Prizes and distinctions 

annuAl PRIZEs

priZES FOR LAW STUDENTS

Every year, The Bar of Montreal awards various prizes to law students, to honor excellence in several subjects. These prizes were awarded to law students as listed below during the year that ended last April 30^th.

Université de Montréal
Civil law – Caroline Dion
Commercial law – Sandro Anthony Muzzo
Second - baccalauréat – Francis Villeneuve-Ménard
Municipal law (Francis-Fauteux Prize) – Geneviève Normand
Second - 2nd year (Adolphe-Mailhiot Prize) – Gemma Ricci

McGill University
Civil law – Joyce Tam
Civil procedure – Palma Paciocco
Excellence in all subjects (Adolphe-Mailhiot Prize) – Pascale Cornut St-Pierre et Adela Gotz

Université du Québec à Montréal
Highest-ranking student throughout the bachelor degree – Louis-Alexandre Martin
Highest mark-"droits et libertés de la personne" course – Elena Popescu
Engagement in the Pro Bono program – Xavier Mondor
Highest mark-"Droit de la preuve civile et administrative" course – Natacha Labrèche
Engagement in the Innocence project – Marylie Côté

The McGill moot court

This Moot Court took place on April 6, 2009 before a bench of three judges: the Honourable Marc Beauregard of the Québec Court of Appeal, the Honourable Carol Cohen of the Superior Court and the Honourable Jacques Nadeau of the Court
of Québec.

At the end of the competition, Mtre. Stephen G. Schenke, Bâtonnier, presented the following prizes: $500 to Marie-Claude Mercier and Guy-Philippe Bouchard (winning team), $200 to Marie-Claude Mercier (best pleader) and $100 to Seo Yun Yang (second best pleader).

The prize of The Bar of Montreal
(Provenant d’un don de feu monsieur le bÂtonnier Émile Poissant, c. r.)

Le 26 novembre 2010, à l'occasion de la Séance solennelle de la Rentrée du Barreau de Paris et de la Conférence du Stage où il a représenté le Barreau de Montréal, monsieur le bâtonnier Marc Charbonneau a remis ce prix de 800 $ (565 euros) au récipiendaire, monsieur Emmanuel Ravanas, Premier Secrétaire de la Conférence du Stage du Barreau de Paris.

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