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Professional Development

2.1 Winning Advocacy 2008: Appellate Advocacy – Using Your Words

Monday, August 18, 2:00 – 4:00

Two experienced litigators will square off in an old fashioned moot before a panel of three appellate judges. The judges will critique the practitioners’ factums and oral presentations, discuss advocacy in general, and describe the distinct features and needs of courts of appeal and appellate-level judges.

Moderator:
Simon V. Potter, McCarthy Tétrault LLP (Montreal)

Speakers:
Madam Justice Barbara M. Hamilton, Manitoba Court of Appeal (Winnipeg)
Paul M. Ledroit, Ledroit Beckett Litigation Lawyers (London)
Guy J. Pratte, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (Montreal)
Chief Justice J.J. Michel Robert, Court of Appeal of Quebec (Montreal)
Mr. Justice Jamie Saunders, Nova Scotia Court of Appeal (Halifax)