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Climate Survey 2022

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

Indiana University, Maurer School of Law

March 23, 2022

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?

Our efforts are directed through marketing and email campaigns to prospective students who self identify as LGBTQ+.

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
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 able to self-identify on the application provided through LSAC.org

b. If 'yes,' how many students are currently enrolled at your law school in total?:
Answer left blank.
c. If 'yes,' how many self-identified LGBTQ+ students are currently enrolled at your law school, in total?:
Answer left blank.
d. If 'yes,' how many of your currently enrolled LGBTQ+ students also self-identify as people of color?
Answer left blank.
Lesbian?
Answer left blank.
Gay?
Answer left blank.
Bisexual/ Pansexual?
Answer left blank.
Transgender / Nonbinary?
Answer left blank.
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
Answer left blank.
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:

Our diversity recruitment efforts are included in our recruitment efforts more generally. We conduct broad searches of qualified candidates and are careful to ensure balance and diversity of many types in our selections of interview pools and our short lists of potential new faculty including the specific posting of open positions on diversity job boards. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, ethnicity, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, or protected veteran status.

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
9. How many faculty (not staff/administrators) are employed by your law school in total?
55 – including full time faculty and adjunct faculty. Excluding lecturers, visiting faculty, and joint/affiliated faculty.
10. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ faculty are employed by your law school in total?
6
a. With reference to #10, how many LGBTQ+ faculty self-identify as people of color?
1
Lesbian?
1
Gay?
5
11. How many staff/administrators (not faculty) are employed by your law school in total?
57
12. How many self-identified LGBTQ+ staff/administrators are employed by your law school in total?
N/A
a. With reference to #12, how many LGBTQ+ staff/administrators self-identify as people of color?
N/A
Lesbian?
N/A
Gay?
N/A
Bisexual / Pansexual?
N/A
Transgender / Nonbinary?
N/A
Queer or member of gender/sexual orientation minority group?
N/A

We do not keep this information

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:

Each of the aforementioned needs are met under the coverage. https://hr.iu.edu/benefits/pubs/books/anthem-ppo-hdhp-booklet.pdf

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:

Each of the aforementioned needs are met under the coverage. https://hr.iu.edu/benefits/pubs/books/anthem-ppo-hdhp-booklet.pdf

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?
Yes
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.):

Language on counseling services website.

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

There is one single stall restroom in the main law school building inside the law library. It is marked with a sign that says “all gender.” It is not publicized to the general public or on outward facing platforms like websites or building maps, as it is located in a staff area of the library. Students are informed of its existence at orientation and in the student handbook. It is available to any student who needs it. Other ancillary law buildings have single stall bathrooms as well, and an upcoming building project will convert the ground-floor into an all gender restroom.

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.)?
Yes, we offer a Gender Identity Law course annually
a. If 'yes,' please list course names:

B568 Gender and The Law L710 Seminar in Law and Society: Work, Family, and the Law L684 Seminar in Constitutional Design: Rights, Gender, and States of Emergency L799 Seminar in Constitutional Law: Sexuality, Reproduction, and the Constitution

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?
No

Funding is available to all affinity groups for events and support. Student groups apply for these funds through the Office for Student Affairs

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:

Students in the past have used funds available to attend conferences such as Lavender Law

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
Yes, optional for all students
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.)?
Yes
a. Does your law school capture students' personal pronouns and honorifics as part of the registration process?
We capture this data elsewhere
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?
Yes

Students are able to share this through Canvas as well as Careernet – the career platform. Their self identified pronouns can be part of their profile on Canvas which is used by faculty within their course roster.

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:

The LGBTQ+ Project at the IU Maurer School of Law provides pro bono legal research and advocacy services to Indiana LGBTQ+ advocacy organizations and LGBTQ+ Hoosiers. The Project engages law students, attorneys, scholars, and LGBTQ+ advocates to address the unmet legal needs of Indiana’s LGBTQ+ community and support equality efforts of Indiana LGBTQ+ organizations. More information at https://law.indiana.edu/academics/experiential-education/projects/lgbt.html