LAWS 2144 ‑ Corporate Securities Law Moot

CREDIT HOURS: 3

The Canadian Corporate/Securities Law Moot Court Competition is an annual Moot Court competition, sponsored by the Toronto law firm of Davies, Ward, Phillips & Vineberg LLP, which focuses upon the fields of corporate and securities law in Canada. The competition is designed to provide students having an interest in these areas of legal practice with an opportunity to meet with judges, corporate and securities regulators, academic lawyers and legal practitioners to debate legal issues of current importance to the Canadian business community.Teams of mooters from a number of Canadian law schools will meet in late February or early March in Toronto to moot a problem. The competition requires collaborative work on a hypothetical problem in the area of corporate and securities law. It will require extensive research culminating in the preparation of a factum. It will also include a preparatory oral advocacy session and the eventual pleading of the problem before a board consisting of judges, corporate/securities regulators, academic lawyers and legal practitioners. This competition is open to both second and third year students. Participants will be selected on the basis of written applications; selection will be based upon a student's stated interest in participation, prior experience, oral advocacy skills and academic record.

NOTE: students may take only one competitive moot during their degree.

Prerequisite(s): Business Associations (LAWS 2002).
Co-requisite(s): None.
Assessment Method: Research, factum and oral advocacy. Participation in the competition satisfies the major paper writing requirement, if the student wishes to count the moot as a major paper.
Restrictions: None.

*This course is unavailable to International Linkages students.