Lenczner Slaght LLP Advocacy Competition in Legal Ethics and Professionalism
January 29, 2010 - Western Law is proud to announce a new advocacy competition in Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The competition, sponsored by Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, is open to first-year students and will take place on April 6, 2010.
Read more...Western Law Hosts Inaugural Moot in Legal Ethics
April 07, 2010 - On April 6th, 2010, Western Law hosted a new advocacy competition in Legal Ethics and Professionalism. The competition, sponsored by Lenczner Slaght Royce Smith Griffin LLP, featured twenty first-year students appealing the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in Strother v. 3464920 Canada Inc., a case involving conflict of interest and a lawyer’s duty of loyalty.
Read more...Students Gain education in Advocacy at 2010 Lerners Cup
October 01, 2010 - Robert Glasgow was this year’s top oralist in the Lerners Cup, Western Law’s upper year appellate advocacy competition. The Lerners LLP Cup drew more than 60 students to moot questions related to a child’s refusal to consent to a blood transfusion for religious reasons.
Read more...BLG Moot Highlights Labour and Employment Law
October 28, 2010 - The eleventh annual Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) LLP Labour and Employment Law Oral Advocacy Competition was held at Western Law on Wednesday, October 27. Ten teams of two from Western Law and two teams of two from Windsor competed with senior lawyers from BLG acting as judges.
Read more...Cherniak Cup Competition Focuses on Trial Advocacy
November 01, 2010 - Third-year Western law student David Solomon was the victor in this year's Cherniak Cup held at the law school on November 16. The Cherniak Cup, sponsored by Lerners LLP, is the Faculty’s internal trial advocacy competition.
Read more...BLG Client Competition
November 16, 2010 - The annual Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) LLP Client Counselling Competition was held at the law school on November 15, 2010.
Read more...Nobel Prize Winner Delivers Beattie Family Lecture
March 23, 2010 - George Akerlof delivered the 2010 Beattie Family Lecture in Business Law to a full house at Western Law on March 22. Akerlof spoke on the topic "Identity Economics".
Read more...First Year Appellate Competition 2010
March 01, 2010 - After a challenging final round judged by Professors Andrew Botterell, Stephen Pitel and Chris Sherrin, Jeffrey Warnock was named the winner of the 2010 First Year Appellate Competition.
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