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Wednesday, November 2, 2016

APPEAL COURT REBUKED B.C. LAW SOCIETY FOR DENYING ACCREDITATION TO TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY FOR A PLANNED LAW SCHOOL

Ian Mulgrew has written a Vancouver Sun article about today’s Appeal Court ruling against the B.C. Law Society and in support of TWU’s law school.
"B.C.’s top court has set up a Supreme Court of Canada showdown between the fundamental freedoms of religion and equality by giving a ringing endorsement to a proposed evangelical law school.In a stinging defeat for the legal profession’s governing body, the B.C. Court of Appeal said the Law Society of B.C. failed to balance important rights under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms by denying Trinity Western University accreditation for the planned school.