The Admissions Office forwards a welcome letter from LAMBDA to all admits who self-identify as LGBTQ+.
Our students have the option to self-identify as LGBTQ+, provide preferred name and preferred pronoun on our application for admission.
For the class of 2023, 17% of the class self-identify as LGBTQ+.
We do not offer scholarships specifically for or limited to LGBTQ+ students. We do offer both merit and need based aid.
We seek talented faculty, students and staff who will constitute a vibrant community that draws on the strength that comes with a substantive institutional commitment to diversity along dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, disability, veteran status, interest, perspectives, and socioeconomic status.
Assisted reproductive benefits are offered without the need for extended traditional attempts at pregnancy but qualify for this at Penn Medicine only, and it is per couple, or individual, but we have a $30,000 lifetime limit per person/family. Care techniques such as mammograms, prostate exams, hysterectomies, etc. are available to all genders, but for trans participants they need to have a provider or self-identify that they need a specific test that is based upon the birth gender and not consistent with the reported gender.
These benefits are not published publicly.
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Penn’s LGBT Health Working Group oversees planning and protocols specific to the needs of LGBTQ and transgender patients at Student Health Services (SHS). Penn’s Working Group has special expertise in the area of LGBTQ health, but all SHS staff are given essential training on LGBTQ inclusive care.
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Law & Sexuality
Gender & the Law
The below listed courses also contain LGBTQ+ content:
Employment Discrimination
Discrimination in Education
Reproductive Rights & Justice
Law & Inequality
Legal Profession: Critical Perspectives in Law
Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Law & the Family
Diversity & Inclusion in the Legal Profession
Workplace Equality: Gender, Law & Social Sciences
We provide funding to support students in LGBTQ+ focused learning and/or professional development. For example, we provide funding for the annual Penn Law Lambda conference, which this year focused on LGBTQ+ issues relating to the pandemic. We also offer support for numerous ad hoc and community-building events for our Lambda group throughout the year. Lambda initiatives bolster student life generally. They include exam outlining panels, and academic prep sessions. Moreover, with Law School funding, our Lambda student group serves as a key affinity group on campus. In 2020-21, for example, the group utilized virtual mentorship programs, online gatherings, and more to help build community despite our predominantly virtual presence. Additionally, each year, the Law School also supports student travel to the annual Williams Moot Court Competition in Los Angeles – a lawyering competition that focuses on issues of import to the LGBTQ+ community. Typically, around a half dozen of our students compete at the Williams Moot Court every year.
Our Office of Career Planning and Professionalism also provides financial support for career-related events. Moreover, the career office provides counseling support to Lambda by designating a career office liaison to every student affinity group. We support career services panel discussions sponsored by Lambda, and offer a program to all students, including members of the LGBTQ community, on diversity fellowships.
The Office of Equity & Inclusion, which was established in May 2019, provides educational training programs and workshops on various issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion on a yearly basis. Starting with our inaugural year, we offered programming on implicit bias and allyship. We further plan to continue to provide anti-racism and LGBTQ programming at least every three years.
The University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School values inclusion and engagement across difference as integral to preparing our graduates for legal practice in a diverse and complex world. Diversity is vital to the strength of our community, and it is key to the excellence of our educational outcomes. We are committed to building effective infrastructure and sustained dialogue between students, alumni, and all parts of our university staff. The hallmark of our law school is how personal and connected our community is. Our Lambda student group has long been well-connected with faculty, staff, and alumni who form a robust network of resources and support for LGBTQ+ members of our community. However, we do not take this community for granted. We recognize there is always more work to do. To this end, in recent years our law school took steps to advance our efforts to cultivate an even stronger atmosphere of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
When our Office of Equity & Inclusion was created, three appointments were made to spearhead our initiatives and comprise E&I: a Deputy Dean for Alumni Engagement & Inclusion, an Associate Dean for Equity & Inclusion and Associate Dean for Equity & Justice. In 2020, the Associate Dean for Equity & Justice was also named the inaugural Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer at Penn Carey Law. E&I is charged with nurturing a more inclusive community for and with staff, students, alumni, and faculty at Penn Law. E&I collaborates across the law school, university, and community, as well as with industry experts to help all members of our community learn and grow. In addition, E&I provides funding and support for student-led initiatives that are designed to promote awareness on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We seek out students through our admissions and recruitment efforts as well as partnering with our affinity groups including Penn Carey Law LAMBDA.