Legal Education
Aug. 26, 2022
Hastings name change jeopardizes its reputation
A renaming exposes the school to “unknown and potentially enormous” financial risks. It also suddenly creates a law school with no recognizable name or reputation.
Robert C. Wright
Wright, L'Estrange & Ergastolo
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San Diego , CA 92101
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Email: rwright@wlelaw.com
UC Hastings COL; San Francisco CA
Fifty-one years ago I graduated from Hastings College of the Law. While there, I received a superb legal education from one of the finest faculties in America. Among my professors was the leading authority on the law of torts, William Prosser, and recently-retired California Supreme Court Chief Justice Roger Traynor. The "65 Club" - as the faculty was called - had a national reputation.
During the last fifty years, I have met lawyers, jud...
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