This two-day event is aimed to encourage law schools to train students in the art of oral advocacy.
Universities in the western provinces (British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba) compete in the MacIntyre Cup.
Universities in the eastern provinces (New Brunswick and Nova Scotia) compete in the McKelvey Cup.
The regional round for law schools in the western provinces is called the MacIntyre Cup.
The regional round for law schools in Quebec is called the Guy Guérin Cup, named after Judge Guy Guérin (1927-1994), who was Justice (1968-1994) and then Chief Justice (1985-1988) of the Court of the Sessions of the Peace, which became the Court of Quebec, Criminal and Penal Division in 1988.