Tuesday, April 20, 2010

The University of Toronto team has won the annual Wilson Moot, held this year on the last weekend of February. The team also won the Second Place Factum Prize, and individual team members received recognition for their performance.

Congratulations to the team of Dan Rohde (first place oralist), Lindsay Beck (second place oralist), Rebecca McConchie and Dave Forsayeth.  The judges of the final round against Queen’s University were Peter Hogg, Justice Eileen Gillese of the Ontario Court of Appeal, and Justice David Stratas of the Federal Court of Appeal.

The team was coached by 3L students, and 2009 Wilson advocates, Karen Ensslen and Kristina Gill, and by graduate law student Joshua Krane. Faculty advisers Lorraine Weinrib and Cheryl Milne provided invaluable advice and support.

The Wilson Moot, named for Madam Justice Bertha Wilson, explores issues of equality and s.15 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.