University of Alberta is the overall winner of the Wilson Moot 2024. Team members included Catherine Ford, Edward Sanders, Raya Slavik, Emma Stirling and Paige Gratton who competed successfully against 13 other participating law schools. The preliminary rounds took place on February 23 and 24, 2024 and the final moot between the top two teams from University of Alberta and University of Toronto was held on Saturday afternoon. University of British Columbia and University of Victoria tied for third place in the competition.
The bench for the final round included Associate Chief Justice Michal Fairburn of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, The Honourable Justice Jamie Trimble of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario and The Honourable Justice Ivan Bloom of the Superior Court of Justice for Ontario.
The prizes for best written argument were awarded to Thompson Rivers University, University of New Brunswick and University of Alberta.
First place oralist was Tanner Lorenson of the University of Victoria who was honoured with the Peter W. Hogg award. Joshua Schwartz of the University of Toronto placed second and Emma Stirling of the University of Alberta placed third.
Congratulations and thanks to all participants and volunteers that worked to make the moot a success.
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The Wilson Moot would not be possible without the generous contributions from the following firms:
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