Question 1 provided each school with a field to confirm or update their nondiscrimination statement.
b. Does your law school (or larger University, if those policies are binding upon the law school) have a "code of conduct" which prohibits same-sex relationships (including but not limited to physical/sexual activity, marriage or registered domestic partner status, etc.) for employees or students?
No
2. Does your law school intentionally seek out LGBTQ+ prospective students?
Yes
a. If ‘yes,’ how and where are your efforts directed?
We have reached out to prospective students who self-identify through their Law School Admission Council profile as LGBTQ+. In addition to sharing general information about the law school’s academic program and community, we share information about the OutLaw student organization and our inclusive community.
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:
Students are given the opportunity to self identify in post-enrollment forms completed as part of orientation.
b. If 'yes,' how many students are currently enrolled at your law school in total?:
429 students
c. If 'yes,' how many self-identified LGBTQ+ students are currently enrolled at your law school, in total?:
29 (Our students graduate in December, so 9 of the 29 graduated December 2021. They are accounted for in the 429 total enrollment number).
d. If 'yes,' how many of your currently enrolled LGBTQ+ students also self-identify as people of color?
8
Lesbian?
1
Gay?
8
Bisexual/ Pansexual?
14
Transgender / Nonbinary?
4
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
6
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
Students may work with the Office of the Registrar to ensure their name-in-use is used.
6. Does your law school provide any annual scholarships specifically for LGBTQ+ students?
Yes
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:
Posting of positions widely and in professional contexts that have large representation of historically underrepresented 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?:
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?
37 full-time, 22 part-time
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
Unknown
a. With reference to #10, how many LGBTQ+ faculty self-identify as people of color?
Unknown
Lesbian?
Unknown
Gay?
Unknown
Bisexual/Pansexual?
Unknown
Transgender / Nonbinary?
Unknown
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
Unknown
11. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school in total?
29 Staff
12. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
Unknown
a. With reference to #12, how many LGBTQ+ staff/administrators self-identify as people of color?
Unknown
Lesbian?
Unknown
Gay?
Unknown
Bisexual / Pansexual?
Unknown
Transgender / Nonbinary?
Unknown
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
Unknown
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.)?
No
c. If you answered 'yes' to #13a AND/OR if you answered 'yes' or 'unsure' to #13b, please summarize or reproduce your policy here:
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?
No
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?
No
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?
No
#16 is N/A
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
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
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?
No
b. Do all of the gender-segregated restrooms in your law school buildings have signage specifically indicating that people may use the restroom which best reflects their gender?
No
20. Does your law school have one or more annual LGBTQ+ specific course offerings (e.g., LGBTQ+ Law and Policy, Sexual Orientation Law, Gender Identity Law, etc.)?
No, but significant LGBTQ+ content is included in other courses (not including basic law school required courses such as Constitutional Law)
a. If 'yes,' please list course names:
Family Law
Depictions of Discrimination: Law & Literature
b. If you answered 'no, but LGBTQ+ content is included in other courses' to #20, please list course names AND approximately what percentage of course time is dedicated to LGBTQ+ content for each course:
Family Law 10%
Depictions of Discrimination: Law & Literature 10%
21. Does your law school have an active LGBTQ+ law student group?
Yes
a. If you answered "yes," does that group receive annual funding from the law school administration?
The group receives funding from a source other than the administration
Student organizations received funding from our Student Bar Association. The SBA budget is provided by the administration.
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:
Any student may apply for professional development funds from the Office of Career & Student Development.
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?
No
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.
No
26. Does your school enable and encourage the sharing of personal pronouns (e.g., She/Her, He/Him, They/Them) and honorifics (e.g., Ms., Mx., Mr.) in public communications (email signature blocks, Zoom profiles, nametags, event registration forms, etc.)?
People are allowed to use them but the school doesn't facilitate or request it
a. Does your law school capture students' personal pronouns and honorifics as part of the registration process?
Yes
b. If your law school captures students' personal pronouns and honorifics, is that information consistently shared with professors on class rosters with an expectation that it will be used in the classroom?
Answer left blank
We collect it in a survey our office sends to students prior to their arrival as 1Ls.
27. 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:
Elon Law places an emphasis on belonging and inclusion from orientation through graduation. We do everything within our power to ensure that students feel safe and welcome. Admittedly, because we are minimally staffed, sometimes we are reacting to student requests rather than being proactive, but I do believe we are improving each year.