FREDERICTON — The Law Society of New Brunswick upheld a decision today to allow graduates of a proposed law school in British Columbia to practise in the province.
The law society's council met to discuss a decision it made last June to accredit Trinity Western University in Langley, B.C.
Last June, the council voted 14-5 in favour of accrediting the program but members of the law society later voted 137-30 asking the council to reverse its decision.
The Christian university requires all students and staff to sign a covenant barring same-sex relationships, an agreement that has stoked controversy throughout the country.
The school is challenging a Law Society of British Columbia decision not to accredit graduates, and a similar judicial review is underway in Nova Scotia.
The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society decided not to allow graduates of the proposed school to enrol in the bar admission program unless the university drops the sexual requirement.
