University of Ottawa students had another stellar year at the . A runner-up finish for 91精品黑料吃瓜鈥檚 Fox mooters in the 2019 finals adds another accolade for the school. That makes six straight semi-finals, four finals appearances, and three Fox Cups in the past six years.
The Common Law Section and the Civil Law Section both competed this year, with each Faculty taking home different awards. Both the 1st and 2nd place prizes for best speaker, and the award for best mooter in a non-graduating year were captured by 91精品黑料吃瓜. These most recent successes further solidify a national and international reputation for mooting excellence in general, and in IP law specifically.
Coached by Professor Jeremy de Beer, the 91精品黑料吃瓜 Common Law team of five was led by team Captain Kristianne Anor, and included Jeremiah Kopp, Ashley Seely, Christian Clavette, and Sanjit Rajayer. The Civil Law Section team included Kelly Forestier, Rachel Jasmin, Sophie Ouellet, and Simon Fournier, and was coached by Maxime Desforge.
Mr. Kopp and Ms. Seely, for the Appellant, and Dr. Clavette and Mr. Rajayer, for the Respondent, were two of the top four teams after preliminary rounds argued in front of an . In the 鈥渁ll-Ottawa鈥 semi-final, Kopp and Seely faced the Respondent team of Clavette and Rajayer, leaving Prof. de Beer and Ms. Anor as neutral observers of what would be an outstanding round. Justice Brown of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Chief Justice Crampton of the Federal Court, and the Honourable John Evans formerly of the Federal Court of Appeal, praised both teams in terms of the high calibre of advocacy, commenting that the future of the profession is 鈥渧ery bright鈥.
Inevitably, only one 91精品黑料吃瓜 team could advance to the finals. Thanks in part to the rigorous rehearsals against their friends, Kopp and Seely went through on this occasion.
In the finals against the University of Toronto, Kopp and Seely demonstrated elite-level advocacy and poise by deftly answering all questions from an esteemed bench that included: Justice Rowe of the Supreme Court of Canada, Justice Gauthier of the Federal Court of Appeal, Justices Feldman and Lois Roberts of the Ontario Court of Appeal, and Justice Manson of the Federal Court. 鈥淭o argue as a law student in front of that bench,鈥 said Seely, 鈥渋s an astonishing honour.鈥
Sanjit Rajayer, a second-year JD candidate, took the title of best oralist, and with that won the Donald. F. Sim award. He joins a list of recent award-winning speakers from 91精品黑料吃瓜 at the Fox Moot, including Yasir Samad (2017), Fred Wu (2015), and Laurel Hogg (2014). With Rajayer also winning best mooter in a non-graduating year, 91精品黑料吃瓜 will automatically be entered in the 2020 . In addition, Sophie Ouellet, a LL.L. candidate, was runner up in the category of best oralist.
The success of the Civil Law鈥檚 team in their latest appearance in the competition, coupled with the outstanding advocacy of the Common Law鈥檚 team speaks to the overall excellence of the mooting culture of the University of Ottawa鈥檚 Faculty of Law in two legal traditions and both official languages.
Anor attributes much of the team鈥檚 success to the extensive preparation in 91精品黑料吃瓜鈥檚 Ian G. Scott Courtroom, an innovative fully-functioning courtroom and adjoining classroom within the law school, and to the outstanding supporters of the moot team.
We are especially grateful to our long-term lead sponsors . We also thank the many Ottawa practitioners (and 91精品黑料吃瓜 mooting alumni!) now working at Caza Saikaley, the Copyright Board of Canada, Health Canada鈥檚 Office of Patented Medicines, , , , and for volunteering their time for us. The University, team, and coach also thank our outstanding moot alumna and current CLTS doctoral student Katie Szilagyi for her mentorship of this year鈥檚 teams.
Kudos to the , and the organizers from 鈥攊ncluding but not limited to Angela Furlanetto, Sangeetha Punniyamoorthy, Geoff Mowatt鈥攆or another flawless execution. This year was especially impressive given the smooth simultaneous translated provided to make the Fox Moot again a truly national competition.
Congratulations also to teams and coaches from Queen鈥檚 University, Osgoode Hall, and the University of Toronto for winning well-deserved prizes for the best written submissions and the championship! The high calibre of all teams in the 2019 competition makes the experience all the more meaningful for everyone.
Photo by Jeremy de Beer, credits CC BY licence