Registration

How to use Web Registration
Registration Appointments
Waitlisting
How 2L and 3L Class Status is Determined
Credit Limit & Full-Time Enrollment
Clinic & Externship Enrollment
Enrollment in Non-Clinical, Non-Classroom Units
Holds
WebAdvisor Passwords
Exceptions to Registration Regulations
Changes to Courses on the Course Schedule
Strongly Recommended Courses

HOW TO USE WEB REGISTRATION

Detailed directions for using WebAdvisor's registration functions are available in PDF format.  (Adobe Acrobat Reader is required.)

How to use WebReg

REGISTRATION APPOINTMENTS

Registration will occur over a two-week period (see Registration Calender for more information). Each student will be given registration appointments based on the first initial of his/her last name.* During your appointment, you will have three hours to log onto WebAdvisor and register for your classes. If you miss the appointment or wish to make changes to your course selections, you may log on again between 6:00pm and 11:59pm on that same day. You may also register or make changes to your schedule again on your assigned make-up registration day, from 9:00am until 4:00pm. However, course enrollment is first-come, first-served, so if you miss your initial registration appointment you may be closed out of some classes.  Each semester you will register with the same registration group (classmates with the same last initial), but we will switch the order in which the groups register so that each group will have a chance for an early registration appointment.

*You will continue to register with this same group each semester even if your last name changes.

WAITLISTING

Visit the Waitlist Procedures section for detailed information on this topic.

HOW 2L AND 3L CLASS STATUS IS DETERMINED

Second- and third-year students are classified according to the total number of units that will be earned at the end of the semester in which pre-registration occurs (including transfer units for students for whom an official transcript has been received). Students must earn at least 22 units to be classified as a 2L and at least 54 units to be classified as a 3L. If you have questions concerning your class status or believe you have been placed in an incorrect registration group, please contact the Records Office at records@uchastings.edu or call 415.565.4613.

CREDIT LIMIT & FULL-TIME ENROLLMENT

For JD students:
Students with a cumulative GPA of less than 2.5 may not enroll in more than 16 units; if your cumulative GPA is 2.5 or higher, you may register for up to 17 units. Any exception to these limits must be approved in writing by the Academic Dean's Office. Please note, enrollment in more than 17 units is not allowed.  In accordance with the Academic Regulations, full-time students must enroll in no fewer than 11 units each semester and at least 24 units during the academic year.* Students must receive permission from the Academic Dean's office to enroll in fewer than 11 units in a given semester. Students enrolled in a judicial externship are considered to be enrolled full-time with 10 units as long as they complete 24 units during the academic year.

*A student may enroll in 11 units for a single semester during their time at Hastings, as long as the 24 unit requirement is met for the year.

For LL.M. students:
Students may enroll in a maximum of fifteen units each semester. Any exception to this limit must be approved in writing by the Academic Dean's Office and the LL.M. Office. If you are permitted to overload units, you will have to register for the "extra" class in person in the Records Office. WebAdvisor will NOT permit you to register for more than the typical number of units. In accordance with the Academic Regulations, LL.M. students must enroll in no fewer than 11 units each semester. However, in extraordinary circumstances, the Academic Dean may permit a student to enroll in ten units in one semester.

CLINIC & EXTERNSHIP ENROLLMENT

To enroll in any clinic or a judicial externship, you first need to obtain prior approval from either the Civil Justice Clinic staff (for all CJC clinics), or from Nancy Stuart in the Externships and Pro Bono Programs office, located at 100 McAllister, Room 350. The Civil Justice Clinic is located at 100 McAllister, Room 300. Please refer to the Academic Regulations, the Course Catalog and the Course Schedule for more information about clinics and judicial externships.

ENROLLMENT IN NON-CLINICAL, NON-CLASSROOM UNITS

Enrollment in non-clinical non-classroom units (includes independent study, journal and journal note credit, Moot Court competition, TA credits) is not available for online registration. These units will continue to be handled through the Records Office in paper form. Contact the Records Office with enrollment questions and issues. See Section VIII of the Academic Regulations for more information about these types of courses.

HOLDS

If there is a "Hold" on your record, you will not be permitted to register until the hold is released. Please be sure that all holds are cleared from your record prior to your registration appointment time. Examples of holds include (but are not limited to) non-payment of fees, late Towers rent payments, and missing Health Services documentation. If you are unsure of your hold status, log on to WebAdvisor and view the "My Holds" screen, or stop by the Records Office with a photo ID.

WEBADVISOR PASSWORDS

Your WebAdvisor User ID and Password are the same as for your Hastings Outlook email.   If you are a new Hastings Outlook email user, you need to change your initial password via Outlook Web Access.  Then, you may login to WebAdvisor.  The Records Office does not know your password. If you are still unable to login, contact Help Desk to have your password reset.

EXCEPTIONS TO REGISTRATION REGULATIONS

WebAdvisor will not permit enrollment in course schedules that defy the Academic Regulations, such as course time conflicts, overload of allowable units, or unmet pre-requisites. In certain circumstances, you may petition to register for a course that does not meet the registration regulations.  The Petition for Exception to Registration Regulations can be found in the Records Office.  Depending on the reason, approval is given by either the Associate Academic Dean or professor.

Things to note:

• Students cannot petition to register in courses with time conflicts.  No exceptions.
• Because adding yourself to the waitlist of a class is not the same as enrolling in the class, you may be waitlisted for classes whose meeting times conflict with other classes on your schedule.

CHANGES TO COURSES ON THE COURSE SCHEDULE

Once registration begins, students will be notified of any changes or additions to the course schedule via email. The Records Office sends emails ONLY to uchastings.edu addresses, so make sure that you are able to access this account, either directly or by having this mail automatically forwarded to another account. The email notification will be the only official notification of these changes; WebAdvisor will not alert you to any new course times or any conflicts that are created in your schedule after registration ends.

STRONGLY RECOMMENDED COURSES

Some students enter law school with well-defined interests or develop such interests relatively early in their studies and therefore choose to complete a concentration in their area of interest or otherwise focus their studies in one or more specific areas.  But many others would be equally or better served by completing a core set of courses that exposes them to the most essential areas of contemporary law practice.  A well-rounded legal education will afford graduates maximum versatility in a shifting legal market that makes employment options difficult to predict.  The Hastings faculty has identified the following courses as those most crucial to a well-rounded legal education, and recommends that all students seriously consider completing as many of the courses listed below as possible.

• Administrative Law
• Business Associations or Corporations
• Civil Procedure II
• Constitutional Law II
• Criminal Procedure
• Evidence
• Federal Income Taxation
• Financial Basics for Lawyers
• At least one international course
• At least one perspectives course (i.e. one that offers a broad theoretical or historical view)
• At least one experiential course (i.e. a clinic or externship)