Schulich Law to host Kawaskimhon Moot for the first time – Dal News

February 27, 2019

The Schulich School of Law is proud to host this year’s Kawaskimhon National Moot for the first time in the law school’s history.

The moot, taking place March 1–3, is also celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019. Though it started small at the University of Toronto, it now has participants from nearly every law school in Canada. This year 18 schools are taking part, with 70 students and 27 coaches coming together from across the country.

The Kawaskimhon (Cree for “speaking with knowledge”) is unique among moot court competitions in that it’s a consensus-based, non-adversarial moot incorporating Indigenous legal orders alongside federal, provincial, and international law. This year’s moot problem is focused on the reform of Canada’s First Nations Child and Family Services Program.

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