A UC Hastings Education

UC Hastings produces committed, capable legal professionals well versed in fields as diverse as technology, health care, international law, and government.

UC Hastings graduates are supremely competent legal professionals with a clear sense of the social, economic, business and cultural contexts in which the law is applied. That sense, along with their passion for both the theory and the practice of the law, makes them unparalleled advocates for their clients, regardless of whether those clients are entrepreneurs or immigrants, inventors or entertainers, the high and mighty or the average citizen.

A UC Hastings education starts with a firm grounding in the fundamentals — tort law, criminal law, civil procedure — and builds on that foundation with a choice of seven interdisciplinary concentrations, where you can gain career-specific experience in areas like the health sciences, social justice and international law.

With such a diverse, “living” legal education, it’s no surprise that UC Hastings graduates not only thrive in traditional legal careers, but find crossover success as health care policymakers, bioethics experts, international human rights advocates, digital media entrepreneurs and much more.

A Higher Education

UC Hastings raises the law school bar by integrating our core legal training with the subjects and issues that matter most to our society. Issues like technological innovation, international trade, global health, immigrant rights and privacy rights. Develop your own unique professional identity by immersing yourself in one of more of UC Hastings’ interdisciplinary strengths:

• Public Interest Law
• Law & Science
• International & Comparative Law

UC Hastings Degree Programs

A UC Hastings degree will give you the theoretical framework and tangible skills to step directly into a successful and fulfilling legal career. Learn more about what each of our academic degree programs can offer you:

• J.D. Program – Our flagship law degree for U.S. students
• LL.M. Program – One-year program for foreign students, lawyers and judges
• M.S.L Program – New master’s degree in law for health science professionals

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