Law Society of B.C. to appeal Trinity Western decision

The Law Society of British Columbia intends to appeal last week's decision that found it must recognize future lawyers from aChristian law school.

• Trinity Western University Law School wins legal battle in B.C. court

The B.C. Appeal Court ruled last week the society's decisionnot to recognize graduates from Trinity Western University'sproposed law school is "unreasonable."

Now, the law society is seeking leave to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court of Canada, arguing that the decision is a matter ofnational significance.

The dispute stems from the university's controversial community covenant that bans sexual intimacy outside of heterosexual marriage,which the law society has argued discriminates against LGBTQpeople.