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Welcome to UC Law San Francisco, formerly known as UC Hastings! We were founded in 1878 as the law department of the University of California. Today, we're an academic hub connected to research and teaching partners across the UC system and the world. We are proud of our top-ranked teaching faculty, research centers, experiential learning programs, and our longstanding commitment to access to legal education as exemplified in our Legal Education Opportunity Program. Our campus in the heart of San Francisco's Civic Center is surrounded by City Hall, State and Federal courthouses, and headquarters for some of the world's largest tech companies. We invite you to learn more about UC Law SF and how we live up to our promise to "let justice be done." In case this is your first visit, here are some tips to help you get started: -Click the arrow on the right side to jump to the next location, or if you already know where you want to go, simply select that location from the list on the sidebar. Remember to explore each destination in more detail by clicking the interactive icons included throughout each location.
Our Curriculum: Shanin Specter Courtroom
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With over 200 courses to choose from each semester, over 70 full-time faculty members, and 190-plus adjunct faculty who are practicing attorney and judges, UC Law SF is educating tomorrow's legal giants. Our curriculum is uniquely broad and deep. With courses such as Climate Change Law, Design Thinking and Access to Justice, Reproductive Justice, and AI Law, our students are poised to be leaders and change-makers in constantly-evolving and emerging areas of law.
Classroom Visit: Walkup, Melodia, Kelly, and Schoenberger Hall
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This is one of our large lecture classrooms. With hundreds of courses to choose from each semester and 12 JD concentrations, 8 LLM specializations, and 15 MSL specializations, our students are able to tailor their experiences to fit their personal and professional goals. Our students may also choose to participate in clinics and externships, study abroad, work with thought-leaders in one of our Centers of Excellence, join one of our student-run Journals, or join our champion Moot Court team. Whatever your interests, you can pursue them here.
The Quad
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The weather in San Francisco generally ranges from slightly chilly to perfectly warm. Rarely do we get rain that requires an umbrella or heat that requires AC, although we do recommend dressing in layers to avoid having to purchase an I Heart SF sweatshirt from one of the many novelty shops you can find in the City. On almost any given day in San Francisco, students can comfortably lounge on our Quad, just one of the outdoor community areas on our campus. We recommend taking in the sight of our beautiful Cotchett Law Center with a coffee or lunch in hand from the Law Café just inside the doors to Mary Kay Kane Hall.
Hong Student Lounge & Cultural Center
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UC Law SF is a tight-knit and supportive community made up of JD, LLM, MSL, CSL, and HPL students, as well as visiting scholars and exchange students from around the world. This is one our many dedicated student spaces - our Hong Student Lounge and Cultural Center. Here, you will find our student government, student meeting spaces, and a lounge space for students to collaborate and relax. We have dozens of student organizations centered around affinity, volunteering, advocacy, athletics, practice areas, and competition groups. No matter what you are interested in, "We've Got an Org for That!"
Competition Teams and Journals
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Our award-winning UC Law SF moot court and intercollegiate competition teams regularly rank among the top five teams in the nation. Through our competition teams, students develop lawyering skills to prepare them for the practice of law while making lifelong connections. Through our 9 scholarly legal journals and related symposia, our students research, write, and present on contemporary legal issues while gaining leadership and governance experience.
Real World Classrooms: Clinical Programs
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At UC Law SF we prepare you for real-world law practice. Our award-winning clinical faculty and top-ranked clinical programs combine the power of innovative learning opportunities with our unique location and relationships in San Francisco. With low student-to-teacher ratios, each clinic is an intensive learning lab. Students make a difference in people's lives while learning invaluable skills and working on cutting-edge projects. In addition to our clinics, our students are able to get real-world experience through our Externship Program, the Startup Legal Garage, Lawyers for America, and our award-winning intercollegiate Competition Teams.
Our Faculty
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Our faculty deliver effective, relevant, and practical training that equips our students with the knowledge and skills they need to hit the ground running in their careers. They are committed to the professional and personal growth of our students inside and outside the classroom. In keeping with our public-service mission, our influential faculty scholars advance legal knowledge and understanding, shape public policy for a more just society, and facilitate solutions to the complex challenges facing California and the world.
Centers of Excellence
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Through our nationally renowned centers, faculty, students, and practitioners tackle today's most pressing issues, from exposing and proposing remedies for gender- and race-based income disparities, advancing asylum law, and empowering regulators to make evidence-based decisions at the intersection of law and technology. Through scholarship, engagement, and advocacy at every level of government, UC Law SF centers effect change with individual and collective impact.
