Diversity
University of Washington School of Law’s Diversity Commitment: Student Survey
and Complaint Review and Resolution Process
This document expresses UW Law’s commitment to diversity and provides two
concrete steps in our ongoing effort to nurture a student-centered, culturally
competent, and collegial community united by our commitment to sustainable
excellence. We expect these efforts to be multidimensional and ongoing;
therefore, this document is not intended to be an all-inclusive description of
our efforts in this area, and we fully expect that the processes described here
will change and adapt as we go forward. To the extent that this document
describes our intention with respect to employees, it is not intended to create
a contractual commitment or to affect in any way existing collective bargaining
agreements.
I. UW Law’s Commitment
The law school community seeks to live out the University’s diversity statement
in word and in action. We will best serve our students by creating and
maintaining an educational environment that is diverse, inclusive and that
promotes cross-cultural competencies. Such an environment will provide the best
platform for our students to reach their potential in academic and professional
development. While the faculty, staff, and students in our community are united
in their commitment to our goals, it is important to have a regular assessment
of our performance and to have a means of ensuring accountability to our goals.
Accordingly, to assist us in living out the University’s diversity statement in
word and in action, we commit to conducting an annual survey of our progress and
providing a process by which any member of our community may provide feedback as
to the diversity and inclusiveness of the educational environment or raise
concerns about the effectiveness of our promotion of cross cultural
competencies.
UW Law’s commitment to diversity and provides two concrete steps in our ongoing
effort to nurture a student-centered, culturally competent, and collegial
community united by our commitment to sustainable excellence. We expect these
efforts to be multidimensional and ongoing; therefore, this statement is not
intended to be an all-inclusive description of our efforts in this area, and we
fully expect that the processes described here will change and adapt as we go
forward. To the extent that this document describes our intention with respect
to employees, it is not intended to create a contractual commitment or to affect
in any way existing collective bargaining agreements.
II. Annual Survey
The best survey of the performance of law schools in the United States is the
Law Student Survey of Student Engagement (LSSSE). LSSSE includes questions that
assess the educational environment and its level of inclusion and respect for
difference. We will use this survey instrument annually to assess our
environment. The Associate Dean for Students shall be responsible for
administering the survey annually, and for reporting the results to the Dean and
to the Dean’s Advisory Committee on Diversity. For academic year 2011-2012, the
Law School will engage in its own survey of the student body as to the
educational environment and its level of inclusion and respect for difference.
The results of that survey will be reported to the Dean and the Dean’s Advisory
Committee on Diversity.
III. Complaints Related to Inclusiveness, Respect, and Cultural Competency
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