加拿大西三一大學前幾日收到加拿大BC省最高法院（Court of Appeal）對其開辦法學院的申請的積極裁決
TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY LAW SCHOOL RECEIVES POSITIVE RULING IN BRITISH COLUMBIA
Trinity Western University is pleased with the B.C. Court of Appeal’s decision today.（NOV 1, 2016 - 10:32AM）

【B.C. Court of Appeal requires Law Society to recognize future TWU law grads】

VANCOUVER, B.C. – Trinity Western University is pleased with the B.C. Court of Appeal’s decision today. The court dismissed an appeal of an earlier decision in favour of TWU by Chief Justice Hinkson. This will allow graduates of the university’s proposed law school to practice in B.C.

The Court of Appeal, in reaching its decision, concluded the following: “The Law Society’s decision not to approve TWU’s faculty of law denies these evangelical Christians the ability to exercise fundamental religious and associative rights which would otherwise be assured to them under section 2 of the Charter.”

“The Court of Appeal unanimously agreed that the Community Covenant is not a breach of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms,” said Earl Phillips, the executive director of TWU’s proposed School of Law. “It is not unlawful discrimination. Further, they ruled that the majority must not be allowed to defeat the rights of the minority TWU community to honour its own values. Members of that community are entitled to make space to exercise their religious convictions.”

The private university in Langley plans to open a law school that will offer 60 additional law school spots and fill a void in Canadian legal education. TWU’s School of Law will offer specializations in charity law and small-business law. Although both require specialized skills and are particularly sought after in the Lower Mainland, some Canadian law schools don’t offer courses in charity law. TWU would be the first law school in Canada to offer such a specialization.

https://www.twu.ca/news-events/news/trinity-western-university-law-school-receives-positive-ruling-british-columbia

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