The Sopinka Cup is an annual trial advocacy competition in Canada organized by The Advocates' Society and sponsored by the American College of Trial Lawyers. This two-day event is aimed to encourage law schools to train students in the art of oral advocacy. Elimination occurs in four regional competitions across Canada, leaving eight law schools to represent various geographical areas of Canada and compete in the bilingual National Finals hosted in Ottawa. Universities in the western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) compete in the MacIntyre Cup. Universities in Ontario compete in the Arnup Cup. Both are mock trial advocacy competitions.[1] Universities in Quebec compete in the Guy Guérin Cup. Universities in the eastern provinces (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) compete in the McKelvey Cup.
The Sopinka Cup was established in 1999 to honour the late Supreme Court of Canada Justice John Sopinka, who was a long time Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers.
2017: Anita Yuk, Zachary Carter, Brady Knight and Sarah Loewen from University of Saskatchewan College of Law (Best Overall Advocate: Lisa Delaney, Dalhousie University)
2011: Jason Demers, Evan Thompson, Kayla DeMars-Krentz and Andrew Kuzma from University of Saskatchewan College of Law (Best Overall Advocate: Evan Thompson, University of Saskatchewan College of Law)
2010: Renée Blanchard and Richard Deveau from L'Université de Moncton (Best Overall Advocate: Ryan LePage, University of Saskatchewan College of Law)
2002: Almira Esmail and Tim Livingston from University of Victoria School of Law (Best Cross-examination, Best Closing address to the Jury, and Best Advocate: Almira Esmail, University of Victoria)
2014: Cadeyrn Christie, Kaitlyn Chewka, and Tyler Gloux from University of Victoria Co-winners with Sean Fagan, Nathanial Day, Grace Waschuk, and Rylund Hunter from University of Saskatchewan. This was the first time in the history of the McIntyre Cup that two teams reached an exact tie based on points.
2013: Stephanie Frazer, Alexandra Fox, Curtis Mennie and Katherine Pintye from University of Saskatchewan
The regional round for law schools in Ontario is called the Arnup Cup, named after Justice John Arnup. It is held in Toronto, run by The Advocates' Society and sponsored by WeirFolds LLP.
The regional round for law schools in Quebec is called the Guy Guérin Cup, named after Judge Guy Guérin (1927-1994), who was Justice (1968-1994) and then Chief Justice (1985-1988) of the Court of the Sessions of the Peace, which became the Court of Quebec, Criminal and Penal Division in 1988.[8] The University of Ottawa has competed in this competition on occasion.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.
