Advocacy Competitions 


Client Counselling Competition


This is a voluntary competition, open to students in all years. The purpose of the competition is to develop students' skills in interviewing and counselling clients. Practising lawyers assess the competitors and other students play the role of clients. The competition is held within the Faculty of Law, and is sponsored by the Toronto firm of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP.

The winners of the intramural competition compete in the regional final, and possibly the national and international competitions.

BLG Client Counselling Competition 2010 Results

The annual Borden Ladner Gervais (BLG) LLP Client Counselling Competition was held at the law school on November 15, 2010. After a very close final round, Jonathan Thoburn and Blake Pronk emerged as the winning team of this year’s internal competition. (read more)

BLG Client Counselling Competition 2009 Results

After a very close final round (with the final client played by Pamela Vlasic, a member of the winning team last year) Andrea Yau and Jesse Mighton emerged as the winners of this year’s competition. They will go on as Western’s entry in the regional rounds of the ABA Client Counselling Competition held in February. Western Law would like to thank Borden Ladner Gervais LLP for their continued support of this competition. (read more)


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