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2015 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot
Osgoode takes second place and best respondent factum
zach d’onofrio › contributor
O
sgoode’s en v ironmenta l l aw moot ing program is alive and well. As a
member of Osgoode Hall’s 2015 Willms &
Shier Environmental Law Moot team, I am
pleased to report that the 7 March competition went
(almost) as well as we could have hoped for. While
nine law schools from coast to coast were represented
at the competition (from the University of Victoria
all the way to Dalhousie University), both Osgoode
teams managed to walk away with awards: Martin
Banach, Joslyn Currie, and myself took second place
while Danielle Cornacchia, Gün Köleoğlu, and Maijalisa Robinson won the D. Paul Emond Award for Best
Respondent’s Factum.
A big thanks also goes out to our coaches, Andrea
Bradley, Senwung Luk, and Michael McClurg of
Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP. As second place finishers, Martin, Joslyn, and I had the chance to present our submissions to Justice Karakatsanis (SCC),
Justice Stratas (FCA), and Justice van Rensburg
(ONCA). While we would have liked to take the first
place prize, Osgoode has definitely shown its strength
in environmental law by bringing home two team
awards. This is the third time that the moot has been
held and the second time running that Osgoode has
been runner-up. The Willms & Shier Environmental
Law Moot is only held once every two years, so consider this a call to present first year students to be
ready to bring home the gold two years from now,
continuing Osgoode’s excellent track record in the
competition. u
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ê From left to right: Andrea Bradley, Joslyn Currie, Senwung Luk, Maija-Lisa Robinson, Gün Köleoğlu, Zachary
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