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  • Climate Survey 2021

    Connect, Share Knowledge, and Succeed Within the LGBTQ+ and Ally Legal Community.

    Santa Clara University School of Law

    March 18, 2021

    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?
    No
    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?
    No

    No information is included in the initial admit packet, but there follows a series of admit communications and yield events, some of which are devoted to diversity groups, including minority and LGBTQ groups.

    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:

    The following question appears in an optional supplemental section in the application: ” I self-identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender __YES __NO” . There is also a question on the LSAC common app that asks whether the applicant is interested in the LGBTQ student group (which does not always mean they are themselves LGBTQ). This information flows into our system. Based on the answer, admitted students are given the option of having the student group contact them.

    b. If 'yes,' how many students are currently enrolled at your law school in total?:
    711
    c. If 'yes,' how many self-identified LGBTQ+ students are currently enrolled at your law school, in total?:
    Our records show that in the years 2018-2020 we had 19 students enrolled who indicated interest in the LGBTQ student group
    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?
    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:

    Inclusive Faculty & Staff Recruitment and Hiring

    Advancing inclusive excellence is a campus-wide goal reflected in Santa Clara’s Jesuit values and traditions.  As stated in the Fundamental Values of the University’s Strategic Plan, “We cherish our diverse and inclusive community of students, faculty, staff, administrators, and alumni, a community that is enriched by people of different backgrounds, respectful of the dignity of all its members, enlivened by open communication, and caring and just toward others.”  To further this value, Goal 5 of the Strategic Plan prompts the University to “recruit and graduate a broadly diverse community of highly talented students.”  Simultaneously, the University recognizes that simply admitting more diverse students is not enough.  Research has emphasized the importance of faculty composition in maximizing the benefits of racial diversity in higher education for all students (Milem, 2001). Such an effort also furthers the University’s commitment to inclusive excellence.  As such, the University seeks to “recruit and retain outstanding faculty members whose teaching, research, and life experience enrich the diversity of Santa Clara’s academic community with respect to race, ethnicity, and gender” (Strategic Plan, Objective 5D).

    The Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) is available as a resource for any campus unit in administering both faculty/staff recruitment and hiring processes. ODI works collaboratively with Human Resources (HR) on the staff components. ODI has compiled a robust summary of best practices and effective strategies for inclusive faculty/staff recruitment and hiring based on a review of current initiatives and practices at Santa Clara, activities at other universities, and practices identified within the research literature. ODI is available for consultation at any time.

    The Office for Diversity and Inclusion (ODI) provides support for search committees, department chairs, hiring managers and deans engaged in faculty and staff searches. ODI works collaboratively with Human Resources (HR) with the staff components.

    ODI support includes:

    • Consultation on best practice strategies for inclusive searches

    • Formal Inclusive Search training workshops for departments, search committee

    • Demographic statistics, availability analysis, and utilization/underutilization reports for area of search

    • Research into potential candidates from underrepresented groups (recent and forthcoming PhDs from targeted graduate programs, etc.) who could be contacted regarding upcoming or current searches

    • Assistance drafting proposals for Faculty searches (tenure, adjunct)

    • Assistance drafting inclusive search and recruitment plans

    • Participation in portion of interview process on request

    • ODI will work with academic units and Deans to support potential funding for the following initiatives:

    o informal visits to campus of potential candidates from underrepresented groups (e.g., bringing potential candidates to campus for research talks in years prior to searches)

    o sending additional faculty to conferences to attend talks by potential candidates from underrepresented groups (cost shared with dean)

    o bringing additional candidate to campus to enhance inclusion within the search (cost shared with dean)

    o other funding in support of inclusive searches may be available”

    https://www.scu.edu/diversity/inclusive-hiring-and-recruitment

    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?:
    Unsure
    a. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure,' please describe your school's process for collecting this data

    Answer left blank

    9. How many faculty (not staff/administrators) are employed by your law school in total?
    47
    10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
    10
    11. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school in total?
    66
    12. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
    3
    13. 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 #13, 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.)?
    Unsure
    c. If you answered 'yes' to #13a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #13b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here:

    Answer left blank

    “Regular full-time employees are eligible for benefits. An eligible employee is a member who works a minimum of 20 hours per week for the University. Your Benefits begin on the first date of the month coinciding with or following the 1st day of employment. Benefit plans currently include:

    Medical Plan

    Dental Plan

    Vision Plan

    Flexible Spending Plan (Section 125 Plan)

    Employee Assistance Plan

    Basic Life Insurance Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance (AD&D)

    Long Term Disability Insurance

    Short Term Disability Insurance

    401(a) and 403(b) Retirement Plans

    For Eligible Dependents employees must complete and return their benefits enrollment paperwork to the Human Resources Department within 31 days of their eligibility for benefits. Please note, if you or your eligible dependents do not enroll in the plans within 31 days of your eligibility date, you will not be able to enroll until the next Open Enrollment Period. Please refer to the Summary Plan Document for more details.

