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?
Yes
a. If 'yes,' please describe your student Self-ID process:
We provide an option for students to identify as LGBTQ on our admissions application.
b. If 'yes,' how many students are currently enrolled at your law school in total?:
493
c. If 'yes,' how many self-identified LGBTQ+ students are currently enrolled at your law school, in total?:
93
Lesbian
We don't collect this information.
Gay
We don't collect this information.
Bisexual/ pansexual
We don't collect this information.
Transgender / nonbinary
We don't collect this information.
Queer or gender/sexual orientation minority
We don't collect this information.
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:
Listservs; newspapers (e.g., Chronicle of Higher Education); law societies and organizations
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
a. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure,' please describe your school's process for collecting this data
Per our HR office, we do not ask or request information on sexual orientation during application or onboarding process.
9. How many faculty (not staff/administrators) are employed by your law school in total?
62
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
We do not collect this information.
Lesbian
We do not collect this information.
Gay
We do not collect this information.
Bisexual/Pansexual
We do not collect this information.
Transgender /Nonbinary
We do not collect this information.
Queer or gender/sexual orientation minority
We do not collect this information.
11. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty of color does your law school currently employ in total?
We do not collect this information.
12. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school?
80
13. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
We do not collect this information.
Lesbian
We do not collect this information.
Gay
We do not collect this information.
Bisexual/Pansexual
We do not collect this information.
Transgender/Nonbinary
We do not collect this information.
Queer or gender / sexual orientation minority
We do not collect this information.
14. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators of color does your law school currently employ in total?
We do not collect this information.
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:
Parental leave is equitable across all non-birth mothers. Birth mothers are provided an additional postpartum recovery period on top of parental leave. https://hr.uw.edu/ops/leaves/parental-leave/. Gender is not listed as a restriction for any of the listed care techniques within the Certificates of Coverage for the PEBB health plans offered by the UW.
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:
All of the health insurance plans offered by the UW provide medical coverage for gender transition services and procedures. Many resources are available to a transitioning employee and can be found here https://hr.uw.edu/ops/transgender-resources/
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
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.):
Answer left blank
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
We have a gender neutral restroom on the first floor of the building.
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?
Yes
a. If "yes," please provide the language of your school's restroom use policy and details on where this policy may be found by the law school community:
Each restroom in the building has this signage outside: “All individuals are welcome to use the restroom that is consistent with their gender identity.”
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:
E522 A, Advanced Constitutional Law: Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
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:
Law A 553 Feminist Jurisprudence Seminar
Law A 500 Introduction to Perspectives on the Law
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:
Funding is open to all student groups, including OutLaws. I do not have information about how funds have been used in the last three years specifically as to LGBTQ+ groups.
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?
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.
No
a. If you selected 'other,' please describe your diversity and inclusion training options:
UW has a webpage dedicated to providing resources for LGBTQ+ individuals and the information can be found here https://www.washington.edu/compliance/titleix/lgbtq/
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:
UW Law supports LGBTQ+ individuals in many additional ways. Please contact us for more information.
We are included in LSAC’s LGBTQ+ Guide to Law Schools, have attended the Lavender Law Conference, and partner with our OutLaws group to reach out to prospective students.