A Win For Equality Rights: Trinity Western v. LSUC

On June 15, 2018, the Supreme Court of Canada delivered its highly anticipated decisions in Trinity Western University, et al. v. Law Society of Upper Canada, and Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western. By a 7-2 majority in both cases, the Court affirmed that the Ontario and B.C. law societies' (the "Law Societies") decisions not to accredit Trinity Western University's proposed law school were reasonable and represented a proportionate balance between the Charter rights of equality and religious freedom. The SCC endorsed the Law Societies' conclusions that they could not accredit a proposed law school that condones a mandatory covenant that directly discriminates against individuals and groups based on sexual orientation, gender, marital status and religion.