The Willms & Shier Environmental Law Moot is Canada's preeminent nationwide moot court competition devoted to environmental law. Its goal is to promote awareness of the growing role of environmental issues in contemporary legal practice and public life, while enhancing law students' written and oral advocacy skills. The 2019 case was Orphan Well Association v Grant Thornton Limited, 2017 ABCA 124.
Usask team members Allyse Cruise, Courtenay Catlin and Kaitlin Ward won both preliminary rounds and were one of four teams to advance to the semi-final where they met McGill University. They met the University of Toronto in the final and were forced to argue for the appellants. To add pressure to the situation, Madam Justice Côté of the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), who recently sided with the respondent when the case was before the SCC, was one of three judges for the final round of the competition.
Despite the pressure, the team was victorious with Cruise and Ward also being named as two of the top seven distinguished oralists in the competition.
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