Mooting

Faculty Coordinator - Professor Janet Walker (moot_fac@yorku.ca)
Chair, Osgoode Mooting Society - Marika Giles (moot_soc@yorku.ca)
Treasurer, Osgoode Mooting Society - Tammara Giardino (moot_soc@york.ca)

Mooting is a great way to learn about the law. It gives you the opportunity to research a specific area of law in depth, to draft legal memoranda and facta, and to appear at a moot court hearing. In doing so, you gain "hands on" experience with the full panoply of advocacy skills: legal research, factum writing and oral argument. And it's fun!

Upper Year Mooting

Throughout the academic year, upper year students compete with students from other law schools in mooting competitions on subjects that vary from international trade law to constitutional law to corporate/securities law. These moots involve both an oral and a written component and are worth 3 credits. Most upper year competitive moot team has four members (although some allow a fifth person to participate as a researcher) and a faculty advisor. Osgoode students can participate in a moot for credit only once.

NB: This year's upper year selection moots will be held in the first two weeks of September to permit the teams to be chosen within the course change period.

First Year Mooting

Each spring, first-year Osgoode students have the opportunity to participate in one of two competitions. The Fasken Martineau Dumoulin moot, (the "Baby Jessup") is on the subject of public international law, and brings together 3 American and 3 Canadian schools. The Goodman & Carr moot (the "Baby Gale") is on the subject of criminal / constitutional law. While neither moot is for credit, both are coached by upper year students and provide excellent experience and an opportunity for prizes and glory. Tryouts will take place after the mid-term examination.