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Legal Education

Mar. 3, 2022

Nixing Hastings name opens new dispute: What to rename the law school

Some like UC San Francisco College of Law, others want the school to take a name from the Native Americans killed by men employed by Serranus Hastings.

UC Hastings College of the Law is ready to change its name. But a potential conflict emerged at a Capitol hearing on Wednesday.

"There is no disagreement about whether we should change the name of the school of law," said Assemblyman Phil Ting, D-San Francisco, during the hearing of the Assembly Select Committee on Native American Affairs. "The only question is, 'What do we change it to?'"

Hastings Chancellor and...

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