Sunday, December 3, 2017
Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument In Accreditation Battle Over Canada's First Christian Law School
Following up on my previous posts (links below):
- Press Release, Supreme Court Hears Trinity Western University Case (Nov. 30, 2017)
- Press Release, Trinity Western University Counsel Delivered the University's Position in Court Today (Nov. 30, 2017)
- Press Release, Trinity Western University Confident Following Supreme Court Dates (Dec. 1, 2017)
- Catholic Register, Catholic Groups Make Their Case in Christian Law School Hearing
- CBC, Trinity Western University Heads to Supreme Court of Canada Over Fate of Proposed Law School
- Christianity Today, Canada’s First Christian Law School Pleads Case to Supreme Court
- Edmonton Journal, Supreme Court of Canada Considers Trinity Western University Law School
- Lawyer's Daily, TWU Counsel Get Rougher Ride Than Law Societies at SCC Hearing
- Life Site, Is a Christian Law School Too ‘Offensive’ for Canada? Supreme Court to Decide
- Xtra, Supreme Court Justices Joust With Trinity Western Over Homophobic Covenant
- Xtra, Trinity Western Law School Would Be an Affront to LGBT Equality, Supreme Court Hears
Prior TaxProf Blog coverage:
- Deans Oppose Canada's First Christian Law School (Jan. 19, 2013)
- An Argument for a Christian Law School in Canada (Aug. 4, 2013)
- Canada Approves First Christian Law School Despite Opposition Over Student Code of Conduct Prohibiting Gay 'Sexual Intimacy' (Dec. 20, 2013)
- Legal Education, Religious and Secular: The Trinity Western University Controversy and Beyond (June 1, 2014)
- Legal Education, Gay Rights and Religion: Living by a Different Law (Nov. 9, 2014)
- Canada's First Christian Law School Sues Over Denial of Accreditation Due to Student Code of Conduct (Dec. 25, 2014)
- Will Christian Colleges (And Law Schools) Lose Their Tax Exemption After Obergefell? (July 5, 2015)
- Brunson: Churches And Religiously-Affiliated Schools That Oppose Same-Sex Marriage Will Not Lose Their Tax Exemption After Obergefell (July 12, 2015)
- The Accreditation Battle Over Canada's First Christian Law School (Apr. 24, 2016)
- More On The Accreditation Battle Over Canada's First Christian Law School (June 5, 2016)
- Appeals Court Affirms Denial Of Accreditation Of Canada's First Christian Law School (June 30, 2016)
- The (Im)Possibility Of Christian Legal Education (July 10, 2016)
- British Columbia's Highest Court Unanimously Approves Canada's First Christian Law School, Says Religious Freedom To Ban Student Sex Outside Of Heterosexual Marriage Trumps LGBTQ Rights (Nov. 2, 2016)
- Supreme Court To Decide Fate Of Canada's First Christian Law School: Does Religious Freedom To Ban Student Sex Outside Of Heterosexual Marriage Trump LGBTQ Rights? (Feb. 26, 2017)
- The Accreditation Battle Over Canada's First Christian Law School: Does Religious Freedom To Ban Student Sex Outside Of Heterosexual Marriage Trump LGBTQ Rights? (May 27, 2017)
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