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Christian Law School Fights B.C. Law Society's Refusal To Call Grads To The Bar

IANS, 24 Aug, 2015 11:18 AM
    VANCOUVER — A Christian university is in court to challenge the Law Society of British Columbia's decision not to accredit graduates from its proposed law school.
     
    Trinity Western University is battling against criticism of a so-called community covenant, which prohibits sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman.
     
    The society accredited the proposed law school in April 2014 but reversed that decision last October after a vote by its members.
     
    Trinity is asking B.C. Supreme Court to overturn the society's decision by arguing that it violates the charter right to freedom of religion.
     
    Kendra Milne, who represents intervener West Coast LEAF, says the society was right to deny accreditation and uphold equality rights set out in the charter.
     
    The university won a similar case in Nova Scotia earlier this year, but an Ontario court upheld the Ontario law society's refusal to accept grads from Trinity's law school.
     
    It is slated to open in the fall of 2016.

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