B.C. Law Society seeks appeal against Christian university’s proposed law school
LANGLEY, B.C. — The Law Society of British Columbia is looking to the Supreme Court of Canada as it maintains its stance against accrediting graduates of a proposed law school at a Christian university.
The society said it is applying for leave to appeal a B.C. Appeal Court decision, which sided with Trinity Western University.
Last week’s appeal court ruling said the law society’s decision not to recognize future lawyers from the planned law school is “unreasonable.”
The dispute stems from Trinity’s controversial community covenant, which bans sexual intimacy outside of heterosexual marriage.