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All Sides Await Outcome In Battle Over B.c. Law School Accreditation

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 27 Aug, 2015 12:28 PM
    VANCOUVER — A B.C. Supreme Court judge has reserved a decision in the battle between the province's law society and Trinity Western University.
     
    The university wants the court to overturn a law society decision denying accreditation to graduates of the university's proposed law school.
     
    At issue is Trinity's requirement that all students sign a so-called community covenant, which prohibits sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
     
    The university defends the covenant, arguing it is protected under charter provisions covering freedom of religion, but the law society says signing the document violates same-sex equality laws.
     
    A three-day judicial review wrapped up Wednesday.
     
    The university has also fought law societies in Ontario and Nova Scotia for refusing accreditation for law-school graduates.
     
    An Ontario court has upheld the Ontario law society's refusal to accredit Trinity's yet-to-open law school while a Nova Scotia judge has ruled in favour of the university, though the decision is being appealed.

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