Trial Moots
Trial moots give students vital experience perfecting the analytical, research and writing skills they will need to practice law. The Advocates’ Society is thrilled to administer two important trial moots, giving Canadian law students the chance to formulate arguments and express them in front of members of the bench.
The Arnup Cup
The Arnup Cup is an annual trial advocacy competition for Ontario law schools, organized by The Advocates’ Society and generously sponsored by WeirFoulds LLP. The Cup bears the name of the Honourable John D. Arnup, O.C., Q.C., who for many years sat as a distinguished member of the Court of Appeal for Ontario following a career as one of Canada’s finest litigation counsel.
First held in 1988, the Arnup Cup has increased in prominence over the years. Teams from each of Ontario’s law schools participate in trials held in a Toronto courtroom and presided over by judges of the Superior Court of Justice. Senior members of The Advocates’ Society act as assessors. The teams vie for the right to represent the province in the prestigious Sopinka Cup, Canada’s national trial advocacy competition, held annually in Ottawa.
Congratulations to the Winning Teams!
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| From left to right: Robert Centa of Paliare Roland Rosenberg Rothstein LLP (coach), Anna Cooper, Ryann Atkins and Jonathan Shime of Cooper, Sandler, Shime & Bergman LLP (coach) |
2013
Winners
From the University of Toronto
Ryann Atkins
Anna Cooper
Robert Centa (coach)
Jonathan Shime (coach)
Second Place
From Queen's University
Sabrina Goldfarb
Natalie Johnson
Robert Goddard (coach)
Joseph Dart (coach)
Elizabeth Van Rensburg (student coach)
Click here for the 2013 Arnup Cup photo gallery.
2012Winners Robert Thomson Zoe Marszewski Paliare Queen’s University Faculty of Law Coaches: Robert Goddard and Jermir Punthakey
Second Place Blair Siemens Matthew Hickey University of Western Ontario Faculty of Law Coaches: Doug Ferguson and Jason Voss |
2011Winners Dorothy Charach Eric Pellegrino Osgoode Hall Law School Coaches: Moiz Rahman and Jonathan Rosenthal
Second Place Andrea MacGillivray Ryan Truax University of Windsor Coach: Scott Kerwin |
2010Winners Mark Rieger Joseph Heller University of Toronto Coaches: Julie Hannaford and Jenny Friedland
Second Place Jeff LaPorte Eric Costaris University of Windsor Coaches: James Cooke and Scott Kerwin
Elena Davies Aliki Yorgiadis University of Ottawa Coaches: Hilary Young and Howard Krongold |
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The Sopinka Cup
The Honourable Justice John Sopinka was a multi-talented person. An outstanding lawyer, teacher, author, expert in law of evidence, concert violinist and played for the Toronto Argonauts in the CFL, he became one of Canada’s foremost trial and appellate advocates. He was counsel in many high-profile and renowned cases, and one of the few lawyers to be appointed directly from practice to the Supreme Court of Canada, where he quickly established himself as one of the country’s most distinguished judges.
Following his untimely death in November 1997, The American College of Trial Lawyers honoured its former member by joining his family, colleagues and associates to develop the annual Sopinka Cup competition, inaugurated in 1999 as the national trial advocacy competition for Canadian law schools. A fund created with generous donations from the American College, law firms, former associates and friends across Canada provides annual financial support. The Advocates’ Society assumed the role of competition administrator in 2003.
Congratulations to the Winning Teams!
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| From left to right: Brian Casey (coach), Michele Charles, Suzanne Kittell, The Honourable Justice Michael J. Moldaver, Melanie Sopinka |
2013
Winners
Michele Charles
Suzanne Kittell
Dalhousie University
Coaches: Brian Casey and Michael Scott
Second Place
Marie-Pier Emery
Audrey Favreau
Université d’Ottawa – droit civil
Coaches: Manon Lapointe and Gene Assad
Third Place
Silvana Lovera
Rebecca Stanley
University of British Columbia
Coach: Laura McPheeters
Best Opening Address: Suzanne Kittell, Dalhousie University
Best Closing Address: Marie-Pier Emery, Université d’Ottawa – droit civil
Best Direct Examination: Kendra Carfantan, University of Manitoba
Best Cross-examination: Silvana Lovera, University of British Columbia
Best Overall Advocate: Marie-Pier Emery, Université d’Ottawa – droit civil
Past Winners
2012Winners
Second Place Anna Kontsedalova Molly Shamess University of British Columbia Coach: Karima Andani
Best Overall Advocate: Zoe Marszewski Paliare, Queen's University |
2011Winners
Second Place Andrea MacGillivray Ryan Truax University of Windsor Coach: Scott Kerwin
Best Overall Advocate: Evan Thompson, University of Saskatchewan |
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