Past Winners

2026 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot Winner

Winners

First Place Team - University of British Columbia Allard School of Law

• Natasha Cvitkovic, Francis Richard Duggan and Jackson Melvin Josef Kemmis
• Coaches: Mark Youden and Keith Brown

Second Place Team - University of Victoria Faculty of Law

• Will Oxtoby, Craig Nix and Ariane Lecompte
• Coaches: David Wu and Caitlin Ohama-Darcus

Third Place Team - McGill University Faculty of Law

• Michelle Murray-Schlitt, Catherine Zhang and Jerod Miksza
• Coaches: Caroline Bélair and Erin Reimer 

Awards

Barry N. Spiegel Award: For the Best Appellant's Factum

• University of British Columbia Allard School of Law - Natasha Cvitkovic, Francis Richard Duggan and Jackson Melvin Josef Kemmis
  Coaches: Mark Youden and Keith Brown

D. Paul Emond Award: For the Best Respondent's Factum

• University of Calgary Faculty of Law - Ruby Pyke and Kaitlin Schaaf
  Coaches: Gavin Fitch and Alex Dingman

Meinhard Doelle Award: First Place Oralist

• British Columbia Allard School of Law - Natasha Cvitkovic

Distinguished Oralists

• Michael Bergen - University of Saskatchewan
• Francis Richard Duggan - University of British Columbia Allard School of Law
• Grace Gallant - Western University
• Chaeyon Lee - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie
• Graham Muise - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie
• Michelle Murray-Schlitt - McGill University Faculty of Law
• Will Oxtoby - University of Victoria Faculty of Law
• Matthew Patten - University of Ottawa
• Ruby Pyke - University of Calgary Faculty of Law
• Rhiannon Szewczyk - University of Ottawa

2024 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot Winners

First Place Team

• University of Calgary, Faculty of Law - Nicole Achtymichuk and Amanda Cha
  Coaches: Gavin Fitch and Alex Dingman

Second Place Team

• McGill University, Faculty of Law - Selene Coiffard-D'Amico,
  Alicia Howse and Raina Young
  Coach: Katia Opalka

Third Place Team

• University of Saskatchewan College of Law - Carter Easton,
  Lindsay Wigglesworth and Kathleen Stoneham
  Coach: Leah Howie

Meinhard Doelle Award: First Place Oralist

• Amanda Cha - University of Calgary, Faculty of Law

Barry N. Spiegel Award: For the Best Appellant's Factum

• McGill University, Faculty of Law - Selene Coiffard-D'Amico,
  Alicia Howse and Raina Young
  Coach: Katia Opalka

D. Paul Emond Award: For the Best Respondent's Factum

• University of Calgary, Faculty of Law - Nicole Achtymichuk and Amanda Cha
  Coaches: Gavin Fitch and Alex Dingman

Distinguished Oralists

• Aitana Robinson - Western University, Faculty of Law
• Kathleen Stoneham - University of Saskatchewan College of Law
• Megan Walwyn - University of Victoria, Faculty of Law
• Raina Young - McGill University, Faculty of Law
• Selene Coiffard-D’Amico - McGill University, Faculty of Law
• Sydney Fougere - Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.

2022 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot Winners

Champions - First Place Team

• University of Alberta - Anya Manukyan and Sarah Ormandy

Second Place Team

• University of Saskatchewan - Katie Doherty, Alex Ferwerda, and Kelsey Leik 

Third Place Team

• Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - Kimberley Graham, Stephanie Pietroski, and Sheren Kamaei

First Place Oralist

• University of Alberta - Sarah Ormandy

Distinguished Oralists

• Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - Kimberley Graham
• Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University - Nicole Tomasic
• University of Saskatchewan - Kelsey Leik
• University of Ottawa - Rachel Poon
• University of Victoria - Sean Price
• University of Victoria - Nico Rullmann

D. Paul Emond Award (For the Best Respondent's Factum)

• University of Victoria - Nico Rullmann, Haley Richardson, and Alannah Jensen

Barry N. Spiegel Award (For the Best Appellant's Factum)

• Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University - Audrey Axten and Laura Graham

2019 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot Winners

Champions - First Place Team

• University of Saskatchewan - Allyse Cruise, Courtenay Catlin and Kaitlin Ward

Second Place Team

• University of Toronto - Darren Marr, Xiaoya Qiu and Lauren Rainsford

Third Place Team

• McGill University - Julia Redmond and Lucas Mathieu

First Place Oralist

• University of Toronto - Darren Marr

Distinguished Oralists

• University of Saskatchewan - Allyse Cruise
• University of Calgary - Shannon Peddlesden
• University of Toronto - Lauren Rainsford
• McGill University - Julia Redmond
• University of Ottawa - Nick Twarog
• University of Saskatchewan - Kaitlin Ward
• Western University - Emerson Wargel

D. Paul Emond Award (For the Best Respondent's Factum)

• McGill University - Julia Redmond and Lucas Mathieu

Barry N. Spiegel Award (For the Best Appellant's Factum)

• Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - Maha Mansoor and Sarah Levy

"Spirit of the Law" Award

• University of Saskatchewan - Allyse Cruise, Courtenay Catlin and Kaitlin Ward

2017 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot Winners

Champions - First Place Team

• Western University - James Boyd, Mohamed Hadi and Kevin Spykerman

Second Place Team

• University of Calgary - David Rennie and Austin Ward

Third Place Team

• University of Ottawa - Matthew Lakatos-Hayward, Ryan Macneil and Madiha Vallani

First Place Oralist

• Western University - James Boyd

Distinguished Oralists

• University of Victoria - Andhra Azevedo
• Dalhousie University - Nina Butz
• University of Ottawa - Ryan Macneil
• Western University - Kevin Spykerman
• University of Victoria - Caitlin Stockwell
• University of Calgary - Austin Ward

D. Paul Emond Award (For the Best Respondent's Factum)

• Western University - James Boyd, Mohamed Hadi and Kevin Spykerman

Barry N. Spiegel Award (For the Best Appellant's Factum)

• University of Calgary - David Rennie and Austin Ward

2015 Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot Winners

Champions - First Place Team

• University of Toronto Faculty of Law - Serin Remedios, Grace Smith & Chris Wong

Second Place Team

• Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - Martin Banach, Joslyn Currie & Zachary D'Onofrio

Third Place Team

• Queen's University Faculty of Law - Jessica Spindler, Robyn Laing & Andrew Cottreau

D. Paul Emond Award (For Best Respondent's Factum)

• Osgoode Hall Law School, York University - Danielle Cornacchia, Gun Koleoglu & Maija-Lisa Robinson

Barry N. Spiegel Award (For Best Appellant's Factum)

• Queen's University Faculty of Law - Jessica Spindler, Robyn Laing & Andrew Cottreau

First Place Oralist (Selected by the Championship Match bench)

• Serin Remedios, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

Distinguished Oralists (Selected by the preliminary round judges)

• Wes Hartman, University of Victoria

• Robyn Laing, Queen's University

• Sabrina Spencer, University of British Columbia

• Kristen Vandenberg, Dalhousie University

• Chris Wong, University of Toronto