FREDERICTON - Members of the Law Society of New Brunswick have passed a resolution directing its council not to accredit a controversial law school that has been proposed in British Columbia.
The special meeting in Fredericton today followed an outcry from the membership after its governing council voted in June to recognize future graduates of Trinity Western University.
The Christian school requires all students and staff to sign a covenant barring same-sex relationships.
Law society president Helene Beaulieu says the result of the vote will be taken to the next council meeting on September 26th.
She says if the resolution is adopted, students from the university will not be eligible for admission to the bar in New Brunswick.
Trinity Western executive director Earl Phillips says there is no evidence to suggest the religious beliefs that guide the school would affect the ability of its law graduates to serve all clients.
Law societies in Ontario and Nova Scotia have voted against accreditation, which caused the school to challenge those decisions in the courts in both provinces.
