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  • Climate Survey 2021

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

    University of California, Los Angeles 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?
    Yes
    a. If ‘yes,’ how and where are your efforts directed?

    UCLA Law actively recruits LGBTQ+ students by partnering with our faculty, staff, and OUTLaw student organization to contact prospective students who have identified as LGBTQ+ and are interested in information from law schools. Our OUTLaw organization also calls admitted LGBTQ+ students offering to serve as a resource and answer questions. Admissions professionals and others attend recruiting events nationwide to speak with prospective students and make it known that we welcome diverse viewpoints and lived experiences. Additionally, we reach out to prospective students who identify as LGBTQ+, encourage them to apply, and inform them of unique resources at UCLA Law, including: The Williams Institute for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law; Dukeminier Awards Journal of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law; and our annual national moot court competition dedicated to Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law.

    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

    UCLA Law’s welcome packet for admitted students lists contact information for all of our student organizations, including OUTLaw, the Black Law Students Association, the Asian/Pacific Islander Law Students Association, the Latinx Law Students Association, the Native American Law Students Association, the South Asian Law Students Association, and the Womyn of Color Collective, among many others.

    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:

    UCLA Law offers students the option to self-identify as LGBTQ+ in admissions applications through the personal statement and/or an optional diversity statement. Applicants may also indicate an ability to contribute to our various programs including those outlined in question #2 above. In addition, the application for admission asks an optional question regarding what sex an applicant was assigned at birth and current gender identity, as well as the option to elaborate as gender identity can be expressed in a variety of ways.

    b. If 'yes,' how many students are currently enrolled at your law school in total?:
    975 (as of October 5, 2019)
    c. If 'yes,' how many self-identified LGBTQ+ students are currently enrolled at your law school, in total?:
    N/A

    For privacy reasons, we are unable to provide this information. Prospective students are welcome to contact us at admissions@law.ucla.edu to be put in touch with current LGBTQ+ students as well as our OUTLaw student organization.

    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

    UCLA Law offers students the option to have their name of choice on their admission application. After enrollment, the main campus allows students to make legal name changes, as well as designate a preferred name on all of our computer systems. The following website outlines the procedures for both: https://www.registrar.ucla.edu/Student-Records/Personal-Information. Furthermore, per recent policy, an individual’s preferred name and gender identity will be used on all university-issued documents and in UC information systems. The policy states that university databases must have at least three gender options: woman, man and nonbinary. The policy also asks campuses to provide a streamlined process for current students, faculty, staff, and alumni to change their gender designations and preferred names on university-issued documents. The policy has to be implemented on all UC campuses by the end of 2023.

    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:

    UCLA Law actively seeks to employ a diverse staff and faculty including visible, out LGBTQ+ individuals. For staff positions, we recruit on national job boards, websites, listservs, and reach out to staff and faculty on a monthly basis to let them know of job opportunities available. We recruit faculty through the AALS Faculty Recruitment process and adjunct or part-time lecturers through UCLA job postings.

    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

    UCLA as a whole offers voluntary opportunities for self-identification along these lines, but individual units do not have access to those responses.

    9. How many faculty (not staff/administrators) are employed by your law school in total?
    201
    10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
    N/A
    UCLA Law does not track this information. However, the OUTLaw student organization has an “OUTList” of faculty and administrators that have provided their contact information to our UCLA Law OUTLaw group, so that students can get in contact with them. The list is accessible to students through the UCLA Law intranet.
    11. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school in total?
    167
    12. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
    N/A

    UCLA Law does not track this information. However, the OUTLaw student organization has an “OUTList” of faculty and administrators that have provided their contact information to our UCLA Law OUTLaw group, so that students can get in contact with them. The list is accessible to students through the UCLA Law intranet.

    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.)?
    Yes
    c. If you answered 'yes' to #13a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #13b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here:

    Medical Benefits for Infertility Treatment
    Pregnancy, Newborn Child and Adopted Child

    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:

    Transgender Health Benefits

    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.)?
    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

    https://www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/services/lgbtq-health (students would elect UC Family coverage provided through Anthem Blue Cross)

    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:

    https://www.studenthealth.ucla.edu/services/lgbtq-health

    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.):

    https://www.counseling.ucla.edu/about-us/mission

    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

    The Law Building has 5 single-stall all-gender restrooms. Each is designated with a Triangular restroom indicator, which lacks gendered iconography on the restroom door and a room number sign that reads “All Gender Restroom.” Two are on the A-Level, two are on the 2nd floor, and one is on the 4th floor. All five are accessible for people with disabilities. Additionally, we have a multi-stall all-gender restroom on the 1st floor. It is designated with a Triangular restroom indicator, which lacks gendered iconography on the restroom door and a room number sign that reads “All Gender Restroom.”. It has 4 stalls, one of which is accessible for people with disabilities.

    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:

    We have signage in our restrooms that cites California Civil Code Section 51(B) and California Government Code Section 12940 which indicate that anyone, of any gender identity/expression, can use the restroom of their preference.

    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:

    UCLA Law has the following courses available for all students and also offers an LL.M. degree with a specialization in Law and Sexuality: Law, Gender, and Sexuality (offered every year); Women and the Law; Human Rights and Sexual Politics; Feminist Legal Theory; HIV/AIDS Law and Public Policy. Other courses are offered or added every few years.

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

    UCLA Law supports the OUTLaw student organization and provides funding for events, meetings and conferences. Another student organization supported by the law school is the Queer and Transgender People of Color Collective, an “intentional space by and for queer and trans people of color on the law school campus.”

    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:

    UCLA Law provides funding, including travel support, for LGBTQ+ students to participate in LGBTQ+-focused learning and career services opportunities. These opportunities include individual student funding for the annual Lavender Law conference, reimbursements related to certain job interviews, a Career and Conference Fund for LGBTQ and other students to get reimbursed up to $100 each year for professional conferences, and collaboration with UCLA’s OUTLaw on events and career panels. Our UCLA Law Williams Institute on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Law and Public Policy also provides our students with free and reduced admission to career networking events and provides research assistant positions to 2L, 3L and LL.M. students.

    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

    http://equity.ucla.edu/report-an-incident/

    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

    The University provides the mandatory training.

    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
    Yes, optional for all students

    UCLA Law offers several faculty trainings and workshops each year through the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee and these sessions have discussed LGBTQ+-related issues in addition to other issues relating to inclusive teaching. The law school recently hosted a microaggressions workshop for staff, as well.

    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:

    UCLA Law is home to a nationally recognized policy “think tank” for issues relating to the LGBTQ+ community. The Williams Institute provides students, staff, and faculty the opportunity to attend LGBTQ+-focused lectures and events and engage in dialogue about these important issues. The Williams Institute celebrated its 20-year anniversary in 2021. More broadly, UCLA Law welcomes and values feedback on ways in which to sustain and continue bettering a sense of inclusion and belonging for all of our LGBTQ+ community members. We are very proud of our earned reputation for being a supportive space yet we recognize the importance of open communication and continued engagement. To learn more about how we support LGBTQ+ students, please email admissions@law.ucla.edu or studentaffairs@law.ucla.edu.

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