UWindsor Undergraduate Mock Trial Association

As our 2021-2022 UMTA trial year comes to an end, we would like to congratulate our “A Team” competitors. Throughout trials, these UMTA members demonstrated resilience as well as argumentative and critical thinking skills that were recognized by both competing team members and acting judges.

Please welcome us in congratulating our elected “A Team” members:
- Lauren Lindfors-Bruno
- Shehad Al Ebrahimy
- Kendra McLarty
- Jack Haddad
- Ghallia Hashem
- Sean Ross

“A Team” will be competing against McGill University in the McGill Mock Trial Maple Bowl Invitational Tournament.

The tournament will be held March 19-20th, 2022.

Reminder to all members:

Be sure to respond to discords general chat, all members should have either responded within the server or inform their original team captains to relay the information. Please have this done by the end of the day.
1.next year information
2.continuous participation

Last calls and all the best everyone 😊

Thank you all for coming out today!
It was such an amazing experience seeing everyone together and competing with one another. We’d like to recognize the dedication put forth and presented today with the final verdicts of our three trials:

Trial One: Not Guilty
Trial Two: Not Guilty
Trial Three: Guilty

Special thanks to our incredible lawyers who volunteered time out of their schedules, giving us the opportunity to make this a happen.
Surinder Multani
Louis A. Hernandez
Alexei Zaitsev

Recognition to the executive team members who’ve worked hours behind the scenes since the summer before Fall 2021, grinding through exam seasons and carrying on into second semester; creating a vision, as well as course of action throughout the school year to benefit future teams to come.
Charlotte Davidson
Ancika Quimby
Lauren Lindfors-Bruno
Nikki Wojital
RaeAnn Shroeder

Our amazing team captains who mentored and carried their teams to success:
Sean Ross
Shehad Al Ebrahimy
Alexander Bishay

We are extremely proud of all team members for going above and beyond we could ever expect given online circumstances as well as members with no previous experience to Mock Trial.
This Sunday we will release the A team alongside votes for recognition.

Thank you everyone for making this possible and have an amazing reading week! 💙 🤍 💙

Lastly, we would also like to introduce Luis A. Hernandez!

Luis A. Hernandez is an associate at Shibley Righton LLP and works primarily with the Condominium Law group. His practice is focused on solicitor-side condominium work, nevertheless he is often involved in litigation-related matters and has appeared before numerous courts and tribunals.

Allow us to next introduce Surinder Multani!

Surinder Multani is a family law lawyer, practicing at Goldhart & Associates, a boutique family law firm in Toronto. Surinder has appeared at all levels of the court, including Supreme Court of Canada. Her greatest joy is to mentor lawyers to be.

To start us off, Alexei Zaitsev will be our first acting judge for UMTA’s official trial being held on February 18th, 2022!

Alexei Zaitsev is a criminal defense lawyer, practicing at Mass Tsang LLP, a boutique law firm in Toronto, since he was called to the Bar in 2018. While in law school, Alexei was a group leader at Community Legal Aid (CLA), and successfully argued a Jordan application and secured a stay of proceedings for his client. Alexei enjoys volunteering with Pro Bono Students Canada and OJEN.

📣 Hey UMTA!

⚖️ Our official date for this years 2022 trial will be February 18th from 9:00 AM-2:30 PM. Trial will be held in a virtual format. We will also have three practising lawyers judging our competition!

👔 As a reminder, dress code will be formal.

We can’t wait to see you all then!

On January 30th at 5:00 PM, UMTA will be hosting a small game night, held via Discord. Whether you are already a member of UMTA, or if you want to get a taste for what we are all about, everyone is welcome!

There will be a Kahoot and mini-case competition. The Kahoot will include questions pertaining to the University of Windsor and mock trials.

The mini-case will be conducted in a similar manner as our R v. Kim trial. Everyone will be broken out into small groups, will have around 30 minutes to organize scripts for both defence and crown, and will then present their arguments. This event is an informal and fun way to practice for our main trial, R v. Kim!

🎁 There will also be a prize to be won! 🎁

➡️ Swipe for a breakdown of the event! ➡️

Keep an eye out for detailed posts about these events listed below!

In the meantime, make sure to mark your calendars, as you do not want to miss these amazing opportunities!

By the end of Winter break, all UMTA Members are to have submitted approximately 2-3 sentences, to their Team Captains, describing the progress they have made with respect to their role(s), any questions they may have about their role(s), or if they require further assistance. If you have any further questions, please contact your Team Captain!

🏛⚖️ UMTA Team Lists! ⚖️🏛

Here are the official team lists and their corresponding team leaders.

If you have any questions, concerns, or do not see your name on any of these lists, contact [email protected].