Chapter 2:
Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, & Equity

School of Law Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

Diversity, inclusion, equity, and justice are essential to the excellence of the School of Law. We recognize that the pursuit of this excellence requires thoughtful, deliberate, and sustained action and that this effort is critical to our educational mission, as reflected in our community, culture, and curriculum. Our community shares a tradition that embraces freedom and integrity, acknowledges the worth of the individual, and promotes a democratic spirit arising from open-mindedness and discourse. We seek to give life to the University motto Pro Humanitate, as our members translate a passion for knowledge into compassionate service.

Classrooms filled with a mosaic of personalities, experiences, and outlooks contribute to valuable dialogue in our increasingly multicultural world. We value diversity in all of its dimensions, including ethnicity, gender, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, learning abilities, physical abilities, race, religion, socio-economic status, veteran status, and viewpoint. We seek to reflect these multiple perspectives, backgrounds, and interests in all facets of our community with respectful dialogue, diversity, and inclusion.

We strive to be an inclusive community in which each individual is safe, respected, and valued. In building a community that values similarities and differences among its constituents, we seek to embody in our actions and in our relations with one another the principles of equity and justice as well as the values of honesty, respect, compassion, responsibility, and fairness. We are proud of the close-knit community we endeavor to create and of our pursuit of Pro Humanitate.

Non-Discrimination and Equality of Opportunity Policy

(a) Wake Forest University School of Law prohibits the use of admission policies or other actions to preclude admission of applicants or retention of students on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, or military status. 

(b) Wake Forest University School of Law will foster and maintain equality of opportunity for students, faculty, and staff, without discrimination or segregation on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, religion, national origin, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, genetic information, or military status.