Omar Ha-Redeye was a judge in the 2011 American Bar Association (ABA) Client Counseling Competition for Region 6, which includes schools from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Ontario.  This year the Region 6 competition was held in London, Ontario, at the University of Western Ontario.

Omar Ha-Redeye won the 2007 Borden Ladner Gervais Client Counselling Competition and proceeded to the semi-finals in the 2008 ABA Regionals.

The American Bar Association (ABA) Client Counseling Competition for Region 6 was held this year the Thomas L. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan.

Omar Ha-Redeye and Amelia Phillips-Lewis represented the University of Western Ontario as winners of the school’s Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Client Counselling Competition.

They were the top-seeded team through the preliminary rounds, with nearly 33% margin over second place, before being eliminated in the semi-finals.  Three Canadian teams made it to the regional semi-finals.

Canadian Competitors at Region 6: (From Left) Maria Barrett-Morris from Fraser Milner Casgrain LLP (UofO Coach), Ellie Persichilli and Jyll Hansen (UofO), Omar Ha-Redeye and Amelia Phillips-Lewis (UWO), Russ Groves and Danielle Bisnar (Osgoode).