Our partnership and/or involvement with the following mooting and lawyering skills competitions at Osgoode Hall Law School.
The Canadian Client Consultation Competition (“CCCC”) simulates a law office consultation in which law students from law schools across Canada, acting as lawyers, are presented with a client matter. They conduct an interview with a person playing the role of the client. The students are expected to elicit the relevant information from the client, explain the relevant laws, present the possible options and assist the client with selecting a solution. Following the interview, there is a post-consultation period for the students to analyze the interview and discuss the work that needs to be undertaken.
Founded in 2017 the Canadian National Negotiation Competition promotes lawyer competency in non-litigation dispute resolution forums and builds networks between Canadian teaching programs. The competition includes a master-class demonstration or talk and some mix-and mingle social events
Law students from across Canada showcase their negotiation, communication, and lawyering skills in realistic simulations of two-party and multiparty negotiation scenarios. Each team participates in three rounds. The students’ self-analysis reflection coupled with the judges’ feedback ensures that students will strengthen their skills even further. The top teams qualify for the International Negotiation Competition.
Two teams are invited from each law school. Competitors are assessed on the skills they used to work towards a good client outcome, their professionalism, and their self-analysis.
The Osgoode Advocacy Society (OAS), formerly the Osgoode Negotiation Club, is a student-run club that was established in 2016 and aims to advance the negotiation, mediation, and general oral advocacy skills of Osgoode students through training boot camps and advocacy-based competitions.
The Dentons Negotiation Competition is Osgoode’s flagship advocacy-based competition designed to provide participants with an opportunity to demonstrate their ability to craft creative approaches to dispute resolution, think on their feet in a constantly evolving fact scenario, and demonstrate their ability to remain calm in a for-stakes negotiation.
Students compete in teams of two, hoping to advance through three rounds of simulated negotiation scenarios. Teams advance based on their scores, which are determined by a team’s planning, flexibility, partnership, ability to deal with ethical issues, and ultimately the ability to obtain the best possible outcome for their client
The ICC International Commercial Mediation Competition is a globally renowned moot that hosts 100+ mock mediation sessions over seven days to name a winning team.
48 teams of students from across the world are selected to compete and more than 120+ professional mediators and trainers participate every year on a voluntary basis to share their expertise and passion for mediation. Some will act as mediators, making use of their own experience in resolving cross-border disputes; while others take on the role of judges, assessing each team’s negotiating and problem-solving skills, as well as their ability to work together, work with the other team, and make good use of the mediator.
The event gives students the opportunity to put theory into practice and to interact with some of the world’s top mediators while offering the professionals the opportunity to engage and shape the next generation of mediators and mediation users through guidance, feedback and support. Participating students receive both verbal and written feedback for each round from both judges.
Every year the International Academy of Dispute Resolution (“INADR”) sponsors the International Law School Mediation Tournament. The tournament typically takes place during the spring semester in Chicago, IL. Participation in these tournaments continues to increase every year, especially the participation of international schools. Law schools from Canada, Great Britain, and Germany regularly attend. The tournament provides law students with the opportunity to learn about various forms and techniques used in mediation, as well as the opportunity to practice their mediation skills in friendly competition with other students from around the world.
Teams of three students each go through three preliminary rounds serving as mediators, as well as advocates and clients. Mediators work in pairs, with the co-mediators being from different schools. This encourages students to recognize that mediation is about working together to reach a solution, rather than competing at every turn. Mediators are judged on their ability to work together with their co-mediator in addition to their listening skills, their ability to help advocates and clients see the strengths and weaknesses of their cases, their ability to stay positive and professional, and their ability to help guide the parties to a resolution of the dispute that brought them to mediation. The top four teams in each category proceed to the final round and awards are given for both team and individual performances.
The Walsh Family Law Negotiation Competition was established to foster relations between law schools and practitioners, to encourage the study of family law, and to increase knowledge among law students. The competition is open to selected second and third-year law students. Participants work in teams of two and negotiate family law disputes based on provided facts. The competition consists of three rounds, each increasing in complexity. Judging is conducted by members of the judiciary and experienced family law practitioners.