September 23, 2022
Dear UC Law SF Community, I write to you today with further updates on our name change journey since my last message on July 27th. In August, Assembly Bill 1936 successfully passed in both the California Senate and Assembly with resounding support. In fact, there were zero “no” votes…
July 27, 2022
Dear UC Law SF Community, I write to offer an update on our path towards a new name for the College. Today, the UC Law SF Board of Directors voted unanimously on a resolution to remove “Hastings” from our name in the California Education Code and replace it with San…
June 13, 2022
I write you regarding a matter of great institutional importance, the name of our law school. This issue may be well known to many in our community but perhaps new to some, so allow me to begin with some background. More details on the College’s efforts are available here.
May 24, 2022
UC Law SF students will provide free legal assistance to members of the Round Valley Indian Tribes and others this summer. From helping Native Americans draft wills, stay in their homes, and navigate the court system, four UC Law SF law students will spend this summer assisting indigenous…
November 2, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Elizabeth Moore Chief Communications Officer, UC Law SF mooreelizabeth@uclawsf.edu SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Nov. 2, 2021—The University of California Hastings College of the Law Board of Directors voted today to authorize UC Law SF leadership to work with state legislators and other stakeholders to change the…
October 27, 2021
Dear UC Law SF Community, As many of you have likely already seen, the NY Times today published a story online about the school and its namesake, “A California Law School Reckons With the Shame of Native Massacres.” It will be in…
July 3, 2021
This op-ed was originally published in the Sacramento Bee on July 3, 2021, where an audio version is also available. While no one living today enslaved African Americans or carried out genocide against Native Americans, our world is a product of those past injustices. What do those living…
April 23, 2021
Sinkyone Council supports an important Indigenous People’s justice initiative led by Yuki people in collaboration with UC Law SF and Round Valley Indian Tribes to recognize and address acts of genocide against the Yuki perpetrated by the College’s founder Serranus Hastings, who later became California’s first Supreme…