Trinity: Law Society

trinity: The law society refused to approve the Langley Christian postsecondary institution's proposed law school following a vote of lawyers across the province in 2014, according to Georgia Asian. Lawyers objected to the Trinity Western University's code of conduct, which bans sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman . Trinity Western University and Brayden Volkenant filed a judicial review of the law society's decision, arguing that it violated section 2 a of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protecting freedom of conscience and religion. With only two of nine judges dissenting, the Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a Law Society of B.C. appeal in a long-running legal battle with Trinity Western University. Justices Rosalie Abella, Michael Moldaver, Andromache Karakatsanis, Cl ment Gascon, and Sheilah Martin rejected that assertion. The LSBC has an overarching interest in protecting the values of equality and human rights in carrying out its functions. Instead, they ruled that the university's covenant as a condition of admission effectively imposes inequitable barriers on entry to the school and ultimately, inequitable barriers on entry to the profession . It was reasonable for the LSBC to conclude that promoting equality by ensuring equal access to the legal profession, supporting diversity within the bar, and preventing harm to LGBTQ law students were valid means to pursue the public interest, concluded these five justices. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.