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ulty members, judged practice moots to help prepare the
team for the competition. At the awards banquet Michael
Piel, representing the International Law Students Association,
noted that no Canadian team has won the international
rounds of the Jessup competition since 1991 when
the University of Saskatchewan won the Jessup Cup.
Jessup Moot Team left to right: Tyler Dahl, Ruth Thompson (coach),
Adryan Toth, John Sanche, Joanne Colledge (missing: Gadhi Cruz)
Jessup Moot 2009
In 2009, the Saskatchewan Jessup Moot team of Heather
Campbell, Erin Hawes, Robert Martz, Trevor Oleniuk, Evan
Thompson, and Ruth Thompson (coach) received the Winners
of the Spirit of the Jessup award.
Canadian National Mediation Advocacy
Competition 2009
College of Law students Meredith James, Hiyasmin Matias,
Alexis Tayco and Itemobong Umoh along with their coaches
Glen Gardner (Dispute Resolution Office, Sask Justice),
and Kathy Ford, participated in the 2nd Annual Canadian
National Mediation Advocacy Competition (CNMAC) in
Toronto in November 2009 and went on to The International
Commercial Mediation Competition held in Paris this
February.
The Canadian competition involved 14 two-member teams
from eight faculties of law across Canada role-playing as
advocates and clients in mediation scenarios. Teams and
individuals were judged by experienced mediators, judges
and lawyers on how well they prepared and represented
their client in the mediation process.
At the Canadian competition, Hiyasmin Matias, won the
Cliff Hendler Award for Most Outstanding Individual. The
team also had the honour of being present when Dean
Cotter accepted the Louise Otis Award of Excellence in
Mediation Education, for the school in Canada that
demonstrated the greatest commitment to mediation
education.
In February, our team was selected to compete in The
International Commercial Mediation Competition. This
is an annual moot mediation competition organized by the
ICC International Court of Arbitration from February 6 – 10,
2010 in Paris. This one-of-a-kind event attracted 44 teams
from law schools and mediation experts from around
the world.
With a view towards training lawyers to better meet the
dispute resolution needs of today’s cross-cultural market,
the event combines best practice sharing, learning and
networking and gives students an opportunity to test their
problem-solving skills in a moot international mediation.
The team finished between 8th and 12th among the 44
teams, defeating the second place team from Australia
during the qualifying rounds.
CNMAC Moot Team left to right: Alexis Tayco, Itemobong Umoh, Kathy
Ford, Meredith James, Hiyasmin Matias, Glen Gardner with Brent Cotter
KAWASKIMHON Aboriginal Law Moot 2010
Six students from the College of Law represented the
University of Saskatchewan College of Law in KAWAS-
KIMHON March 5 - 7: Casey Barnett, Erin Buck, Tanner
Daniels, Jeremy Herron, Candice McClean and Adam
Taylor. Associate Dean Norman Zlotkin is the coach of the
2010 team. Both teams did very well, providing strong
leadership in the circle.
Kawaskimhon means “speaking with knowledge”. The Aboriginal
Moot is a non-competitive moot addressing current
issues in Aboriginal-Government relations. The objective
of the moot is to try and reach a consensus on the issues
raised by the moot problem. The moot is conducted in a
circle format. It is designed so that it respects and incorporates
Aboriginal values and concepts of dispute resolution.
The participants sit in a large circle and make their presentation
from locations around the circle. n
Aboriginal Law Moot KAWASKIMHON back left to right: Tanner Daniels,
Adam Taylor, front left to right: Candice McClean, Erin Buck, Casey
Barnett, Jeremy Herron with coach Norman Zlotkin
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Law College Nationally Recognized for
Excellence in Mediation Recognition
Madame Justice Louise Otis presenting award to Brent Cotter.
At the 2nd Annual Canadian National
Mediation Advocacy Competition
(CNMAC) held in Toronto, Ontario,
the College of Law, University of
Saskatchewan was nationally recognized
for its excellence in educating
students on non-litigation alternatives
to resolve disputes. The Louise Otis
Award for Excellence in Mediation
Education is awarded to the law
school demonstrating the greatest
commitment to mediation education
by the Canadian National Mediation
Advocacy Competition. This inaugural
award was presented November
21, 2009 in Toronto to Brent Cotter,
Q.C., Dean of the College of Law.
Presenting the award was Madame
Justice Louise Otis, Court of Appeal
of Québec. n
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