Nondiscrimination Policy
It is the policy of New York Law School not to discriminate in its educational programs, admission policies, financial aid programs, employment practices, and other school-sponsored activities because of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, citizenship, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, disability, AIDS, predisposing genetic characteristics, marital or parental status, military status, domestic violence victim status, or any other classification protected by local, state, or federal law ("Protected Classification"). The placement facilities of the school are available only to employers whose practices are consistent with this policy. (In the wake of the 2006 Supreme Court decision affirming the Solomon Amendment, the faculty voted on March 27, 2006, to suspend its ban on military recruitment on campus.) Inquiries regarding compliance with Title IX of the 1972 Educational Amendments, relative to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex, or any other aspect of the school's equal opportunity policy, may be directed to the Vice President for Finance and Administration and Title IX Coordinator, or to the Director of the Office for Civil Rights, Department of Education, Washington, DC.
Student Organization Contact Information
OutLaws
Contact:
Lauren Davidson
President
E-mail: outlaws@nyls.edu
Faculty Contact Information
Arthur Leonard
Professor
Phone: 212.431.2516
E-mail: aleonard@nyls.edu
Doni Gewirtzman
Professor
E-mail: dgewirtzman@nyls.edu
Administrator Contact Information
Tracey Parr
Assistant Dean of Academic Programs/Development
Phone: 212.431.2854
Course Titles and/or Descriptions
Sexuality and the Law
Professors Michael Adams, Arthur Leonard, and the Honorable Rosalyn Richter
The struggle for equal participation in society by lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transsexuals, and other sexual minorities has increasingly occupied the attention of legislatures, courts, government officials, employers, the business community, and others involved in making public policy decisions. This course provides a grounding in the constitutional and statutory principles underlying this growing area of the law, with an emphasis on the First and Fourteenth Amendments, parallel provisions of state constitutions, and statutory law in the areas of discrimination (employment, housing, public accommodation, and services), criminal law, torts, and domestic relations.
Employment Discrimination and Law
Professors Seth Harris, Arthur Leonard, and Isabelle Katz Pinzler
This course deals with constitutional and statutory prohibitions of categorical workplace discrimination by public and private employers, an area at the heart of modern workplace law practice. The main focus is on federal law, such as the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses of the US Constitution, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (race, color, sex, and national origin), the Age of Discrimination in Employment Act, and the Americans with Disabilities Act, as supplemented by state and local laws that may cover forms of discrimination not addressed by federal law, such as marital status and sexual orientation.
Domestic Partnership Benefits
The Law School offers several options for employees' health insurance coverage.
Eligibility and Enrollment
All full-time employees and part-time employees who regularly work 28 or more hours per week are eligible under this plan.
Enrollment is available to the employee and his or her eligible dependents on the first of the month coinciding with or immediately following the date of employment. Eligible dependents are spouses, spousal equivalents (spousal equivalents are not eligible for Blue Cross or Oxford coverage), unmarried children under 19 years of age, and unmarried children under 23 who are full-time students and depend solely on the parent for support.
Additional Information
The climate for LGBTQ students at New York Law School is very good. Faculty make a concerted effort to include cases that
have an LGBTQ component when appropriate to course content. Student organizations often partner with OutLaws, as it is one
of the most active and well-organized student groups. Faculty voted three years ago to expand our human rights policy to
include gender identity and gender expression. While unisex facilities are not yet available at the Law School, this is not an area
of concern for our students at this time.
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