The University of California Hastings College of the Law, looking to separate itself from its founder's past, has voted to change its name, the Associated Press reported. The school's Board of ...

Descendants of Serranus Hastings are fighting the school's name change Appellate court ruling clears the way for the case to proceed at the trial level (Reuters) - Descendants of Serranus Hastings ...

The lawsuit cites an 1878 agreement with the state of California to create and fund the law school, which promised Hastings’ heirs $100,000, plus interest, should the school ever “cease to exist.” One ...

The school “shall forever be known and designated as the Hastings College of the Law,” a state law enacted on March 26, 1878, decreed, as well as stipulating that one of his heirs or ...

The founder of the Hastings College of the Law masterminded the killings of hundreds of Native Americans. The school, tribal members and alumni disagree about what should be done now. More than ...

Removing Hastings’ name wouldn’t accomplish anything, he wrote, and it could amount to erasing the history of his terrible deeds. The law school’s reputation is bigger than that of its ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- The University of California Hastings College of the Law's Board of Directors this week voted unanimously to remove Hastings from the law school's name and replace it with San ...

Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer ruled Tuesday that an 1878 law that said the school “shall forever be known” by Hastings’ name wasn’t a binding contract and could be amended or repealed ...

Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer ruled Tuesday that an 1878 law that said the school “shall forever be known” by Hastings' name wasn't a binding contract and could be amended or repealed ...

Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer ruled Tuesday that an 1878 law that said the school “shall forever be known” by Hastings’ name wasn’t a binding contract and could be amended or repealed ...