Descendants of UC Hastings College of the Law founder sue California to block school name change
by Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times
Oct 05, 2022
3 minutes
Descendants of UC Hastings College of the Law's founder sued California on Tuesday to block a scheduled name change that was signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom last month.
The state's first law school was founded by Serranus Clinton Hastings in 1878 after he served as the first chief justice on the California Supreme Court. But in 2020, a commission report explained how Hastings arrived in California during the Gold Rush, paid for
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