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| | Regulation Concerning Discriminatory Practice RECOGNIZING that discrimination affects the perception of the individual's capacity for fulfilling his or her role as a member of the legal community; AND RECOGNIZING that we, as a law faculty in the university community, have an obligation to facilitate the development of the individual's full potential in the legal community; AND ACKNOWLEDGING a duty to affirm publicly our commitment to combat discrimination by any person within the legal community who contributes to or benefits from services which the Faculty of Law provides, WE AFFIRM that in our conduct and in exercising our judgment we shall and we expect that others in our community shall: a) display the highest standards of integrity; b) demonstrate an honest concern for the merits; c) reflect a responsible and balanced attitude; d) engage in scrupulous attention to the facts; e) carefully assess to the best of our abilities only those factors relevant; f) avoid influence of improper purposes; g) be prepared to state reasons and offer rational justifications. WE UNDERTAKE to offer and dispense legal education, to employ individuals in the legal community and generally to conduct relations between and among members of the legal community without differentiation on the basis of traits peculiar to the person such as sex, marital status, sexual preference, race, colour, nationality, place of origin, age, religious belief or lack thereof, ethnic origin, political belief or activity, creed, citizenship, family relation, physical disability or economic status. WE UNDERTAKE to pursue an admissions and recruitment policy which will consider past socio-economic, cultural, familial or other disadvantages relevant to the assessment of the applicant's potential to contribute creatively and meaningfully to the law school and the community at large. WE ACCEPT responsibility to foster an educational environment which is conducive to the implementation of the preceding principles. General questions, comments etc. can be directed to: Faculty of Law, University of Windsor, 401 Sunset Avenue, Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4, Canada. |