Cornell Law School is an intentionally inclusive community that seeks applicants from all backgrounds. The Admissions Office participates in a range of diversity recruitment fairs and administers a diversity outreach pipeline program that is open to LGBTQ+ students.
On the admissions application, students may select how they would like to describe themselves in regards to prefix, sex, gender identity and sexual identity. Post-matriculation, students also may select their preferred name, which is used for all internal purposes such as directories, seating charts, name tags, and class rosters. Preferred pronoun buttons also are available for students to select from at Orientation and in the student services offices throughout the academic year. Students may wear their preferred pronoun buttons with school-provided magnetic name tags that students keep throughout their degree programs. The Law School orders new name tags for transitioning students or those who otherwise change their preferred names at students’ request.
Cornell Law School administers an anonymous biennial Student Experience Survey on which students may disclose their sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Given the small size of our law school community, we cannot provide this information without inadvertently and impermissibly revealing private information about individual community members. Moreover, when we provided an opportunity to self-identify, we did not ask for or obtain permission to disclose beyond authorized offices at the university.
Cornell Law School is an intentionally inclusive community that seeks applicants from all backgrounds.
Information about how this information is collected, as well as support and resources available for faculty, staff, and administrators is available at: https://diversity.cornell.edu/our-community/staff-resources/lgbtq-staff-faculty/transgender-inclusion-cornell
Information about Cornell University’s employee health benefits and coverage are available at: https://hr.cornell.edu/lgbt-resources.
Information about Cornell University’s employee health benefits and coverage are available at: https://hr.cornell.edu/lgbt-resources
Coverage and benefit information for Cornell University’s Student Health Plan is available at: https://studenthealthbenefits.cornell.edu/health-plans/shp/2020-2021.
The Student Health Plan is inclusive of the specific needs of LGBTQ+ students. Matriculated students with questions specific to their personal circumstances are encouraged to contact and work closely with the Student Health Benefits Office.
Coverage and benefit information for Cornell University’s Student Health Plan is available at: https://studenthealthbenefits.cornell.edu/health-plans/shp/2020-2021.
Additional information about on-campus health, counseling, and therapy services for LGBTQ+ students is available at: https://health.cornell.edu/resources/especially-for/lgbtq-students.
All-gender restrooms are identified on campus and building maps as all-gender restrooms and are marked within the law school as gender neutral restrooms. There are 6 all-gender restrooms within the law school, all but one of which are accessible.
In keeping with Cornell University’s policy of nondiscrimination and the commitment to inclusion, the University allows students, staff, faculty, and visitors to use the restroom or facility that corresponds to their gender identity*. In addition, the University maintains a number of universal restrooms across campus to address restroom facility access not necessarily related to gender identity, such as access for parents with children and for other attendants/caregivers.
The universal restroom policy and a link to the interactive map listing where universal restrooms are located across the campus is available at: https://diversity.cornell.edu/our-community/staff-resources/lgbtq-staff-faculty/transgender-inclusion-cornell.
See response to Question #18.
Offered annually:
• Advocacy for LGBT Communities Practicum (I and II)
• Asylum and Convention Against Torture Appellate Clinic (I and II)
• Gender Justice Clinic and Advanced Gender Justice Clinic
• International Human Rights
In addition to the annual courses listed above, Gender and the Law, and Transgender People and the Law are offered depending on faculty availability.
Cornell Law School’s Outlaw chapter attends the Lavender Law Conference and Career Fair annually with financial support from the law school, including registration fees, as well as travel and lodging expenses. Additionally, each year Outlaw hosts a Career Day to help 1L students navigate the job search process with logistical, programmatic, and financial support from the Law School’s alumni affairs, career advising, and student services offices.
All student advising office staff members include a link in their email signature block to the incident reporting form. The University’s Bias Assessment and Response Team monitors and compiles aggregate reports concerning incidents on campus. The bias incident reporting form and annual reports are available at https://diversity.cornell.edu/our-commitments/bias-reporting-cornell.
Yes, mandatory for all students
Personal pronouns are captured on the admissions application and as further outlined in response to Question #4a. The Law School continues to work with campus partners and current vendors towards comprehensive systems solutions that will allow preferred pronouns to be shared with faculty for classroom use.
Law student representatives serve on law faculty committees including on the Diversity Committee where they have a vote and voice in developing policies to create an inclusive and welcoming environment for all students. Further, law students are members of a larger university community. More information on students’ experiences, including members of the LGBT+ community, of the university’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives is available at: https://irp.dpb.cornell.edu/university-factbook/diversity.