    Effective June 1, 2010 and due to the recently enacted health care reform measures, Eligible Dependents include your:

    Spouse or Registered Domestic Partner

    Dependent children, regardless of student status and marital status until they reach age 26

    Unmarried dependent child of any age who is incapable of self-sustaining employment due to a mental or physical handicap.

    For more detailed information, see the U.S. Health Care Reform Update (PDF 92KB).

    Note: A child includes your adopted child, stepchild or recognized natural child.”

    https://www.scu.edu/hr/maintain-benefits-info/eligibility

    14. Does your law school offer transition-related health benefits including hormone therapy, gender counseling, gender-affirming surgeries, etc. to transgender/nonbinary employees and employees who are undergoing gender transition?
    Yes
    a. If 'yes' or ‘unsure,’ please summarize or reproduce your policy here:

    Kaiser offers some services including transportation and housing when a surgery must be performed outside of their service area.

    15. 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 #15, 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
    c. If you answered yes to #15a AND/OR if you answered yes or unsure to #15b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here

    “All Graduate, Law and Jesuit School of Theology students in a degree seeking program who are enrolled in at least halftime in their school or college are automatically enrolled in this insurance plan at registration, unless proof of comparable coverage is furnished. . . Eligible students who do enroll may also insure their Dependents. Eligible Dependents are the student’s legal spouse or Domestic Partner and dependent children under 26 years of age. . . “

    16. Does your school offer the same transition-related healthcare benefits to students and their partners/spouses who are transgender/nonbinary or undergoing gender transition?
    Yes
    a. If 'yes,' please summarize or reproduce your policy here:

    Answer left blank

    17. 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 nonbinary patients?
    Yes
    b. If you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #17a, please provide the basis for your answer (i.e., counseling center language, etc.):

    Law students have access to the office of Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) through the Cowell Center at Santa Clara University.

    The mission of Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) is to support students and student learning by providing quality counseling services to students and consultation and outreach programs to the campus community.

    CAPS is staffed by licensed psychologists, psychology trainees – pre-doctoral trainees and advanced practicum students – and a psychiatrist. All mental health providers are by appointment only and will address your needs in a sensitive, compassionate, confidential and holistic manner.

    As well as our on-campus staff, CAPS helps with referral to off-campus mental health professionals when you need, or prefer, long-term or specialty care. Please refer to our list of community referrals.

    https://www.scu.edu/cowell/caps/

    18. Does your law school provide single-stall and/or multi-stall restrooms available to people of all genders (i.e., gender-neutral restrooms) in each law school building so that transgender/nonbinary people have a safe restroom space?
    Yes
    a. If 'yes,' please describe how those all-gender restroom(s) is/are identified (i.e., what does the signage say, is it identified on building maps and online resources), the number of all-gender restroom stalls available in each law school building, and whether these are accessible for people with disabilities in each building or floor

    Answer left blank

    19. If your law school is maintaining gender-segregated (i.e., "Women's Restroom" and "Men's Restroom") restroom stalls, does it have a policy applicable to those facilities which ensures that transgender/nonbinary students/staff/administrators/faculty, as well as anyone who does not meet gender stereotypes, 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:

    Answer left blank

    20. 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:

    Gender and Law
    Sexuality and the Law

    21. Does your law school have an active LGBTQ+ law student group that is supported by the administration?
    Yes
    22. 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:

    We haven’t had a student advantage of that in the last few years, complicated by the pandemic

    23. 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 #23, does that process specifically identify sexual orientation AND/OR gender identity/expression as protected categories?
    Yes, both
    b. If yes to #23, does the policy set out a clear hate bias/incident reporting process for faculty, staff/administrators, and students to utilize if necessary?
    Yes
    24. 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
    25. 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 faculty/staff/administrators
    26. 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:

    Santa Clara University affirms the right of all students to live and learn in a safe and respectful environment. The Safe Space program enhances Santa Clara’s educational commitment to its students by improving the environment for the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning (LGBTQ) members of our community. By providing physical signs of welcome, such as the sticker shown above, and by inviting the University community to ongoing conversations, we can make a difference for all SCU students

    The Office for Diversity and Inclusion facilitates Safe Space Training for faculty and staff on campus.

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