Diversity in Law School

Nondiscrimination Policy

Whittier College admits students of any race, color, national or ethnic origin with all the rights, privileges, and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, marital status, age, sexual orientation, national or ethnic origin, creed, or religion in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, or athletic and other school‐administered programs. Whittier College does not discriminate on the basis of disability in admission or access to its programs.

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Course Titles and/or Descriptions

Whittier Law School, in collaboration with the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law, sponsors the only summer law program devoted to sexual orientation law and policy issues. The program will take place at the Universitat de Barcelona, which is located near the heart of Barcelona. The curriculum will focus on international and comparative law as well as family law issues as they pertain to same-sex couples and nontraditional families. The faculty will include national and international scholars, practitioners, and policy makers. For more information, please see Study Abroad: Barcelona, Spain.

Domestic Partnership Benefits

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Additional Information

Whittier Law School has a long history of supporting LGBT issues. For admission purposes, it is recommended that students speak about their sexual orientation or sexual identity in the application, either in the personal statement or through an addendum.

We have a very active LGBT student organization and one of our recent students, Raphel Briones, was recently elected to the National LGBT Bar Association's Law Student Congress.

LGBT issues are thoroughly covered in our Barcelona Summer Abroad Program, including the following classes: Comparative Approach to LGBT Relationships; Comparative Legal Systems Seminar: Law and Sexuality; Community Property; Spanish Law and the LGBT Community; Sexuality, Gender and Displacement; and LGBT Parenting Legal Issues. In addition to those courses, LGBT topics are regularly raised in most of our classes held on campus.

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