Nondiscrimination Policy
The University of Missouri does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran. Any person having inquiries concerning the University of Missouri's compliance with implementing Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or other civil rights laws should contact the Associate Vice Chancellor of Human Resource Services/Affirmative Action Officer, University of Missouri, 1095 Virginia Avenue, Room 101, Columbia, MO 65211, 573.882.4256; Director of MU Equity/Title IX Coordinator, University of Missouri, Memorial Union S303, Columbia, MO 65211, 573.882.9069; or the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, US Department of Education.
Student Organization Contact Information
Lambda Legal Society
E-mail: Levinj@missouri.edu
Faculty Contact Information
None
Administrator Contact Information
None
Course Titles and/or Descriptions
- Children and the Law
- Family Law
- Gender and the Law
- Emotional Intelligence in Law
- Employment Discrimination
- Employment Law
- Fair Housing
Domestic Partnership Benefits
None
Additional Information
The University of Missouri School of Law is an inclusive environment for LGBT students from the application process through
graduation and job searches. The faculty, staff, and administration welcome and support LGBT students. The application allows
LGBT applicants to self-identify and request information on organizations that interest them, including Lambda Legal Society,
an organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people,
and those living with HIV/AIDS through legislation and litigation. Lambda Legal is one of many organizations that works with
the Office of Diversity Initiatives and Outreach to match its members with practicing attorneys and mentors who share similar
backgrounds and common values. Lambda Legal also conducts a speakers' series on diversity, which brings in panelists from
various organizations to discuss current issues in the LGBT community. Furthermore, it hosts an annual Variety Show and
several social activities for the LGBT and ally community. As organizations that work to promote diversity, the Equal Justice
Law Association and American Constitution Society work with Lambda Legal to help foster community.
The School of Law
encourages the integration of various viewpoints within all classes and LGBT issues are openly discussed. The Family Law
and Gender and the Law courses give in-depth coverage to issues especially relevant to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender
persons, including same-sex marriage, cohabitants' property and support rights, child custody and visitation, second parent
adoption, and assisted reproduction. In addition, courses in civil rights, fair housing, employment discrimination, estates and
trusts, health law, and other fields cover many topics of concern to the LGBT community.
Campuswide, the University of
Missouri has a large LGBTQ Resource Center with full-time professional staff. It offers programming, events, referrals, a
check-out library, Safe Space training, student panels, discussion, and support groups. While the Resource Center is
predominantly undergraduate-student focused, it is highly collaborative and cooperative with graduate students and
organizations. There are also multiple groups—students and administrators—actively working on both of these issues. There
are many resources for transgender students on our campus not widely available elsewhere in the country (e.g., hormone
prescriptions at our campus Health Center and specific support groups for gender identity).
The University of Missouri sits in
the center of Columbia, Missouri, halfway between Kansas City and St. Louis. Columbia is a diverse town, which offers a
domestic partner registry and includes gender and sexual orientation in its nondiscrimination policy. Columbia also offers The
Center Project, a lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, and ally community space.
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