Diversity in Law School

Nondiscrimination Policy

Quinnipiac University School of Law admits students of any race, color, creed, sex, sexual orientation, age, national and ethnic origin, and disability status to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, age, national and ethnic origin, or disability status in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs. (Academic Catalogue 2011–2012)

Student Organization Contact Information

Q Alliance

Qesar Veliu
Co-President
E-mail: qesar.veliu@quinnipiac.edu

Faculty Contact Information

None

Administrator Contact Information

None, but you may contact:

Kathy Kuhar
Assistant Dean for Student Services
E-mail: kathy.kuhar@quinnipiac.edu

Course Titles and/or Descriptions

Law and Gender

(Other courses incorporate LGBT issues.)

Domestic Partnership Benefits

For a description of domestic partnership benefits, please contact the Associate VP for Human Resources, Anna Spragg, at anna.spragg@quinnipiac.edu.

Additional Information

The reason I ran for co-President of Q Alliance, our LGBTQ student organization, is because I wanted to raise awareness on campus in regard to LGBTQ students. It is my goal to make Q Alliance more visible to the community.

Since my first day of law school, I've been out to those who ask. Not once have I felt that I did not belong to the Quinnipiac Law community. I would say that the atmosphere is extremely welcoming. Apart from courses such as Law and Gender that focus on LGBTQ issues, every course incorporates some aspect of our community. For example, my Federal Income Tax, Trusts and Estates, and Lawyers' Professional Responsibility exams have all had fact patterns with same-sex couples. It makes me extremely happy to see those questions on exams because it shows the inclusiveness of the professors. I have found LGBT mentors among the faculty and allied professors who have been perfectly willing to discuss navigating a career path as a gay man.

Q Alliance has generally focused outward toward educating our community about LGBTQ issues in practice. This past year, we held a DOMA discussion panel about the effects it has on different issues, from immigration to federal tax consequences on same-sex couples. One of the speakers was a nun (who is also an immigration attorney I worked for) who supported its repeal. The turnout was extraordinary and well received by the student body. We also volunteer with the New Haven Pride Center, as our group strives to give back to the local LGBTQ community as much as possible.

The administration at QU Law has been tremendous in our effort to connect with the LGBTQ community. Because of the administration's generosity, we will be attending the National LGBT Bar Association's Lavender Law & Career Fair in Washington, DC.

Personally, I think that Connecticut is one of the best places in the country to live. Despite its deeply religious history, the Connecticut of today has been extremely welcoming to me. As the third state to recognize marriage equality, I'm proud to live here, to practice here, and to work for LGBTQ and other civil rights here.

Attending QU Law has, I feel, prepared me to face the world as a gay attorney, and I believe that my fellow gay and lesbian students would say the same.

Qesar Veliu
Q Alliance, Co-President
Black Law Students Association, Northeast Regional Representative
Juris Doctor Candidate 2013
Quinnipiac University School of Law

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