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UVic Law students win moot competition

- Maria Lironi

UVic Law students Dylan Kozlick, Mathais Sarrazin, Mila Shah and Katharina Spotzl represented UVic in the 2011 British Columbia Law Schools Competitive Moot, held last month in the Victoria Courthouse. They took first place, recapturing the title and the Begbie Trophy from UBC. Joel Oliphant and Glen Thompsonboth from the BC Ministry of Attorney Generalcoached the team. The mooting experience gives students intensive training in advocacy, client counselling and dispute resolution skills before judges, practitioners and academics and the opportunity to meet law students from other universities.