Question 1 provided each school with a field to confirm or update their nondiscrimination statement.
2. Does your law school intentionally seek out LGBTQ+ prospective students?
Yes
3. Does your law school's welcome packet for admitted students include mention of identity group support for LGBTQ+ students, as well as for students of color or other minorities?
No
4. Does your school offer students the option to self-identify (also known as "Self-ID") as LGBTQ+ in admissions applications or post-enrollment forms?
No
5. Does your law school offer transgender and nonbinary students who have not legally changed their names the ability to have their name-in-use reflected on their admission applications or post enrollment forms?:
Yes
6. Does your law school provide any annual scholarships specifically for LGBTQ+ students?
No
7. Does your law school actively seek to employ diverse staff/faculty/administrators, including openly LGBTQ+ individuals?:
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please detail how and where diversity recruitment efforts are directed:
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8. Does your law school conduct a "Self-ID" program which allows staff/faculty/administrators to voluntarily and (if they desire) confidentially identify their gender identity and sexual orientation?:
Yes
a. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure,' please describe your school's process for collecting this data
We regularly survey faculty and staff and invite them to indicate their self-identification. This year, we updated the survey questions to reflect subcategories for self-identification that match this survey’s subcategories.
9. How many faculty (not staff/administrators) are employed by your law school in total?
63
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
4
Lesbian
1
Gay
2
Bisexual/Pansexual
2
Transgender /Nonbinary
Zero
Queer or gender/sexual orientation minority
Zero
11. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty of color does your law school currently employ in total?
2
12. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school?
38
13. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
14
Lesbian
5
Gay
2
Bisexual/Pansexual
8
Transgender/Nonbinary
1
Queer or gender / sexual orientation minority
14
14. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators of color does your law school currently employ in total?
9
15. Does your law school provide employee benefits such as health insurance, family medical leave, parental leave, and nontraditional family planning like assisted reproduction and/or adoptive benefits?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' are those employee benefits available on equal terms to employees in same-sex marital/domestic partnership relationships as they are to employees in different-sex marital/domestic partnership relationships?
Yes
b. If you answered 'yes' to #15, are those employee benefit plans inclusive of the specific needs of LGBTQ+ employees (i.e., are assisted reproductive benefits offered without the need for extended traditional attempts at pregnancy, are care techniques such as mammograms, prostate exams, hysterectomies, etc. available to employees of all genders, are parental leave policies equal for people of all genders, etc.)?
Yes
16. Does your law school offer transition-related health benefits including hormone therapy, gender counseling, gender-affirming surgeries, etc. to transgender employees and/or employees who are undergoing gender transition?
Yes
17. Does your law school offer a student benefit plan including health insurance with nontraditional family planning like assisted reproduction and/or adoptive benefits, and/or any additional benefits such as access to campus facilities?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' are those student benefits available on equal terms to students in same-sex marital/domestic partnership relationships as they are to students in different-sex marital/domestic partnership relationships?
Yes
b. If you answered 'yes' to #17, are those student benefit plans inclusive of the specific needs of LGBTQ+ students (i.e., are assisted reproductive benefits offered without the need for extended traditional attempts at pregnancy, are care techniques such as mammograms, prostate exams, hysterectomies, etc. available to students of all genders, etc.)?
Yes
c. If you answered 'yes' to #17a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #17b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here
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18. Does your school offer the same transition-related healthcare benefits to students and their partners/spouses who are transgender or undergoing gender transition?
No
19. Do all students at your law school have access to on-campus health, counseling and therapy services either through the law school or the larger University?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' are your school's on-campus health care providers trained to ensure they can provide culturally and clinically competent care to LGBTQ+ patients, particularly transgender and non-binary patients?
Unsure
b. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #19a, please provide the basis for your answer (i.e., counseling center language, etc.):
Counseling services are provided by a single psychologist who makes efforts to self-educate about providing culturally competent care.
20. Does your law school provide single-stall restrooms available to people of all genders in each law school building?
No
21. Does your law school have a restroom policy applicable to gender-segregated (i.e., "Women's Restroom" and "Men's Restroom") facilities which ensures that transgender students/staff/administrators/faculty have access to facilities that match their gender identity?
Yes
a. If "yes," please provide the language of your school's restroom use policy and details on where this policy may be found by the law school community:
Each bathroom has signage that states that we welcome all members of our community to use the restroom that is consistent with their self-identification.
22. Does your law school have one or more annual LGBTQ+ specific course offerings (e.g., LGBTQ+ Law and Policy, Sexual Orientation and the Law, Gender and the Law (focused on trans-inclusive materials), etc.)?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please list course names:
Advanced Topics in Constitutional Law: Abortion, Race, Sex, and Gender Identity; Sexual Identity and the Law; Williams Institute Gender and Sexual Identity Moot Court.
23. Does your law school have an active LGBTQ+ law student group that is supported by the administration?
Yes
24. Does your law school provide funding, including travel support, for LGBTQ+ students to participate in LGBTQ+-focused learning and/or career services opportunities?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please provide details and examples of when and how those opportunities have been utilized in the past three years:
Funding for students to attend LGBTQ Bar Association Gala; Lavender Law
25. Does your law school have a hate/bias incident policy that faculty, staff/administrators, and students are required to follow?
No
26. Does your law school provide mandatory anti-sexual harassment training that explicitly covers same-sex harassment and harassment of transgender/nonbinary people, for all staff/faculty/administrators, at least every three years?
Yes
27. Does your law school provide diversity and inclusion training that incorporates robust LGBTQ+ curriculum as well as anti-racism curriculum, at least every three years? NOTE: Please check all that apply.
Yes, optional for all faculty/staff/administrators
28. Please describe all additional ways, not identified through your earlier responses, in which your law school works to be safe, inclusive, and welcoming for its LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and administrators:
We have worked with OUTLaw to improve career counseling for LGBTQ+ students, including creating a Dress for Success tip sheet that harmonizes traditional professional expectations with the breadth of gender expression that can manifest in attire. We maintain a non-discrimination policy for employers who wish to recruit on campus. We allow students to use their preferred name on their student ID card and class roster. For the past two years we have celebrated LGBTQ Spirit Day.
The Admissions process invites LGBTQ+ prospects and all diverse students to discuss their background, experience, interests and contribution to our diverse community in their personal statement or in an addendum. This experience is considered by the Admissions Committee as a critical part of its holistic review process.