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
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?
Only general diversity scholarships
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:
Our diversity recruitment efforts are enveloped in our recruitment efforts more generally. We conduct broad searches of qualified candidates and are careful to ensure balance and diversity of many types in our selections of interview pools and our short lists of potential new faculty. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.
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?
57
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
4
Lesbian
1
Gay
3
Bisexual/Pansexual
Zero
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?
Zero
12. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school?
12
13. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
1
Lesbian
Zero
Gay
1
Bisexual/Pansexual
Zero
Transgender/Nonbinary
Zero
Queer or gender / sexual orientation minority
Zero
14. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators of color does your law school currently employ in total?
Zero
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
c. If you answered 'yes' to #15a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #15b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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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?
Unsure
a. If 'yes' or ‘unsure,’ please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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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?
No
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?
No
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.)?
Unsure
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?
Yes
b. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #19a, please provide the basis for your answer (i.e., counseling center language, etc.):
In 2019, the IU Health Center established a new Gender Affirming Care Team that provides support for transgender and nonbinary students on campus. https://news.iu.edu/stories/2019/08/iub/inside/30-health-center-establishes-gender-affirming-care-team.html and https://www.idsnews.com/article/2019/09/iu-health-center-assembles-team-to-assist-transgender-gender-fluid-and-non-binary-students You can find more information here on health care services on campus for LGBTQ+ students: https://healthcenter.indiana.edu/about/diversity-inclusion/lgbtq-care.html
Additional support and services are provided through the LGBTQ+ Culture Center. https://lgbtq.indiana.edu/about/queer-life.html IU Health staff receive gender sensitivity training. And IU Health provides high quality care for those in the LGBT community (https://iuhealth.org/find-medical-services/lgbt-health) A two day annual LGBTQ Health Care Conference is dedicated to informing healthcare providers on the unique needs of LGBTQ patients and improving healthcare systems to better provide equitable and accessible healthcare for LGBTQ patients (this year it was postponed until March 2021 as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. https://medicine.iu.edu/about/diversity/programs/lgbtq-conference and https://iu.cloud-cme.com/default.aspx?P=5&EID=49111
The University has several times been recognized for its support of the LGBTQ+ community. https://diversity.iu.edu/news-events/news/spring-2018/19-top-LGBTQ-friendly-campus%20.html IU Health’s Gender Affirmation Program is one of the very few in the Midwest: https://www.indystar.com/story/news/2018/06/09/iu-health-gender-affirmation-surgery-program-one-few-midwest/681931002/ The Law School’s students, as part of our LGBTQ+ pro bono project, put together a list of resources and health care providers for the LGBTQ+ community. https://bloomingtonpride.org/transgender-healthcare
20. Does your law school provide single-stall restrooms available to people of all genders in each law school building?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please describe how the single-stall restroom(s) is/are identified (i.e., what does the signage say, is it identified on building maps and online resources), the number of single-stall restrooms available in each law school building, and whether these are accessible for people with disabilities in each building or floor
It is located in a staff area and available to anyone who asks.
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?
No
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:
B568 Gender and The Law
L710 Seminar in Law and Society: Work, Family and the Law
L684: Seminar in Constitutional Desgin: Rights, Gender and States of Emergency
L799: Seminar in Constitutional Law: Sexuality, Reproduction and the Constitution
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:
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25. 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 #25, does that process specifically identify sexual orientation AND/OR gender identity/expression as protected categories?
Yes, both
b. If 'yes' to #25, does the policy set out a clear hate bias/incident reporting process for faculty, staff/administrators, and students to utilize if necessary?
Yes
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 students
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 hire a Diversity and Inclusion student fellow each year to interpret student climate related to various aspects of diversity and inclusion, and to design and implement programs that create space for community building and conversations on relevant topics.
When potential applicants register for an account with our national organization, the Law School Admissions Council (LSAC), they have an optional question about self-identifying and that information is accessible by law schools. We then market to those who self-identify with information about our affinity student organization.