Climate Survey 2022

We offer two questions on our application.

1. Would you like to identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer? Please note that if you select “Yes,” you may be contacted by OUTLaws our LGBTQ+ student organization.
( ) Yes
( ) No

2. Would you like to identify as transgender? Please note that if you select “Yes,” you may be contacted by OUTLaws our LGBTQ+ student organization.
( ) Yes
( ) No.

All applicants must apply through our career portal on the website. In addition, our job opportunities are posted to sites that are specifically relevant to the position sought, as well as to diversity sites. We also encourage applications from diverse candidates in our recruiting statement. The diversity sites we post to include:
Diversity.com
HLPA.com
diversejobs.net
diversityjobs.com
pink-jobs.com
abilitylinks.com
Veteranjobs.com

All applicants may self-identify when they apply through our portal (ADP) and if hired, they may once again select how they wish to be identified with regard to gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Employees can also specify their pronouns.

Below is the definition of a spouse and an eligible domestic partner as reflected in the medical plan Summary Plan Description (SPD)
Spouse – an individual to whom you are legally married or a Domestic Partner as defined in this section.
Domestic Partner – an individual of the same or opposite sex with whom you have established a domestic partnership as described below.
A domestic partnership is a relationship between a Participant and one other person of the same or opposite sex. Both persons must:
• not be so closely related that marriage would otherwise be prohibited;
• not be legally married to, or the Domestic Partner of, another person under either statutory or common law;
• be at least 18 years old;
• live together and share the common necessities of life;
• be mentally competent to enter into a contract; and
• be financially interdependent and have furnished documents to support at least two of the following conditions of such financial interdependence:
– they have a single dedicated relationship of at least 12 months duration;
– they have joint ownership of a residence; or
– they have at least two of the following:
♦ a joint ownership of an automobile;
♦ a joint checking, bank or investment account;
♦ a joint credit account;
♦ a lease for a residence identifying both partners as tenants; or
♦ a will and/or life insurance policies which designate the other as primary beneficiary.
The Participant and Domestic Partner must jointly sign an affidavit of domestic partnership provided by Human Resources upon your request.
The Plan pays benefits for the treatment of infertility for the following.
● ovulation induction;
● insemination procedures (Artificial Insemination (AI) and Intra Uterine Insemination (IUI);
● Assisted Reproductive Technologies (ART), including but not limited to, in vitro fertilization (IVF), gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT);
● Pharmaceutical Products for the treatment of infertility that are administered on an outpatient basis in a Hospital, Alternate Facility, Physician’s office or in a Covered Person’s home.
To be eligible for Benefits, the Covered Person must:
● have failed to achieve a Pregnancy after a year of regular, unprotected intercourse if the woman is under age 35, or after 6 months, if the woman is over age 35;
● be under age 44, if female; and have infertility that is not related to voluntary sterilization or failed reversal of voluntary sterilization.
The cost of any prescription medication treatment for in vitro fertilization, gamete intrafallopian transfer (GIFT) procedures and zygote intrafallopian transfer (ZIFT) procedures does not count toward the infertility lifetime maximum.
Infertility Services are Covered In-Network only and are limited to a maximum of $10,000 per Member, per lifetime. Office visits will have copay apply
The following services are not covered
● in vitro fertilization which is not provided as an Assisted Reproductive Technology for the treatment of infertility;
● surrogate parenting, donor eggs, donor sperm and host uterus; the reversal of voluntary sterilization
● artificial reproductive treatments done for genetic or eugenic (selective breeding) purposes;
● services provided by a doula (labor aide); and parenting, pre-natal or birthing classes
Brooklyn Law School offers an adoption assistance spending account, which provides reimbursement for the reasonable and necessary expenses that incur in the process of legally adopting a child.
There is coverage for mammograms, prostate exams and hysterectomies. Please keep in mind services may be subject to prior authorization and covered based on medical necessity.

