Write for Justice Contest

2023 Edition

The Bar of Montreal held it’s 36th annual competition of composition on a legal theme, aimed at students of primary and secondary levels on the island of Montreal.

The themes for the 2023 edition are the following :

  • Elementary School:
    “Should cursive handwriting still be taught in school?”
  • High School:
    “How can we make Montreal a safer city?”

PRIZES : The Awards Ceremony will take place in April 2023 at Complexe Desjardins, where the winners will be invited to read their texts to the public during the Bar of Montreal’s Salon VISEZ DROIT. Winners will receive $200 from the Bar of Montreal and Druide informatique’s Antidote, the indispensable writing assistance software. Winners will also be invited to visit the Montreal courthouse and meet with a judge.

Congratulations to our winners :
Congratulations to the students who received a special mention

Félicitations aux participants ayant obtenu une mention :

Merci aux écoles et aux enseignants participants :

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)