Trinity Western University, the evangelical institution in British Columbia, is in the process of creating a Christian law school. The proposed law school won the needed approvals from various government agencies but then ran into a fierce storm of opposition from many of the provincial law societies-similar to bar associations in the United States-that are empowered to admit or reject lawyers to practice in their respective provinces. For instance, the law society of Ontario, the most populous province, has said No to the future graduates.

The law society for New Brunswick, in eastern Canada, last summer ruled in favor of TWU, but then decided to review its decision. Just last week another vote was taken: a 12-12 deadlock-which leaves intact the original approval. Well, that’s better news than might have been!