediator team — Charles Campbell, Kayley Leon, and Nadia Nadeem
• Coach — Gemma Smyth

Ontario Trial Lawyers Association (OTLA) Cup

• Bergeron Clifford Award for Best Team — Parmis Goudarzimalayeri and Adrianna Klukowska
• Will Davidson Award for Best Opening Address — Parmis Goudarzimalayeri
• Coaches — Francine Herlehy and Monica Pathak

Oxford Intellectual Property Moot

• Successful in passing the written submission round
• Invited to participate in the oral finals in Oxford, England (delayed due to COVID-19)
• Coach — Wissam Aoun

Winkler Class Actions Moot

• Third Best Oralist Award — Karly Lyons
• Coach — David Robins

Donald G.H. Bowman National Tax Moot:

• Semifinalists (top four of 34 teams in Canada) — Bushra Nassab, Ryan Markesic, Antonio Alcantar-Tangonan, Daniel Ibrahim, and Eric Miller
• Coaches — Marcela Aroca, Stan Fedun, Cristina Fulop, and Anish Kamboj

“Windsor Law students’ commitment to excellence, high quality advocacy and professionalism is deeply appreciated by our dedicated coaches who volunteer their time,” says Windsor Law associate dean academic Gemma Smyth. “Congratulations to all the Windsor Law 2019-20 moot team participants and their coaches.”

—Rachelle Prince