Policies & Standards

University of California, Hastings College of the Law does not make its career services facilities available to employers who discriminate on the basis of national origin, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, handicap or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. A limited, express exception to this policy is made by the UC Hastings Board of Directors for the U.S. military. Read the Dean’s statement on military recruiting on campus.

Disabilities Accommodations

The University of California, Hastings College of the Law subscribes to the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you need reasonable accommodations, to attend a campus event, please call the Disabilities Accommodations Hotline at (415) 565-4848 or e-mail your request to DAH@uchastings.edu no later than 72 hours before the event.

Standards for Timing of Offers and Decisions

University of California, Hastings College of the Law is a member of the National Association of Law Placement (NALP, www.nalp.org). NALP Principles & Standards are guidelines that set forth an ethical framework for law student recruiting for law schools, legal employers and law students. All UC Hastings students and all employers that recruit UC Hastings students are expected to fully adhere to NALP Principles & Standards, including the Standards for the Timing of Offers and Decisions.

Job Posting Standards

UC Hastings College of the Law reserves the right to edit job postings without notice to meet guidelines or to remove inappropriate questions and/or language. UC Hastings reserves the right to remove a job posting for any reason and without notice. 

UC Hastings cannot make an assessment of whether unpaid positions posted comply with Federal and State wage and hour requirements to be true trainee positions. For further information, see the U.S. Department of Labor Wage and Hour Division’s Fact Sheet #71: Internship Programs under the Fair Labor Standards Act. 

Employers are requested to provide timely responses to applicants regarding the receipt of their application materials and their candidacy status.