Below are details of this benefit as reflected in the medical plan SPD.
Gender Dysphoria
Benefits for the treatment of Gender Dysphoria limited to the following services:
■ Psychotherapy for Gender Dysphoria and associated co-morbid psychiatric diagnoses as described under Mental Health Services in this section.
■ Cross-sex hormone therapy:
– Cross-sex hormone therapy administered by a medical provider (for example during an office visit) is provided under Pharmaceutical Products – Outpatient in the section.
– Cross-sex hormone therapy dispensed from a pharmacy is provided under Section 15, Outpatient Prescription Drugs.
■ Puberty suppressing medication injected or implanted by a medical provider in a clinical setting.
■ Laboratory testing to monitor the safety of continuous cross-sex hormone therapy.
■ Surgery for the treatment for Gender Dysphoria, including the surgeries listed below:
Male to Female:
– Clitoroplasty (creation of clitoris)
– Labiaplasty (creation of labia)
– Orchiectomy (removal of testicles)
– Penectomy (removal of penis)
– Urethroplasty (reconstruction of female urethra)
– Vaginoplasty (creation of vagina)
Female to Male:
– Bilateral mastectomy or breast reduction
– Hysterectomy (removal of uterus)
– Metoidioplasty (creation of penis, using clitoris)
– Penile prosthesis
– Phalloplasty (creation of penis)
– Salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of fallopian tubes and ovaries)
– Scrotoplasty (creation of scrotum)
– Testicular prosthesis
– Urethroplasty (reconstruction of male urethra)
– Vaginectomy (removal of vagina)
– Vulvectomy (removal of vulva)
Genital Surgery and Bilateral Mastectomy or Breast Reduction Surgery Documentation Requirements:
The Covered Person must provide documentation of the following for breast surgery:
■ A written psychological assessment from at least one qualified behavioral health provider experienced in treating Gender Dysphoria. The assessment must document that the Covered Person meets all of the following criteria:
– Persistent, well-documented Gender Dysphoria.
– Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent for treatment.
– Must be 18 years or older.
– If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled.
The Covered Person must provide documentation of the following for genital surgery:
■ A written psychological assessment from at least two qualified behavioral health providers experienced in treating Gender Dysphoria, who have independently assessed the Covered Person. The assessment must document that the Covered Person meets all of the following criteria:
– Persistent, well-documented Gender Dysphoria.
– Capacity to make a fully informed decision and to consent for treatment.
– Must 18 years or older.
– If significant medical or mental health concerns are present, they must be reasonably well controlled.
– Complete at least 12 months of successful continuous full-time real-life experience in the desired gender.
– Complete 12 months of continuous cross-sex hormone therapy appropriate for the desired gender (unless medically contraindicated).
■ The treatment plan is based on identifiable external sources including the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH) standards, and/or evidence-based professional society guidance.
Prior Authorization Requirement
For Non-Network Benefits you must obtain prior authorization as soon as the possibility for any of the services listed above for Gender Dysphoria treatment arises.
If you fail to obtain prior authorization as required, Benefits will be reduced to 50% of Eligible Expenses.

Insurance Circular Letter No. 7 (2017)/Ins. Law §§ 3221(k)(6) and 4303(s), 11 NYCRR §§ 52.17(a)(35) and 52.18(a)(10)
New York Insurance Circular Letter No. 7 (2017), effect 04/19/17, says insurers must cover infertility treatment regardless of sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity.
• Background: Existing law mandates coverage for infertility. The mandate is based in part on the definition of infertility by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) which provides that infertility is a disease, defined by the failure to achieve a successful pregnancy after 12 months or more of appropriate, timed unprotected intercourse or therapeutic donor insemination. Earlier evaluation and treatment may be justified based on medical history and physical findings and is warranted after 6 months for women over age 35 years.
• New Guidance: This letter provides that an issuer must provide coverage for infertility treatment using standards and guidelines no less favorable than those established and adopted by ASRM. ASRM’s definition of infertility does not distinguish between heterosexual individuals in a relationship or who are married, individuals in a same-sex relationship or who are married, single individuals, or based on gender identity. Therefore, every issuer must provide coverage for infertility treatment to any individual who meets ASRM’s definition of infertility when all of the other terms and conditions of the policy or contract are satisfied, regardless of the individual’s sexual orientation, marital status or gender identity. Issuers should also be mindful that, with respect to individuals in a same-sex relationship or single individuals, earlier treatment may be justified as permitted in the definition.

We are an independent law school. Our campus does not have a traditional on campus health center. In addition to health insurance, we provided all our students health services through a partnership with TimelyMD to provide telemedicine. All students have access to Brooklaw.care. which is free and available 24/7. https://timely.md/schools/index.html?school=brooklaw&=.
• Unlimited on demand urgent care for physical health issues
• Unlimited on demand urgent care for mental health concerns
• 12 scheduled counseling visits each year

We are an independent free-standing law school. We do not have online maps with our restrooms noted, in fact, we do not have online maps of any of our buildings. The restrooms are not noted on our directory signage.

In the main academic building, there are three restrooms with five stalls each, located on the 3rd, 6th, and 7th floors, which are labeled as “Restrooms.” Both male and female icons appear on this signage. In addition, there are six private, ADA-accessible single-toilet restrooms on the Basement, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th floors. These are labelled as “All-Gender Restrooms.” Restrooms on the 8th and 9th floor are labeled with male and female icons and the words “Self-Identified.”

Please note that if the term “buildings” covers our non-academic buildings, our residence hall does not have any restrooms in the two public spaces that have single stalls. There are ADA accessible restrooms in each of the identified women/men restrooms.

LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic

Several courses that are not LGBTQ+ specific have inclusive LGBTQ+ content and content that addresses law and the transgender community. These courses include Trust and Estates, Family Law and many of our clinical offerings.

OUTLaws has not recently requested funding for off campus conferences or competitions. However, we have funding available for all organizations, which students are informed of during student leader training at the beginning of the semester and can request as needed.