Advocacy Competitions


Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Labour and Employment Law Competition


Advocacy is a cornerstone skill for aspiring labour and employment lawyers. 

The Borden Ladner Gervais moot is an annual competition held early in late October or early November, with senior lawyers from the firm acting as judges. 

Twelve teams of two students each moot against each other in a preliminary round, representing either unions or management. The moot problem is based on a realistic labour or employment law situation with several legal issues. The best employer-side and employee-side teams are selected to compete in the championship round.

The BLG competition has recently welcomed teams from the University of Windsor during the past several years.

The BLG competition emphasizes both research and advocacy skills. No factum or written document is required. Senior labour law students offer assistance in training for new moot competitors. This voluntary competition is open to students from all years. Entry is through a first-come system on the announced registration date. For further information, please contact Prof. Michael Lynk or the president of the Labour Law Society.

Awards are given by the firm at an evening banquet following the day's competition.

The winners of last year's competition were second year Western Law students Alanda McLean and Julie Menten with Menten also being named Top Oralist.

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