Winners by year
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2023
Schools
1 Dalhousie University
2 Université Laval
3 Université de Montréal
4 Université de Sherbrooke
Oralists
1 Grace Bryson (Dalhousie University)
2 Mikaël Morin (Université de Montréal)
3 Isabelle Carrière (Université Laval)
4 Michael Hougen (University of British Columbia) (tie)
Nigel Olesen (Western University) (tie)
Factums
1 Dalhousie University (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 Université Laval
3 Université du Québec à Montréal
4 Queen’s University
Pairs
1 Miteau Butskhrikidze and François Bélanger (University of Ottawa – common law) (co-winners)
Grace Bryson and Danielle Wierenga (Dalhousie University) (co-winners)
2 Mikaël Morin and Erica Picillo (Université de Montréal) (co-winners)
Michael Hougen and Austen Erhardt (University of British Columbia) (co-winners)
3 Jenna Robertson and Leandra Bouman (Dalhousie University)
4 Ana Isabel Melo and Emma Smyth (University of British Columbia)
Spirit of the Laskin
University of Manitoba
2022 (photos)
Schools
1 Université de Sherbrooke
2 McGill University
3 Université d’Ottawa – common law
4 Queen’s University
Oralists
1 Harold Martin (Université de Sherbrooke)
2 Alexandre Bouchard (Université de Montréal)
3 Niamh Leonard (McGill University)
4 Orlane Huard (Université de Sherbrooke)
Factums
1 Western University (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 University of British Columbia
3 University of Calgary (tie)
Université de Sherbrooke (tie)
Pairs
1 Harold Martin and Victoria Cormier (Université de Sherbrooke)
2 Antoine Lebrun and Alexandre Bouchard (Université de Montréal)
3 Andréa Morin and Laura Abrioux (Université d’Ottawa – common law)
4 Niamh Leonard and Christoph Ivancic (McGill University)
Best video
University of British Columbia
2021
Schools
1 McGill University
2 Queen’s University
3 Université Laval
4 Université d’Ottawa – common law
Oralists
1 Nathaniel Reilly (McGill University)
2 Elise Malenfant (McGill University)
3 Marie-Denise Vane (McGill University)
4 Nadine Tawdy (University of Ottawa – common law)
Factums
1 University of Calgary (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 McGill University
3 Université Laval
4 University of Alberta
Pairs
1 Elise Malenfant and Marie-Denise Vane (McGill University)
2 Nathaniel Reilly and Catalina Karam (McGill University)
3 Zachary Wilson and Aidan Paul (University of Alberta)
4 Mohnaam Shergill and Madison Pulfer (Osgoode Hall)
Best video
University of British Columbia
2020
Schools
1 McGill University
2 University of Toronto
3 Osgoode Hall
4 Université d’Ottawa – common law
Oralists
1 Hannah Goddard-Rebstein (University of Toronto)
2 Maddison Croden (University of Alberta)
3 Bhreagh Ross (McGill University)
4 Lindsay Frame (University of British Columbia)
Factums
1 McGill University (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 Université d’Ottawa – droit civil
3 University of Manitoba
4 University of Saskatchewan
Pairs
1 Bhreagh Ross and Alessandra Dassios (McGill University)
2 Jacintha Gedeon and Emily Dubé (Université d’Ottawa – common law)
3 Mark Laschuk and Courtney Sinclair (Western University)
4 Lauren Scott and Hannah Goddard-Rebstein (University of Toronto)
Spirit of the Laskin Award (tie)
University of British Columbia
Université de Montréal
2019
Schools
1 Université d’Ottawa – civil
2 Université de Sherbrooke
3 Université Laval
4 Dalhousie University
Oralists
1 Antoine Poirier-Godon (Université de Sherbrooke)
2 Lynda Rogers (Dalhousie University)
3 Eliane Ellbogen (Université du Québec à Montréal)
4 Nour Benouhoud (University of Ottawa – common law)
Factums
1 Dalhousie University (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 University of Alberta
3 University of British Columbia
4 Université de Moncton
Pairs
1 Manon Landry and Lynda Rogers (Dalhousie University)
2 Charmaine Borg and Nicole Camacho (Université d’Ottawa – civil)
3 Eliane Ellbogen and Simone Truemner-Caron (Université du Québec à Montréal)
4 Antoine Poirier-Godon and Chloé Valiquette (Université de Sherbrooke)
Spirit of the Laskin Award (tie)
University of British Columbia
University of Manitoba
2018
Schools
1 University of Toronto
2 Université de Montréal
