Competitive mooting is demanding, but exciting and rewarding. It's an opportunity to develop and demonstrate advocacy skills, analyze and research complex legal problems, develop arguments, and present a case before experienced judges.

Some mooting contests

Corporate/Securities Law Moot

An annual competition that focuses on the fields of corporate and securities law.

Cybertribunal

Online resolution of an international commercial arbitration problem

Gale Cup Moot

A national bilingual mooting competition on Criminal Law & Charter.

ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition

Amicable Dispute Resolution techniques such as mediation, mini-trial, neutral evaluation or hybrid settlement procedures under many circumstances better meet the interests of parties to international business disputes. The Competition provides students with an excellent opportunity to learn about these techniques.

The Kawaskimhon/Aboriginal Rights Moot

Kawaskimhon means 'speaking with knowledge'. The Moot is non-competitive: there are no prizes, no winners, no losesr. It involves oral presentation within the conceptual framework of a talking circle and aims at concensus-building. The problem is based on contemporary issues in Aboriginal-Government relations.

Jessup International Law Moot

Examples of past questions: Humanitarian intervention & child abduction; International commercial law; Ethics in medical research.
International Law Students Association: Jessup Moot.

Laskin Moot

A national moot competition in Canadian administrative and constitutional law, founded in 1985-86 as the Administrative Law Moot and renamed in honour of Chief Justice Bora Laskin. The distinctive feature of this competition is that the moot is bilingual - each team's presentation must include the use of both the English and French languages.Examples of past questions: Patentability of life forms and human tissue; Immigration: new powers under the Immigration Act permitting customs officials to turn away at the border; The right to counsel of the applicants in such cases; Crainte raisonnable de partialité à l’endroit d’un juge.

Concours Mignault

Quebec Civil Law competition. Examples of past questions: Le soulèvement du voile corporatif; L’abus de droit et la bonne foi dans le cadre des relations d’affaires; La personnalité juridique du foetus.

Concours Jean-Pictet

A competition involving students from faculties of law, political science and military schools, aiming at improving their knowledge of international humanitarian law through role plays and simulations.
www.concourspictet.org

Concours Charles-Rousseau

Un concours francophone destiné à développer la connaissance et la maîtrise du droit international public. Examples of past questions: Sustainable development with respect to sovereignty; Forced labour; Sovereignty over the sea; International Criminal Court.
C oncours Charles-Rousseau

The Sopinka Cup

An annual two-day trial advocacy competition for Canadian law schools. This competition, which is completely bilingual, was established to honor the memory of the late Mr. Justice John Sopinka, Judge of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot

A competition that fosters the study of international commercial law and arbitration for resolution of international business disputes through its application to a concrete problem.
Pace University: Vis Arbitral Moot

Wilson Moot

A competition honouring Madame Justice Bertha Wilson, the first female justice to sit on the Supreme Court of Canada. It focuses on equality issues raised by various provisions of the Charter.