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w w w . C A N A D I A N L a w y e r m a g . c o m F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 7 33 paint a path for accreditation. It was trying a middle ground approach," says Sakalauskas, who was co-counsel for the Canadian Bar Association in the Nova Scotia litigation, which appeared as an intervener to oppose Trinity Western's bid for accreditation. Despite the outcome in court, she says the case has sparked widespread discussion about the issue in the province and not only within the legal community. "I think that has been a good thing." While the law school that Trinity Western wants to estab- lish would be relatively small, that should not be a reason to accredit the school unless it removes the discriminatory aspect of its covenant, says Sakalauskas. "You have to look at the principles rather than the size of the discrimination." For those at Trinity Western, though, it is the right to provide a legal education in a Christian context that they see as being the target of discrimination. "It is not a battle that we asked for," says the law school's executive director Earl Phillips. "But it is one we are left with, and on a principled basis we cannot run away from it." TRINITY WESTERN UNIVERSITY BY THE NUMBERS Number of judges at the judicial review and appellate level to have presided to date over the Trinity Western litigation in B.C., Ontario and Nova Scotia. The number of provinces that accredited Trinity Western's common law program as a result of the 2013 approval issued by the Federation of Law Societies. The number of Supreme Court of Canada judges on the court now who were sitting in 2001 when it heard the appeal involving Trinity Western's teacher's program (Chief Justice Beverly McLachlin). Number of law schools in Canada that are currently accredited. Number of organizations or law firms that made submissions to the Federation of Law Societies after Trinity Western University submitted its law school proposal in 2012 to the Federation. Proposed number of first-year students at Trinity Western for its law school. Average number of groups granted intervener status at each of the three Courts of Appeal hearings. The total number of legal opinions provided to benchers in B.C. and Ontario about the issues to consider with respect to Trinity Western. 18 6 1 20 24 60 11 10 EXPERT ACCESS f r o m B r i d g e Po i n t F i n a n c i a l Expert Access TM is a deferred payment program offered exclusively by BridgePoint Financial, designed to help personal injury lawyers grow their practices while managing the cash fl ow fl uctuations inherent in contingency fee arrangements. It enable lawyers to access medical/legal and other assessments from our partnership network of hundreds of leading experts across the country, deferring payment until settlement, with no fi nancing or interest costs for up to 2 years. Please visit bridgepoint.ca or contact us to learn more. 1 888 80 0 4 966 | bridgepoint.ca I N T R O D U C I N G Untitled-2 1 2017-01-23 9:04 AM

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