3 Université Laval
4 Dalhousie University
Oralists
1 Morag McGreevey (University of Toronto)
2 Anna Spieser (University of Toronto)
3 Ioana Rosu (Dalhousie University)
Aaron Haight (University of Toronto)
4 Andrew Skeith (University of Alberta)
Factums
1 Queen’s University (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 Université d’Ottawa – section civile
3 University of Alberta
4 Université de Montréal
Pairs
1 Nate Gartke and Andrew Skeith (University of Alberta)
2 Rebecca Lockert and Aaron Haight (University of Toronto)
3 Anna Spieser and Morag McGreevey (University of Toronto)
4 Elisabeth Sohier-Poirier and David Boire-Schwab (Université Laval)
Spirit of the Laskin Award
University of British Columbia
2017
Schools
1 McGill University
2 Université Laval
3 Université du Québec à Montréal
4 Osgoode Hall
Oralists
1 Farnell Morisset (McGill University)
2 Mark Mancini (University of New Brunswick)
3 Marie-Alexandra Francou-Desrochers (Université Laval)
4 Mohamed Kaisserli (Université de Montréal)
Factums
1 Université d’Ottawa – Civil (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 University of Toronto
3 Université du Québec à Montréal
4 Osgoode Hall
Pairs
1 Farnell Morisset and Susan Humphrey (McGill University)
2 Brandon Chung and Adrienne Oake (Queen’s University)
3 Charles-Émile Morin and Marie-Pierre Boudreau (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
4 Christophe Cinqmars-Viau and Olivier Beaubien (McGill University)
Spirit of the Laskin Award
University of Manitoba
2016
Schools
1 McGill University
2 University of Toronto
3 Université de Montréal
4 Queen’s University
Oralists
1 Wes Hopkin (University of Toronto)
2 Thomas Touchie (McGill University)
3 Michael Morgenthau (University of Toronto)
4 Geneviève Bernier Gosselin (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
Factums
1 Université du Québec à Montréal (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 University of Toronto
3 Queen’s University
4 McGill University
Pairs
1 Thomas Touchie and Myriam Lahmidi (McGill University)
2 Sandrine Raquepas and Michel Bélanger-Roy (McGill University)
Spirit of the Laskin Award
University of British Columbia
Western University
2015
Schools
1 University of Toronto
2 McGill University
3 Université d’Ottawa – Civile
4 Université Laval
Oralists
1 Dave Marshall (University of Toronto)
2 Pia Anthonymuttu (Western University)
3 Marie-Pier Dupont (University of Ottawa – Common)
4 Mary-Elizabeth Dill (Dalhousie University)
Factums
1 Université du Québec à Montréal (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 Dalhousie University
University of British Columbia
University of Toronto
3 Université de Montréal
4 University of Ottawa – Common
Pairs
1 Dave Marshall and Leanna Katz (University of Toronto)
2 Jessica Earle and Marie-Pier Dupont (University of Ottawa – Common)
Spirit of the Laskin Award
Université de Sherbrooke
2014
Schools
1 Osgoode Hall
2 Université Laval
3 McGill University
University of Ottawa – Common
4 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Melissa VanderHouwen (University of Ottawa – Common)
2 Maciej Lipinski (Osgoode Hall)
3 Stéfanie Lacroix (Université d’Ottawa – Civile)
4 Jonathan Silver (Osgoode Hall)
Factums
1 McGill University (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 Université du Québec à Montréal
3 Université Laval
4 Osgoode Hall
Pairs
1 Jonathan Silver and Maciej Lipinski (Osgoode Hall)
2 Jessica Smith and Melissa VanderHouwen (University of Ottawa – Common)
Spirit of the Laskin Award
Université du Québec à Montréal
2013
Schools
1 University of Alberta
2 McGill University
3 Osgoode Hall
4 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Zain Naqi (McGill University)
2 Claire Durocher (Université Laval)
Nicola Langille (McGill University)
3 Grégoire Deniger (Université de Montréal)
4 James Stevenson (Osgoode Hall)
Factums
1 Université d’Ottawa – Civil (see their appellant and respondent factums)
2 McGill University
3 University of Toronto
4 Queen’s University
Pairs
1 Véronique Ethier and Guillaume Leahy (Queen’s University)
2 Zain Naqi and Nicola Langille (McGill University)
Spirit of the Laskin Award
Université de Montréal
2012
Schools
1 Université Laval
2 Université de Montréal
3 McGill University
