Teams for 12 competitive moots selected
The 2020–21 upper year competitive mooting tryouts took place between September 14 and 16. This year, 86 people tried out for the 58 available positions on various moots.
Candidates were required to argue an imaginary class actions case before panels of three judges. Panels were mostly made up of 3Ls who participated in competitive moots last year, with faculty members joining for the second round of tryouts. This year, all tryouts were conducted over Zoom. The case involved arguing that an anonymous plaintiff’s class action, relating to an alleged breach in privacy by a sports-themed dating app, should be certified. Potential mooters primarily had to contend with the five criteria set out by s. 5(1) of the Class Proceedings Act.
The Moot Court Committee offered some words of support to all those who tried out: “The MCC would like to congratulate everyone who tried out this year on the overall excellent caliber of the tryouts. We would also like to thank everyone who participated in the tryout process for their patience and energetic embrace of the virtual format, which we were using for the first time. We were thrilled with how many people did try out, and hope the tryout process offered an insight into virtual litigation, which is sure to take place at increasing rates going forward.”
Below are the final tryout results. The male-to-female ratio is 33 percent to 67 percent.
Note: Combined degree students are labelled by their year at the law school, e.g. students who were in their non-law year last year are 2Ls.
Bowman Tax Moot
Thien Thuong Hoang (2L)
Hannah Bourgeois (2L)
Lynne Westerhof (3L)
Caroline Harrell (3L)
Callaghan Moot
Dan Schechner (2L)
Nicole Nowoselski (2L)
Julia Nowicki (2L)
Michael Shaffer (2L)
Lavalee Forbes (2L)
Nicholas Buhite (2L)
Adam Davis (2L)
Madeleine Andrew-Gee (2L)
Ryan Shah (2L)
Ellen An (2L)
William Hall (2L)
Colin Hunt (2L)
Jamie Corbett (2L)
Rachel Allen (2L)
Yasmin Masoudi (2L)
Madison Kerr (2L)
Winkler Class Actions Moot
Taskeen Nawab (2L)
Henry Dennis (2L)
Jenna Kara (3L)
Kristy Milland (3L)
Competition Moot
Leah Kelley (2L)
Sofia Sugamar (2L)
Daniel Gao (3L)
Mackenzie Cumberland (2L)
Fox IP Moot
Hannah Cinel (2L)
Flint Patterson (2L)
Samantha Kokonis (2L)
Matthew Mohtadi (3L)
Gale Cup Moot
Ema Ibrakovic (2L)
Militza Boljevic (2L)
Emily Tessier (2L)
Sophie Zhao (2L)
Julius Alexander Isaac Moot
Aya Refaat (2L)
Mackenzie Claggett (2L)
Madeline Stewart (3L)
Artimes Ghahremani (3L)
Jessup Moot
Abrahim Ahmed (2L)
Molly Campbell (2L)
Natasha Williams (2L)
Ava Armand (3L)
Labour Arbitration Competition
Braxton Murphy (2L)
Olivier Bishop-Mercier (2L)
Laskin Moot
Ainslie Pierrynowski (2L)
Audrey-Anne Delage (2L)
Adrienne Ralph (2L)
Robert Nanni (3L)
Walsh Family Moot
Florian Nagy (2L)
Hannah Lank (2L)
Venessa Secktakof (3L)
Raoof Zamanifar (3L)
Wilson Moot
Myim Bakan Kline (2L)
Greta Hoaken (2L)
Meg Cormack (3L)
Maija Fiorante (2L)
