CLF AMICUS INTERVENOR MOOT
The 2027 Amicus Intervenor Moot will be held in London, ON in February 2027. Show interest and sign up to receive updates here.
About THE amicus intervenor moot
The Amicus Intervenor Moot (or, the Amicus Moot) is an individual, intervention-style oral advocacy competition which seeks to hone students’ public law advocacy skills in the role of intervenor, often referred to as amicus curiae, or “friend of the court”.
Founded in 2026 by the Christian Legal Fellowship student chapters at Western Law and Osgoode Hall Law School, along with the CLF National team, the Amicus Moot is the only moot competition of its kind in Canada.
Intervenors play a unique and important role in the legal system, offering specialized expertise and perspectives rather than acting as adversarial parties. Since dozens of intervenors may appear in a single case, this form of advocacy requires counsel to understand the broader landscape of arguments and advance a distinct, value-adding perspective that meaningfully assists the court.
““Law students from the Osgoode Hall and Western Law chapters of the Christian Legal Fellowship decided that the prevalence of appeal interventions merited a moot that would enable law students of any year to develop the special skills required to act for intervenor clients. So they created a new moot for their fellow law students. … The quality of the oral advocacy blew me away. Truly impressive. Kudos to Western Law for hosting this new moot. I have no doubt that the seeds have been sown for a new national moot. And hats off to the student creators and organizers. Heartening to see the next generation of advocates at work.””
Past COMPETITIONS
2026
The Inaugural Amicus Intervenor Moot, 2026. Read the Report by co-founder, Haneen Bishara, here.