FREDERICTON -- The council of the Law Society of New Brunswick will vote Friday whether to allow graduates of a controversial law school proposed in Langley, B.C., to practise in the province.
Last June, the council voted 14-5 in favour of accrediting the program at Trinity Western University.
But during a general meeting in September, members of the law society voted 137-30 passing a resolution asking the council to reverse its decision.
That resolution was not binding on the council, and now the council will vote whether to rescind its original decision.
The Christian university requires all students and staff to sign a covenant barring same-sex relationships, an agreement that has stoked controversy throughout the country.
The school is challenging a Law Society of British Columbia decision not to accredit graduates, and a similar judicial review is underway in Nova Scotia.
The Nova Scotia Barristers' Society has decided not to allow graduates of the proposed law school to enrol in the bar admission program unless the university drops the sexual requirement.
