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?
Yes
Hofstra Law has an LGBTQ student group (OUTLaw) as well as an LGBTQ fellowship which are discussed in the welcome packet. We also have students groups represented for other affinity groups – BLSA, SALSA, LALSA, APALSA – and religious groups.
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?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please describe your student Self-ID process:
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b. If 'yes,' how many students are currently enrolled at your law school in total?:
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c. If 'yes,' how many self-identified LGBTQ+ students are currently enrolled at your law school, in total?:
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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?
Yes
LGBTQ Fellowships are for available to those students committed to advancing LGBTQ Equality.
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:
Use AALS to identify groups; Reach out to Affinity Group listservs; Law School Committees actively seek out candidates; Referrals
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?:
No
9. How many faculty (not staff/administrators) are employed by your law school in total?
47
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
1 - but because we do not ask our community there may be more people who self identify.
a. With reference to #10, how many LGBTQ+ faculty self-identify as people of color?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Lesbian?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Gay?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Bisexual/Pansexual?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Transgender / Nonbinary?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
11. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school in total?
62
12. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
3 - but because we do not ask our community there may be more people who self identify.
a. With reference to #12, how many LGBTQ+ staff/administrators self-identify as people of color?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Lesbian?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Gay?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Bisexual / Pansexual?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Transgender / Nonbinary?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
Because we do not formally ask our community how they self identify, we do not have the answer to this.
13. 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 #13, 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.)?
Unsure
c. If you answered 'yes' to #13a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #13b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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14. Does your law school offer transition-related health benefits including hormone therapy, gender counseling, gender-affirming surgeries, etc. to transgender/nonbinary employees and employees who are undergoing gender transition?
Unsure
a. If 'yes' or ‘unsure,’ please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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15. 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?
No
16. Does your school offer the same transition-related healthcare benefits to students and their partners/spouses who are transgender/nonbinary or undergoing gender transition?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
Law students are not offered health care benefits through our school.
17. 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 nonbinary patients?
Yes
b. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #17a, please provide the basis for your answer (i.e., counseling center language, etc.):
18. Does your law school provide single-stall and/or multi-stall restrooms available to people of all genders (i.e., gender-neutral restrooms) in each law school building so that transgender/nonbinary people have a safe restroom space?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please describe how those all-gender restroom(s) is/are identified (i.e., what does the signage say, is it identified on building maps and online resources), the number of all-gender restroom stalls available in each law school building, and whether these are accessible for people with disabilities in each building or floor
19. If your law school is maintaining gender-segregated (i.e., "Women's Restroom" and "Men's Restroom") restroom stalls, does it have a policy applicable to those facilities which ensures that transgender/nonbinary students/staff/administrators/faculty, as well as anyone who does not meet gender stereotypes, 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:
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20. 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:
Law and Sexuality, Practical LGBT Lawyering
b. If you answered 'no, but LGBTQ+ content is included in other courses' to #20, please list course names AND approximately what percentage of course time is dedicated to LGBTQ+ content for each course:
Immigration Law, Family Law, Asylum Clinic…
21. Does your law school have an active LGBTQ+ law student group that is supported by the administration?
Yes
OUTLaw is the LGBTQ+ student organization at Hofstra Law where LGBTQ+ students and allies can develop professionally, socially, and academically. They partner with the LGBTQ Fellows to put on programming for the community.
22. 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:
Lavender Law Conference
23. Does your law school have a hate/bias incident policy that faculty, staff/administrators, and students are required to follow?
Yes
a. If yes to #23, does that process specifically identify sexual orientation AND/OR gender identity/expression as protected categories?
Yes, both
b. If yes to #23, does the policy set out a clear hate bias/incident reporting process for faculty, staff/administrators, and students to utilize if necessary?
Yes
24. 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
25. 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
Yes, mandatory for all students
Yes, optional for all students
Yes, mandatory for all students
Yes, optional for all students
26. 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:
The University works closely with the Law School to create training, programming and safe spaces for all of our LGBTQ+ students. We also participate each year in the annual NYC Pride Parade as an entire community. Our LGBTQ+ fellows and OUTLaw work each year to host a Transgender Name-Change clinic and numerous panel events on hot topics in the law. OUTLaw also holds an annual Drag Queen Bingo. We have a University DEI Committee, a Law School Faculty/Admin DEI committee, an SBA DEI Sub Committee and a Law School Alumni DEI Committee which all have LGBTQ representation and strong voices.
Hofstra Law has an LGBTQ Fellowship and information about this is included in our promotional materials and admissions packet and is promoted by our admissions department.