4 Queen’s University
Oralists
1 Brooke MacKenzie (Queen’s University)
2 Emily Shepard (University of Toronto)
3 Sebastien Schmoranz (Western University)
4 Daniel Goldbloom (University of Toronto)
Factums
1 McGill University
2 Queen’s University
3 University of Toronto
4 Dalhousie University
Pairs
1 Emily Shepard and Daniel Goldbloom (University of Toronto)
2 Megan Lee and Priyanka Timblo (McGill University)
2011
Schools
1 McGill University
2 Osgoode Hall
3 University of British Columbia
4 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Chanakya Sethi (Osgoode Hall)
2 Brian Bencze (Queen’s University)
3 Perri Ravon (McGill University)
4 Jennifer Quito (Osgoode Hall)
Factums
1 McGill University
2 Osgoode Hall
University of Toronto
3 Dalhousie University
4 University of Windsor
2010
Schools
1 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
2 University of Ottawa – Common
3 Dalhousie University
4 Université Laval
Oralists
1 Chantelle Spagnola (Osgoode Hall)
2 Nicholas Daudelin (Université de Montréal)
3 Camille Provencher (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
4 Chris Sheridan (University of Toronto)
Brian Kuchar (Dalhousie University)
Factums
1 Osgoode Hall
2 University of British Columbia
3 Western University
4 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
2009
Schools
1 Queen’s University
2 McGill University
3 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
4 Dalhousie University
Oralists
1 Fanie Dubuc (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
2 Erica Maidment (Queen’s University)
3 Laurence Brunet-Baldwin (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
4 Sarah Crowder (University of Toronto)
Palma Paciocco (McGill University)
Jennifer Bond (Dalhousie University)
Factums
1 University of Manitoba
2 University of Toronto
3 Dalhousie University
4 Université de Sherbrooke
2008
Schools
1 McGill University
2 University of British Columbia
3 Dalhousie University
4 University of Saskatchewan
Oralists
1 Eileen Keast (University of British Columbia)
2 Erin Collins (Queen’s University)
3 Erin Lalonde (University of Saskatchewan)
4 Maude Fournier (Université Laval)
Factums
1 Université de Montréal
2 University of Saskatchewan
3 University of Manitoba
4 Dalhousie University
2007
Schools
1 Université de Sherbrooke
2 McGill University
3 Dalhousie University
4 University of British Columbia
Oralists
1 Yanneck Ostaficzuk (Université de Montréal)
2 Zeineb Mellouli (Université de Sherbrooke)
3 Geoffrey Janoscik (Osgoode Hall)
4 Jean-Michel Boudreau (McGill University)
Lauren Cook (University of British Columbia)
Factums
1 University of British Columbia
2 University of Ottawa – Common
3 Université de Sherbrooke
4 McGill University
2006
Schools
1 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
2 McGill University
3 Université de Moncton
4 Université de Sherbrooke
Oralists
1 Junie Saint-Fleur (Université de Moncton)
2 Prachi Shah (McGill University)
3 Anne Lefever (McGill University)
4 Nicolas Lutz (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
Factums
1 Université de Moncton
Université Laval
3 Université de Sherbrooke
4 Queen’s University
2005
Unavailable
2004
Schools
1 Université de Montréal
2 McGill University
3 Université Laval
4 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
Oralists
1 Ben Aronovitch (McGill University)
2 Simon Pelletier (Université Laval)
3 Guy-François Lamy (Université de Montréal)
4 Marie-Hélène Dufour (Université Laval)
Factums
1 Université Laval
2 Queen’s University
3 McGill University
4 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
University of Toronto
2003
Schools
1 Université Laval
2 Université de Sherbrooke
3 University of Windsor
4 Dalhousie University
Oralists
1 Valérie Therriault (Université de Sherbrooke)
2 Christine Ruest (Université de Moncton)
3 Marie-Hélène Fandrich (Université de Montréal)
Jean-François Poirier (Université de Sherbrooke)
Factums
1 Dalhousie University
2 University of Ottawa – Common
3 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
4 McGill University
Queen’s University
2002
Schools
1 University of New Brunswick
2 Université Laval
3 Dalhousie University
Université d’Ottawa – Civil
Oralists
1 Darryl Keen (Western University)
