All students at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law are required to participate in a moot court competition. The oral advocacy skills and the opportunity to write a factum are essential components of their legal education and are academic requirements at the Faculty of Law. Students compete for places in the competitive moots in September, and those who are placed on a competitive team are not required to register for the Upper Year Moot. Everyone else is required to complete the Upper Year Moot in either the second or third year. The moot spans the fall and spring terms, with seminars offered starting in November and the oral arguments scheduled in late January and early February. Upper Year Moot students work in teams of two, and each team should work closely with their opposing team in preparing their arguments and facta. Students may sign up with a partner or have one assigned to them. Student teams will be randomly designated as appellants or respondents. Groups work with a Supervisor who is a practicing litigator to develop a factum and oral argument responsive to the moot problem and then participate with their opponents in an oral hearing before a three-person panel, including their supervisor and two other lawyers.
DEADLINE DATES Note: The following deadline times and dates will be strictly enforced.
Deadline date to add/drop this moot Wednesday, October 3 at 4 pm.
Week of October 22, 2012 Moot package will be available on Blackboard; students to indicate partner preferences by e-mailing associatedean.law@utoronto.ca by October 29th.
November 9, 2012 Moot problems assigned and posted on Blackboard
Wednesday November 14, 2012 (12:30- 2:00 p.m.) Room: BLH Introductory and Written Advocacy Seminars – attendance is mandatory.
Thursday, November 22, 2012 (12:30 - 1:10 and 1:20 – 2:00 p.m.) Rooms: FLB and FLC Legal Research and Writing Session – 40-minute problem-specific legal research and writing session – attendance at session on your moot problem is mandatory. Specific timeslots and rooms to be announced.
Wednesday, January 9, 2013 (12:30 - 2:00) Room: BLH Oral Advocacy Seminar - attendance is mandatory. Thursday, January 10, 2013 (12:30-2:00 p.m.) Deadline: 10:00 a.m. Appellant’s Draft Factum due to Supervisors (see mooting materials for details) Wednesday, January 16, 2013 (10:00 a.m.) Appellants’ Final Factum Due (see mooting materials for details) Friday, January 18, 2013 (10:00 a.m.) Respondents’ Draft Factum Due to Supervisors (see mooting materials for details) Thursday, January 24, 2013 (10:00 a.m.) Respondents’ Final Factum Due (see mooting materials for details) Monday to Thursday, January 28 - February 8, 2013 (5:30-9:00 p.m.) Oral hearings will be scheduled between these dates (no hearings will be scheduled on Friday evenings). Students must ensure that they are available to moot as assigned. Students requesting accommodation must contact the Assistant Dean, Students. Note: Exchange Students going on a fall exchange must comply with all fall deadlines. Students are responsible for obtaining material (from their partner, or from Blackboard) presented during any session they miss. In no case will absence from a mandatory session be an excuse for missed deadlines, improper formatting, etc. Exchange students must regularly check their UTOR e-mail and the Blackboard site for the Upper Year Moot.
