Write for Justice Contest
Edition 2024
The Bar of Montreal is holding it’s 37th edition of the “Write for Justice” literary essay contest. Below are the details of this annual contest open to elementary and high school students on the Island of Montreal.
The theme selected for this edition is the following:
“You have the possibility of proposing a new law or amending an existing one. What law would you propose or what law would you amend, and why?”
PRIZES : Winners will receive a sum of $200 offered by the Montreal Bar and Antidote, the most complete writing assistance software created and offered by Druide informatique. They will also be invited to visit the Montreal Courthouse and meet a judge on May 3, 2024. The visit will be followed by the award ceremony to be held in the Lawyers’ Lounge.
Kindly note that the deadline to submit the essays is March 25, 2024.
How to participate and new instructions
Teachers wishing to participate should indicate their interest by writing to the following e-mail address :
concours@barreaudemontreal.qc.ca
The teacher will be sent a link to the Docurium platform.
Instructions: The teacher will be sent a link to the Docurium platform. The participants’ texts must be submitted in the same format (PDF or Word) using the link, in the following order: completed registration form along with the parent or tutor’s consent for texts written by minors, followed by the text.
Félicitations aux gagnants :
Primaire
3e cycle
Matthew Farag
Gardenview Elementary School (angl.)
Mateo Schurz
École Ile-des-soeurs (fr.)
Secondaire
1er cycle
Preston Garcia de la Vega
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Simone Regnault
Collège Sainte-Marcelline (fr.)
Secondaire
2e cycle
Krikor Bikarian
École Arménienne Sourp Hagop (angl.)
Gaëlle Kron
Collège Sainte-Anne (fr.)
Félicitations aux étudiants ayant reçu une mention spéciale :
Primaire
3e cycle
Yoann Delaporte
Collège Stanislas de Montréal (fr.)
Jacob Dubeau
Gardenview Elementary School (angl.)
Julien Pelletier
École Saint-Jean-de-la-Lande Annexe (fr.)
Secondaire
1er cycle
Kaelyn Ang
Kells Academy (angl.)
Aidan Arsineau
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Diego Bélanger Montalvo
École Louis-Riel (fr.)
Alice D’Amours
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Luca Mattei
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Secondaire
2e cycle
Nada Abdel-Magid
École internationale de Montréal (fr.)
Sophie Fan
École internationale de Montréal (fr.)
Amanda McDuff
Lakeside Academy (angl.)
Eugenie Pagé
Collège Sainte-Anne (fr.)
Eunkyo Park
Royal Vale High School (angl.)
Émilie Proulx
Collège Sainte-Anne (fr.)
Nancy Tang Chen
École internationale de Montréal (fr.)
Félicitations aux participants ayant obtenu une mention :
Merci aux écoles et aux enseignants participants :
Primaire
3e cycle
Nassim Hadj Said
École de-Coubertin (fr.)
Alice Lalonde
École Paul-Bruchési (fr.)
Devan Kalyanasundaram
Bacon Hill Elementary School (angl.)
William Tremblay
Bacon Hill Elementary School (angl.)
Emilia Mavroudis Decoteau
Bacon Hill Elementary School (angl.)
Kailyn Winter Neilson-Meldrum
Bacon Hill Elementary School (angl.)
Sofia Romeo
Gardenview Elementary School (angl.)
Lyana Kerhois Mba Obame
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Elementary School (angl.)
Rebecca Zhu
The Study School (angl.)
Secondaire
1er cycle
Berkat Nassim
École secondaire Louis-Riel (fr.))
Constance Doyon
Villa Saint-Marcelline (fr.)
Laeticia Hellaf
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Rim El Bahri
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Yahya Darij
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Océanne Santoriello
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Thinhinane Bennour
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Tiziri Hamidi
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Asma Toubrinet
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
Zehar Ahmed Takie Eddine
École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (fr.)
George Antoon
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Andrew Carsley
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Can Gu (Ken)
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Julien Sauvageau-Jaar
Selwyn House School (angl.)
Dylan Cavell
St-George’s School of Montreal (angl.)
Secondaire
2e cycle
Marie-Ève Hanna
Collège Saint-Marcelline (fr.)
Andreea Sanziana Grigorescu
Collège Saint-Louis (fr.)
Aya Riahi
Collège Français Annexe Montréal (fr.)
Aidan Ostrega
Royal Vale School (angl.)
Leela Rahal
Royal Vale School (angl.)
Yutang (Michael) Wu
Kuper Academy (angl.)
Areni Pilibossian
École arménienne Sourp Hagop (angl.)
Minseo Hur
St-George’s School of Montreal (angl.)
| Beacon Hill Elementary (Chadwick Dixon) |
| Collège Français Annexe Montréal (Elizaveta Rybakova) |
| Collège Jean-Eudes (Alexandre Dussault, Anne Fournel et André-Carl Vachon) |
| Collège Saint-Louis (Marie-Pierre Provost) |
| Collège Sainte-Anne (Mélissa Théberge) |
| Collège Sainte Marcelline (Michel Laroche) |
| École Arménienne Sourp Hagop (Jimmy Lew) |
| École Catherine-Soumillard (Marie-Claude Barrette) |
| École Internationale de Montréal (Catherine Duboc et Jean Renaud) |
| École Jonathan Wilson (Caroline Rioux) |
| École Le Savoir (Marie Bitar) |
| École Louis-Riel (Stéphane Gervais) |
| École Paul-Bruchési (Pascal Héon et Dominic Charbonneau-Besner) |
| École Pierre-de-Coubertin (Alexis Rainville-Pelletier) |
| École secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry (Fannie Rivet, Valérie Théberge et Joël DesRoches-Landry) |
| École secondaire Cavelier-De LaSalle (Guillaume Lambert) |
| École Secondaire Lucien-Pagé (Richard Messier) |
| École Victor-Therrien (Sylvie Normandin) |
| Gardenview Elementary (Laure Bensoussan et Nina Wong) |
| Kuper Academy (Gregor Tedford, Marisa Machaca et Chelsea Wakeling) |
| Miss Edgar’s and Miss Cramp’s School (Marie-Ève Manseau) |
| Pensionnat du Saint-Nom-de-Marie (Philippe Legault) |
| Royal Vale School (Cynthia Bennett) |
| Selwyn House School (Robert Bouskill, Matt McCarney et Erin Russett) |
| St-George’s High School Montreal (Jeff Deeprose, Tatiana Reid) |
| The Study (Lesley Rosen, Daniel Fitzpatrick et France Gauthier) |
| Villa Saint-Marceline (Philippe Legault et Philippe Viroly-Desjardins) |