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?:
No
6. Does your law school provide any annual scholarships specifically for LGBTQ+ students?
No
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:
Including diversity language in posted ads and posting ads directed toward affinity groups
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?
51
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
Unknown
Lesbian
Unknown
Gay
Unknown
Bisexual/Pansexual
Unknown
Transgender /Nonbinary
Unknown
Queer or gender/sexual orientation minority
Unknown
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?
31
13. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
Unknown
Lesbian
Unknown
Gay
Unknown
Bisexual/Pansexual
Unknown
Transgender/Nonbinary
Unknown
Queer or gender / sexual orientation minority
Unknown
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:
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?
Yes
a. If 'yes' or ‘unsure,’ please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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?
Yes
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?
Yes
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.)?
Yes
c. If you answered 'yes' to #17a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #17b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here
18. Does your school offer the same transition-related healthcare benefits to students and their partners/spouses who are transgender or undergoing gender transition?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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.):
See: https://health.unl.edu/transgender-care
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
There are two single-stall restrooms available, one on the main floor and one on the lower level adjacent to the student lounge. Both are accessible for people with disabilities. Both are labeled with multi-gender signage and are identified on digital building maps.
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.)?
Included in other courses
b. If you answered 'no, but LGBTQ+ content is included in other courses' to #22, please list course names AND approximately how many hours of course time is dedicated to LGBTQ+ content for each course:
1. Gender, Race and Class
2. International Gender Issues Seminar/ at least 12 out of 42 difficult to estimate because LGBTQ+ issues are interspersed throughout all topics in the course
3. Family Law: approximately 12 hours dedicated to LGBTQ+ content, based on review of current syllabus
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:
In the last three years, members of the Nebraska Law students have received funding to attend the Lavender Law conference. They have also received funding for a table at the annual LGBTQ+ Awards Banquet. The student organization Nebraska OUTLaw receives funding to bring programming to the College each year focused on issues impacting LGBTQ+ community members as well.
25. Does your law school have a hate/bias incident policy that faculty, staff/administrators, and students are required to follow?
No
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?
No
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, mandatory for all faculty/staff/administrators
Yes, optional for all students
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:
Response from LGBTQ+ student group “The Acting Dean of our Law College, this year, has held meetings with our leadership team to identify weaknesses and then develop solutions. These meetings have been initiated by us, as needs arise, and by her to create a cohesive strategy.
There are staff and faculty who have LG TQ+ inclusive Safe Space designations on their doors.
The general Diversity Committee actively includes OUTlaw as a group and within events.”
Participating in LGBT events and informing students about our law school