2 Marie-Sophie Poulin (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
3 Melisa Thibault (Université de Sherbrooke)
4 Colin Johnston (Dalhousie University)
Factums
1 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
2 Université de Sherbrooke
3 Osgoode Hall
4 Université de Montréal
2001
Schools
1 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
2 McGill University
3 University of Toronto
4 Université de Sherbrooke
Oralists
1 Nassif BouMalhab (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
2 Sophia Reibetanz (University of Toronto)
3 Jennifer Danahy (University of Toronto)
4 Eileen Costello (University of Toronto)
Factums
1 McGill University
2 Université de Moncton
3 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
4 Queen’s University
2000
Schools
1 Université de Montréal
2 Queen’s University
3 Dalhousie University
4 McGill University
Oralists
1 Eric Mendelsohn (McGill University)
2 Frédéric Laflamme (Université de Montréal)
3 Jeanette Gevikoglu (McGill University)
4 Marc-André Landry (Université de Montréal)
Factums
1 McGill University
2 Queen’s University
Université de Moncton
4 Dalhousie University
1999
Schools
1 McGill University
2 Osgoode Hall
3 Dalhousie University
4 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Michael Mysak (University of Saskatchewan)
2 Farha Salim (McGill University)
3 Robert Donato (McGill University)
4 Vincent Hoss-Desmarais (Université de Montréal)
Factums
1 University of Toronto
2 McGill University
3 Osgoode Hall
4 Université Laval
1998
Schools
1 Université de Montréal
2 McGill University
3 University of Toronto
University of Windsor
Oralists
1 Jennifer de Champagne (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
2 Nini Jones (University of Toronto)
3 Julie Daoust (McGill University)
4 Geneviève Gagnon (Université de Montréal)
Factums
1 University of Ottawa – Common
2 Université de Montréal
3 McGill University
4 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
1997
Schools
1 Queen’s University
2 University of Ottawa – Common
3 Université Laval
University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Kelly Lamrock (University of New Brunswick)
2 Martin Pupil (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
3 Celine Bernard (Université de Montréal)
4 Alain Langlois (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
Factums
1 McGill University
2 Dalhousie University
3 University of Ottawa – Common
4 Queen’s University
1996
Unavailable
1995
Schools
1 Université Laval
2 University of Ottawa – Common
3 McGill University
4 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Jordan Bernamoff (Université Laval)
2 Maxime Faille (University of Ottawa – Common)
3 Joanne Desjardins (Université Laval)
4 Sujit Choudhry (University of Toronto)
Factums
1 University of Toronto
Western University
2 University of Ottawa – Common
Université de Moncton
1994
Schools
1 Université Laval
2 Université d’Ottawa – Civil
3 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 Julie Arsenault (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
Dylan Jones (University of British Columbia)
3 Graeme Aitken (Osgoode Hall)
Ian Wagner (University of Saskatchewan)
Factums
1 Dalhousie University
2 Western University
3 McGill University
Université de Moncton
1993
Unavailable
1992
Schools
1 University of Ottawa – Common
2 Université de Montréal
3 Université Laval
Oralists
1 R. Khanna (University of Windsor)
2 B. Brun (Western University)
M. Baz (Université Laval)
M. Pelletier (Western University)
E. Zeitz (University of Saskatchewan)
3 I. Roy (Université d’Ottawa – Civil)
Factums
1 McGill University
2 University of Ottawa – Common
3 Université Laval
1991
Schools
1 University of Toronto
2 McGill University
3 Queen’s University
Oralists
1 C. Hyde (University of Ottawa – Common)
2 D. Derstine (University of Toronto)
3 S. Sutherland (University of British Columbia)
Factums
1 Dalhousie University
2 McGill University
3 Osgoode Hall
University of Ottawa – Common
1989 and 1990
Unavailable
1988
Schools
1 McGill University
2 Université de Montréal
3 University of Toronto
Oralists
1 McGuinty (McGill University)
2 Renouf (University of Alberta)
3 Denomme (University of Toronto)
Factums
1 Université de Montréal
2 University of Saskatchewan
3 Université Laval