Being
a spouse of a law student is rough.
Not exact matches
Like the mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, in -
laws,
spouses, partners, school friends, work friends, best friends, and maybe even frenemies in the audience, I share your pride in the accomplishments
of our graduating
students and your joy at the prospects that lie ahead.
To qualify, you or your
spouse or common -
law partner must be enrolled or committed to enrol as a full - time
student in a qualifying education program
of at least three months» duration at a designated educational institution.
Students who wish to attend TWU
law school are required by the code
of conduct to refrain from having sex with their OWN
SPOUSE, if they are legally married to a person
of the same sex, or face being kicked out
of law school.
The Casebook also includes court decisions from Canada: Haig v. Canada (1992)(omission
of sexual orientation in the Canadian Human Rights Act is discriminatory); Egan v. Canada (1995)(whether exclusion
of same - sex relationships from the definition
of common
law spouse violated the Canadian Charter
of Rights and Freedoms Section 15 prohibition
of discrimination on the basis
of sexual orientation); Vriend v. Alberta (1998)(college laboratory instructor dismissed because
of his homosexuality); Hall v. Powers (2002)(
student refused permission to attend a prom at a Catholic high school with his boyfriend); Halpern et al. v. Attorney General
of Canada (2003)(whether denial
of marriage licenses to same - sex couples based on the common
law definition
of marriage was discriminatory under the Charter; a postscript indicates that the 2005 Civil Marriage Act provided for gender - neutral definition
of marriage).