Lavery is pleased to mention that Marc-Étienne Vien-Desbiens, a law student at Université Laval, was awarded the Lavery Cup for “Third Best Litigator” during the 35th edition of the Pierre-Basile-Mignault Moot Court Competition, which was held at Université Laval in 2013. This annual moot court competition involves the six Canadian Law faculties with a civil law section: Université Laval, Université de Montréal, Université de Sherbrooke, UQÀM, McGill University and University of Ottawa.
From left to right: Ms. Anne-Marie Laflamme, chairperson of the competition and assistant dean of the Faculty of Law at Université Laval; Ms. Valérie Belle-Isle, associate at Lavery’s Quebec City office; and Marc-Étienne Vien-Desbiens, recipient of the Lavery Cup