We do seek out LGBTQ+ prospective students. In addition to various questions on the application, we openly reference the resources available to LGBTQ+ persons and allies.

Our law school has paid the registration and transportation fee for LGBTQ students to attend LGBTW-specific job fairs or conferences.

In searches for all positions (staff and faculty) we include diversity as a preferred qualification. We tailor our recruiting advertising efforts based on the type of position and the specialty area for faculty, but as often as possible we advertise in places specifically targeted to diversity candidates. Recently, faculty postings have been placed with the LGBT Bar Association, Campus Pride, and US.jobsDiversity, among others.  Additionally, while recruiting for faculty at the AALS Faculty Recruitment Conference we filter our searches to specifically include candidates in LGBTQ+ categories.  For staff positions, the recruiting efforts have been through more unofficial means.  We share staff job postings with colleagues who self-identify as LGBTQ+ and request that they share with their networks.

Syracuse University provides a wide variety of benefits of particular interest to LGBTQ+ employees, their legal spouses or same- or opposite-sex domestic partners and their children.  These include:  medical coverage for gender-confirming or affirming surgeries, mental health counseling and hormone therapy for transitioning individuals; a Faculty and Staff Assistance program to provide free counseling and resources; supplemental life insurance for same-sex domestic partners; paid time off policies that may be used for caring for or bereavement for family members including domestic partners; adoption assistance benefits to provide reimbursement for adoption-related expenses; and parental leave for the birth, adoption, or fostering of a child.

The University also provides all members of the SU community the ability to set a preferred name in the directory, which will display in most University systems including email.

In addition to pre-authorized services (determined on an individual basis), the Syracuse University Health Center strives to provide students with culturally competent and inclusive care. Services provided there include:  hormone therapy; continuation and monitoring of hormone injections for those with a pre-existing prescription and care plan; training for self-injection of hormones; nutritional counseling for hormone therapy.

The University coverage for benefits-eligible staff and faculty includes:  medical coverage for gender-confirming or affirming surgeries, mental health counseling and hormone therapy for transitioning individuals.

In addition to pre-authorized services (determined on an individual basis), the Syracuse University Health Center strives to provide students with culturally competent and inclusive care. Services provided there include:  hormone therapy; continuation and monitoring of hormone injections for those with a pre-existing prescription and care plan; training for self-injection of hormones; nutritional counseling for hormone therapy.

Our law school provides a gender–inclusive restroom on every floor of our building.  All 5 floors have a bathroom that is labeled “All Gender Restroom”.  This is also an accessible restroom as well. This map is located on lgbt.syr.edu/trans and provides a the location of every All Gender bathroom on campus.  There is not a written policy for this, however during new student orientations and prospective student tours, this is something that our Ambassadors in the building point out.