Hastings Law School
| University of California, Hastings College of the Law |
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| Motto | Fiat Justitia ("Let justice be done") |
| Established | 1878 |
| School type | Public |
| Dean | David L. Faigman (Acting Chancellor and Dean) |
| Location | San Francisco, California, US |
| Enrollment | 930 (approx.) |
| Faculty | 172 (full- and part-time) |
| USNWR ranking | 50 (2016) |
| Bar pass rate | 76% (ABA profile) |
| Website | www.uchastings.edu |
| ABA profile | UC Hastings College of Law |
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Coordinates: 37°46′50″N 122°24′55″W / 37.78056°N 122.41528°W
The University of California, Hastings College of the Law (UC Hastings or Hastings) is a public law school in San Francisco, California, located in the Civic Center neighborhood.
Founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California, it was the first law school of the University of California and was one of the first law schools established in the Western United States. It is also one of the few university-affiliated law schools in the United States that does not share its campus with undergraduates or other graduate programs.
Hastings has a unique relationship with the University of California. In 1878, when Supreme Court of California Justice Serranus Clinton Hastings gave $100,000 to the University of California to start the law school bearing his name, he imposed two conditions: the school must remain in San Francisco near the courts; and it could not be governed by the Regents of the University of California. Thus the school's leader (who holds the dual titles of chancellor and dean) must obtain funds directly from the California State Legislature, unlike other UC institutions, which receive money from the Regents. In a commencement address, Hastings called his school "a temple of law and intellect, which shall never perish, until, in the lapse of time, civilization shall cease, and this fair portion of our country shall be destroyed or become a desert."
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