The End of Hastings; The Beginning of "UC Law" - Part 2

Hastings

Last month, we posted about a new state law changing the name of the Hastings School of Law to the "University of California, College of the Law, San Francisco."* But as with many things in California, nothing is final without a lawsuit. From the San Francisco Examiner:

Descendants of Serranus C. Hastings, founder of the recently renamed UC College of the Law, San Francisco, sued the State of California and college officials Tuesday morning, protesting the removal of the Hastings name from the school. The suit claims that AB 1936, the law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom Sept. 23 which authorizes the school's name change, violates a contract the state entered into with Hastings himself in 1878. The contract stipulates that "the law college founded and established by S. C. Hastings shall forever be known and designated as the Hastings College of the Law." ...

Full story at https://www.sfexaminer.com/news/heres-why-the-hastings-family-is-suing-the-state/article_0c6cf34e-440d-11ed-b98d-734d1e7318bb.html.

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*http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2022/09/the-end-of-hastings-beginning-of-uc-law.html.

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