Law Library
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The UC Law SF Library is located on the 4th and 5th floors of Mary Kay Kane Hall. It is connected by a sky bridge to the Cotchett Law Center, and is considered one of the most beautiful libraries in the Bay Area, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. In addition to supporting the in-person and online research endeavors of our students and faculty, the law library houses over 170,000 print volumes, a bank of past final exams, and numerous quiet, private spaces for individual studying and group collaboration. All UC Law SF students receive access to the most popular legal research databases, in-depth research classes, a unique legal research certificate program, and one-on-one research support from our law librarians.
Global Impact
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We offer 24 study abroad opportunities in 18 countries across 5 continents. Our concentration in International Law and our summer stipend support for J.D. students who work at international summer internships provide hands-on global experience. UC Law SF welcomes students and scholars from around the world to participate in our LLM in U.S. Legal Systems, Foreign Exchange program, and Visiting Scholars program. We extend our global reach through our faculty members who conduct scholarship around the world, and through our alumni who live and work all over the globe.
Career Development Office
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Our expert counselors in the Career Development Office help students build satisfying careers based on their unique strengths, skills, values, and interests. With over 80 years of combined legal practice, our counselors are licensed attorneys with work experience in government, the private sector, and non-profits. Through workshops, one-on-one counseling, the Alumni Mentor Program, employer events, and a wide variety of professional development programs, our counselors are dedicated to helping our students succeed in the legal marketplace.
Our Community
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Through programming centered on wellness, inclusion, and academics, UC Law SF is dedicated to helping students develop into inspired leaders and empowered legal professionals. UC Law SF is one of the most diverse law schools in the United States. Along with campus leadership, our Office of Student Services, our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Working Group, our First Generation Program, our Legal Education Opportunity Program, and our Disability Resource Program, among other groups on campus, work across the law school to make sure that we are also one of the most inclusive law schools in the country.
On-Campus Housing
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The Academe at 198 offers over 650 furnished apartments at competitive prices. Located at the corner of McAllister and Hyde Streets and well-served by public transit, the Academe at 198 is situated at the nexus of the Tenderloin, Mid-Market, and Civic Center neighborhoods with access to all the best that San Francisco has to offer. Amenities include an indoor/outdoor lounge with panoramic city views, laundry, bicycle storage, fitness center, dog run, a communal kitchen and gaming room, a café, and 24-hour security.
Academic Village
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There is no place better to start your legal career than UC Law SF's Academic Village in the heart of San Francisco. The Academic Village reimagines interdisciplinary education further establishing UC Law SF as one of the nation's premier law schools. Made up of Mary Kay Kane Hall at 200 McAllister Street, the Cotchett Law Center at 333 Golden Gate Avenue, 198 McAllister that houses academic spaces and the Academe at 198, and our parking garage at 367 Larkin Street, our Academic Village will be completed by 2025 with the renovation of the iconic 28-story Tower at 100 McAllister Street.
Our Neighborhood
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Our proximity to courthouses, government offices, and non-governmental organizations allows our students to take classes on campus while participating in externships year-round. The Civic Center neighborhood is also home to City Hall, the Bill Graham Auditorium (where Commencement is held!), the opera, the ballet, the symphony, the Asian Art Museum, and a bi-weekly farmers' market. We are also a short walk from diverse and vibrant neighborhoods including Hayes Valley, with its shops and restaurants, and South of Market, home to some of the biggest names in technology. We're just a few subway stops away from the beautiful Ferry Building with its famous outdoor markets, as well as neighborhoods like the Castro and the Mission.
The Financial District & The Bay Bridge
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Our location in the heart of this beautiful city makes a quick trip to this landmark possible by public transportation in only 15 minutes. UC Law SF is just one block away from Civic Center Station, connecting us by subway, rapid transit, and bus to the entire Bay Area.
Golden Gate Park
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Sometimes you just need a break. Visit Claude the albino alligator at the California Academy of Sciences, see some bison grazing in a field, take in world-class art at the DeYoung museum, and stroll through the oldest public Japanese garden in the United States – all in one afternoon. From UC Law SF, you can jump on public transportation and be here in less than 30 minutes.
Crissy Field & The Golden Gate Bridge
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Because every virtual tour of San Francisco needs a 360 degree image of this view! This trip is worth scheduling a few hours of your day to soak it all in.
Admissions & Financial Aid
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The Office of Enrollment Management is committed to providing access to the legal profession through a transparent application process that holistically recognizes each applicant's unique talents, potential, and journey. Whether you have worked towards becoming a lawyer all of your life, or you are just now thinking about the law as a potential career path, we invite you to learn more about our degree and certificate programs and what makes UC Law SF one of the top schools in the nation. Visit us in person or virtually to learn more about how you can work towards justice. Fiat Justitia … let justice be done.
