Law360 Canada ( June 15, 2018, 2:45 PM EDT) -- Appeal by the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) from a judgment of the British Columbia Court of Appeal related to the decision by the Law Society of British Columbia (LSBC) not to approve Trinity Western University (TWU)’s proposed law school. TWU, a privately funded evangelical Christian university, intended to require its law students and faculty to adhere to a religiously based code of conduct, the Community Covenant Agreement (Covenant), prohibiting “sexual intimacy that violates the sacredness of marriage between a man and a woman”. Following a referendum of all members, the Benchers of the LSBC, the regulator of the legal profession in British Columbia, passed a resolution declaring that TWU’s law school was not an approved faculty of law. The LSBC did not deny graduates from TWU’s proposed law school admission to the LSBC; rather, it denied TWU’s proposed law school with a mandatory covenant. TWU sought judicial review of the LSUC’s decision. The Supreme Court of British Columbia quashed the decision, concluding that while refusing TWU’s proposed faculty of law based on its admissions policy was within the LSBC’s statutory mandate, by putting the issue to a referendum, the Benchers had improperly fettered their discretion. The Court of Appeal for British Columbia dismissed the appeal....