Mooting Competitions in Canada

• Comment: Student competitions are rarely notable by our standards, and there are no secondary sources here to suggest this is an exception. Drmies (talk) 16:05, 29 July 2026 (UTC)

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Students at Canadian law schools often participate in mooting competitions. These competitions typically take the form of appellate advocacy, arguing a fictional or real case before a panel of judges. Mooting competitions are often associated with upper-year (2L or 3L) law students, however there are competitions for 1L (e.g., the Cassels Brock Cup) and undergraduate-level (e.g., the Osgoode Cup) students.

Upper-Year Competitions

Competition Name	Area of Law	Year Founded	Location	Organizer	2025-2026 Best Faculty	2025-2026 Case
Adam F. Fanaki Competition Law Moot	Competition Law	2019	Federal Court of Canada, Toronto Courthouse	The Competition Bureau	University of Ottawa Faculty of Law	Fictional Case (Commissioner of Competition v Zenya Inc.)
Davies Corporate/Securities Law Moot	Corporate and Securities Law	1991	Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP		Schulich School of Law	Fictional Case
Donald G.H. Bowman National Tax Moot	Tax Law	2011	Dentons Canada		Queen's University Faculty of Law	Brown v. Canada, 2022 FCA 200
Gale Cup	Criminal or Constitutional Law	1974	Osgoode Hall	The Ontario Bar Association	Université Laval	R. v. I.M., 2025 SCC 23
Harold G. Fox Moot	Intellectual Property Law	2009	Toronto, ON	The Fox Moot Committee	University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law	Fictional Case (Avalon Peninsula Instruments Corp. v. Whistler Audio Ventures Inc.)
Immigration, Refugee and Citizenship Law Moot	Immigration Law	2020	Federal Court of Canada, Toronto Courthouse	The Organising Committee	University of Ottawa Faculty of Law	Judicial review of an immigration decision
Julius Alexander Isaac Moot	Equity and diversity	2008	Osgoode Hall	The Black Law Student Association of Canada	Schulich School of Law	R v. Murray, 2025 ONSC 4127
Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot	Indigenous Law	1994	University of Windsor Faculty of Law	The Native Law Students Association of the University of Toronto	Non-adversarial competition	Fictional Case
Laskin Moot	Administrative and Constitutional Law	1986	University of Saskatchewan	The Laskin Steering Committee	McGill Faculty of Law	Fictional Case (Effené First Nation v. Attorney General of Canada)
Tort Law Moot	Tort Law	2025	Virtual	The Tort Law Moot Committee	University of Toronto Faculty of Law	Price v Smith & Wesson Corporation, 2025 ONCA 452
Walsh Family Law Moot	Family Law	2013	Toronto, ON	Association of Family and Conciliation Courts	University of Toronto Faculty of Law	M.A.B. v. M.G.C., 2022 ONSC 7207
Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot	Environmental Law	2011	Federal Court of Canada, Toronto Courthouse	Willms & Shier LLP	Peter A. Allard School of Law	R. v. Consolidated Homes Ltd., 2025 ONCA 41
Wilson Moot	Legal issues concerning women and minorities	1992	Federal Court of Canada, Toronto Courthouse	Volunteer-driven	Osgoode Hall Law School	Fictional Case (Nadia Malik v. Canada (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship))
Warren K. Winkler Class Actions Moot	Class Actions	2014	McCarthy Tétrault Toronto office		University of Toronto Faculty of Law	Fictional Case

The Cassels Brock Cup (1L-Level)

First-year (1L) students from Osgoode Hall Law School and the University of Toronto Faculty of Law compete annually in the Cassels Brock Cup (also known as "Baby Gale"). The competition problem mirrors that of The Gale Cup Moot and is therefore related to criminal or constitutional law. The Ontario Court of Appeal at Osgoode Hall in Toronto hosts the event.

The Osgoode Cup (Undergraduate)

Universities also host mooting competitions for undergraduate students. Canada's largest undergraduate mooting competition is the Osgoode Cup, hosted at Osgoode Hall Law School and organized by a board of directors. The competition uses cases from the Supreme Court of Canada.

The 2026 problem was Dorsey v Canada (Attorney General) 2025 SCC 38. The winners were Anasofia Florez and Neha Gupta from the University of Toronto.

References

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