Heuristica is again pleased to sponsor the Laskin, Canada’s only annual national bilingual moot court competition.
The Laskin, celebrating its 40th Anniversary, is an annual moot court competition that deals with Canadian administrative and constitutional law issues. The competition is named in memory of one of Canada’s greatest legal scholars and jurists, the late Chief Justice Bora Laskin.
The Laskin provides a unique opportunity for law students, judges, law professors and practitioners from across Canada to meet and debate problems of current importance in the law. Its goals are to:
- foster a better and deeper understanding of the law
- support and encourage legal education and bilingualism
- promote in the legal community a spirit of cooperation and understanding that transcends linguistic and provincial boundaries
Every year, the Laskin features a problem that is concerned with issues of national interest and social importance. Subjects addressed in past years include discrimination against women, the rights of First Nations peoples, language rights, globalisation, freedom of expression, and the legal implications of cutting-edge technology. This year’s problem deals with Indigenous Language Rights.
The competition is administered by a committee of volunteer judges and lawyers, and is hosted by a different Canadian law school each year. This year the event will be hosted by Osgoode Hall Law School.
Brian Pel, a Heuristica partner, is Co-Chair of the Laskin Steering Committee which is made up of lawyers and judges and Crystal O’Donnell, Heuristica’s Founder and Managing Partner, will participate as a judge.
For more information about the Laskin please visit the web site: laskin.ca.
