Moot Report 2026: Success at Laskin Moot – UMToday

June 15, 2026

Team Manitoba takes second place for factums in annual national administrative and constitutional law competition

The University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law congratulates its Laskin Moot Team which placed second overall for their factums. The Laskin Moot is a highly regarded annual national bilingual moot in administrative and constitutional law. In 2026, the Laskin Moot was hosted by Osgoode Hall at the Federal Court in Toronto on February 27 and 28.

The Manitoba Team consisted of Avery Alexiuk, Joshua Dondo, Andreas Kastellanos, Eric Matthews, and Tess Poulton. The team was expertly coached by Judge Denis Guénette and Tamara Edkins [JD/2019] (Manitoba Department of Justice). This year’s moot problem involved fictitious amendments to the Indigenous Languages Act implementing greater obligations in the educational context.

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