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Faculty of Law

Mooting

UVic Law students take part in moot competitions across Canada, with some teams reaching the international level. These events help students build legal skills through judged competitions and some offer academic credit. Upper-year students work in teams, guided by faculty or practicing lawyers, to develop written and oral advocacy.

An info session is held each fall and teams are chosen through tryouts based on grades, writing and presentation skills. Currents students can find information on eligibility, academic credit, moot selection and more on the Academic Student Services SharePoint.  

Note: UVic may not participate in all competitions each year.

Moot competitions

The British Columbia Law Schools Competitive Moot

  • focus on private law (broadly contract, tort or property law)
  • held annually in early February on an alternating basis in Vancouver, Victoria and Kamloops

Canadian Client Consultation Competition

    • simulates a law office consultation 
    • held in Victoria, BC from March 7-8, 2026.
    • winning team represents Canada at the Brown Mosten International Client Consultation Competition, to be hosted at UVic Law.

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The Donald G. Bowman National Tax Moot

      • focus on taxation
      • held annually in late February or early March in Toronto

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The Gale Cup Moot Competition

      • focus on criminal law (including the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the law of evidence)
      • held annually in mid-February in Toronto
      • in some years, winners advance to an international competition in a Commonwealth country

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Harold G. Fox Intellectual Property Moot

      • focus on intellectual property law
      • held annually in Toronto in mid-to-late February

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Isaac Moot

      • focus on racial profiling analysis in criminal law
      • held annually in Toronto 

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Kawaskimhon Moot

      • focus on legal issues that are important to Indigenous peoples
      • non-competitive event in accordance with the spirit and way of Kawaskimhon
      • format respects and incorporates Indigenous values and concepts of dispute resolution
      • held annually in early March at a different venue each year

The Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot

      • focus on topical issues in international law
      • national champions represent Canada in the international competition in Washington, DC
      • the national competition is held annually in early March in Kingston, Ontario

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Western Canada MacIntyre Cup Trial Competition

      • focus on trial advocacy in a criminal prosecution
      • held in mid-February at a different venue each year
      • first and second place teams go to Ottawa for the Sopinka Cup National Trial Advocacy Competition in March

VIS International Commercial Arbitration Moot

      • focus on the study and practice of international commercial sales law and arbitration
      • involves a dispute arising out of a contract of sale between two countries that are party to the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
      • held in Vienna, Austria

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Willms & Shier Environmental Law

      • focus on environmental issues in contemporary legal practice and public life
      • held every second year in mid-March in Toronto

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The Wilson Moot

      • focus on promoting justice for members of historically marginalized groups within the legal system
      • held annually in late February in Toronto

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