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Legal Education

Feb. 7, 2022

Who better than We the People to decide Hastings’ future?

Rather than self-interested public figures, who better than “We, the People of the State of California” (Cal. Const. Preamble) to decide, after a full and frank discussion, how to reconcile Hastings’ pre-Hastings College of the Law past with the current college’s future?

Kris Whitten

Retired California deputy attorney gener

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The Los Angeles County Bar Association's recent virtual program, "Hastings Name Change: The Good, Bad and the Ugly," featured chancellor and dean of Hastings College of the Law, David Faigman and retired Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Richard S. Flier, a 1971 Hastings graduate. It was moderated by Brant H. Dveirin, a partner in Lewis Brisbois and a 1987 Hastings graduate.

The proposed name change came about because of media report...

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