TWU to Launch Legal Action against Law School Rejection

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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According to a formal statement issued by the Langley-based private Christian university, Trinity Western University, it has decided to take legal action against the adversaries of its new law school. The university explained that it plans to go to court in B.C. Ontario and Nova Scotia, where it will be seeking court orders that overturn previous decisions taken by the Law Society of Upper Canada (LSUC) and the Nova Scotia Barristers Society (NSBS)

 The said decision are currently preventing Trinity law school graduates from practicing law in Ontario and Nova Scotia. The university disclosed that if it succeeds in obtaining court orders, they will also apply to present arguments in the B.C. court application by Toronto lawyer, Clayton Ruby, to overturn the December 2013 approval of the law school by the B.C. government. The primary issue at stake is a clause forbidding “sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman.” in the community covenant that all staff and students at the university are expected to abide by. Critics have alleged that the clause is anti-gay and conflicts with a lawyer’s responsibility to uphold the rights and freedoms of all persons.

However, The TWU has said in a press release said the issue is one of religious freedom and “the decisions in Ontario and Nova Scotia impact all people of faith across Canada.” TWU President, Bob Kuhn, added to the statement that “their conclusions must be challenged.”