Legal Education,
Government
Apr. 7, 2022
Bill advances to change name of Hastings law school
Lead author Sen. Tom Umberg, D-Santa Ana, presented SB 1288 as a "first step in this process to remove Serranus Hastings' name from the college of law." He later said a final name for the school would come after "further discussions."
The Senate Education Committee advanced a bill to change the name of UC Hastings College of Law after a contentious hour-long hearing on Wednesday morning.
While SB 1288 passed by 6-0 vote, several people spoke against the bill. These included two alumni who questioned founder Serranus C. Hastings' role in massacres of Native Americans in the 1850s. Two tribal representatives criticized the bill because they said it did not give native peo...
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