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The following information is provided to ensure accessibility and transparency of information about the law school. The College鈥檚 accreditors, the American Bar Association (ABA) and WASC Senior College and 精东影业 Commission (WSCUC), require that certain information be made easily available on a public website. It is always the school鈥檚 goal to make data accessible to our constituencies, so we maintain this page as a landing page for many pieces of key information that may be available on other pages of the website.

This section also contains archived content made available for reference or recordkeeping purposes. These materials are not actively maintained and may not meet current accessibility standards, such as WCAG 2.1 Level AA. If you need assistance accessing this content or require an accessible format, please contact website@uclawsf.edu. We are committed to ensuring access for all users and will provide accommodations promptly upon request.

If you have any questions about ABA or WASC matters, please contact the Director of Accreditation & Assessment, Andrea Bing, at wellesan@uclawsf.edu or (415) 565-4733.

ABA Standard 509 Information Reports

• 2025 Standard 509 Information Report

The ABA provides historical Standard 509 reports for all law schools听辞苍 .

Bar Passage Rates

• 2026 ABA Bar Passage Report (includes 2025 First Time and 2023 Ultimate Bar Passage)
• 2025 ABA Bar Passage Report (includes 2024 First Time and 2022 Ultimate Bar Passage)
• 2024 ABA Bar Passage Report (includes 2023 First Time and 2021 Ultimate Bar Passage)

For more information on Bar Requirements and Resources, UC Law SF students should consult the .

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General Information

• Academic Regulations
• Course Catalog

History

Founded in 1878 by Serranus Clinton Hastings, the first Chief Justice of California, the 精东影业 of California, Hastings College of the Law was California鈥檚 first law school and has been at the center of the legal community in the West for more than 120 years. On January 1, 2023 the College changed its name to the 精东影业 of California College of the Law, San Francisco (“UC Law SF”).

Mission

UC Law SF serves society as a center of higher learning committed to exceptional teaching, influential scholarship, and exemplary public service. We provide a rigorous, innovative, and inclusive legal education that prepares diverse students to excel as professionals, advance the rule of law, and further justice.

J.D. Program Learning Outcomes

1. Doctrinal and Substantive Knowledge鈥�: Students will be able to identify, explain, and employ basic concepts, theories, procedures, and rules of law in both core legal areas and in their own chosen area(s) of specialization.
2. Problem Solving and Critical Thinking: Students will be able to analyze, assess, and form independent judgments on a variety of legal issues, and will use these skills to solve client legal problems.
3. Practical and Communication Skills: Students will be able to gather and analyze evidence, communicate effectively in appropriate written and oral formats with a multiplicity of audiences, and demonstrate other professional skills.
4. Research Skills: Students will be able to independently retrieve, organize, analyze and evaluate paper and electronic legal and interdisciplinary sources, and differentiate between the types and relevance of authorities.
5. Professionalism: Students will demonstrate the professional skills necessary for effective and ethical participation in the legal profession.
6. Public Service: Students will be able to describe the roles and responsibilities of lawyers in overcoming obstacles to legal access and in promoting social justice.

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Annual Fees

Visit the Cost of Attendance Webpage

*Includes Enrollment Fee, Activity Fee, and Health Services Fee. Does not include UCSHIP Insurance Premium, which can be waived.

For more detailed and current information visit our Tuition and Fees page and Refund Policy and Schedule.

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Information on our Board of Directors and Faculty

UC Law SF Board of Directors听 听 听 听| 听 听 听 听UC Law SF Faculty

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Employment Outcomes

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Credit Hour Policy:

• UC Law SF follows the on credit hours (see Standard 310).
• Elaboration of the Credit Hour Policy can be found here.
• The relevant Standard and Interpretations are below:

Standard 310. DETERMINATION OF CREDIT HOURS FOR COURSEWORK

(a) A law school shall adopt, publish, and adhere to written policies and procedures for determining the credit hours that it awards for coursework.

(b) A 鈥渃redit hour鈥� is an amount of work that reasonably approximates:

(1) not less than one hour of classroom or direct faculty instruction and two hours of out-of-class student work per week for fifteen weeks, or the equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time; or

(2) at least an equivalent amount of work as required in subparagraph (1) of this definition for other academic activities as established by the institution, including simulation, field placement, clinical, co-curricular, and other academic work leading to the award of credit hours.

Interpretation 310-1

Based on the fifty minutes of classroom or direct faculty instruction and two hours of out-of-class student work per week over the fifteen-week (or its equivalent) period required by the Standard, at least 42.5 hours of total in-class instruction and out-of-class student work is required per credit [15 x 50 minutes + 15 x 2 hours]. Time devoted to taking a required final examination may count toward the in-class time required, and time devoted to studying for a required final examination may count toward the out-of-class time required. However, merely scheduling a general 鈥渆xam week鈥� or 鈥渆xam weeks鈥� does not permit allocating 鈥渆xam time鈥� to every class. In order to count time spent studying for and taking a final examination, an exam of appropriate length must be required for the particular class.

Interpretation 310-2

A school may award credit hours for coursework that extends over any period of time, if the coursework entails no less than the minimum total amounts of classroom or direct faculty instruction and of out-of-class student work (42.5 hours) specified in Standard 310(b).

Transfer of Credit Policy:

Policies on the acceptance of transfer credits are outlined in the听Academic Regulations and can be found on the following page on Visiting Another Law School.

Application requirements can be found on the Transfer Student page.

UC Law SF has articulation, exchange, 3+3, or concurrent degree agreements with different institutions for the following programs:

Concurrent degrees with:

• UC Berkeley’s Haas School of Business (Concurrent JD/MBA)
• Presidio Graduate School (Concurrent JD/MBA)
• UC Davis Graduate School of Management (Concurrent JD/MBA in the process of being formalized/approved)

Exchange Programs with:

• Vermont Law School
• Austral 精东影业
• 精东影业 of New South Wales
• Peking 精东影业 Law School
• Shanghai Jiao Tong 精东影业, KoGuan Law School
• 精东影业 of Copenhagen
• Bucerius Law School
• Freie 精东影业
• Central European 精东影业
• Tel Aviv 精东影业
• Bocconi 精东影业
• The International 精东影业 College of Turin
• Waseda 精东影业
• Hitotsubashi 精东影业
• Leiden 精东影业
• Instituto de Empresa Law School
• The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Concurrent JD/LLM Programs

• 精东影业 Paris II
• The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

Library Resources:

• UC Law SF Library

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Accreditation

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Complaint Processes

The 精东影业 of California College of the Law, San Francisco takes very seriously complaints and concerns regarding the institution. Most complaints should be resolved at the campus level.

The听Student Complaints and Grievances Procedures听outlines the process for a student to file a grievance against a specific person or department at UC Law SF. The nature of the complaint determines to whom the complaint should be made.

Consult our听Harassment and Discrimination Reporting Procedures page听for more information with regards to harassment prevention and the applicable complaint processes.

Additional complaint resolution processes are described below.

I. If your complaint is associated with the institution鈥檚 compliance with academic program quality and accrediting standards established by the College鈥檚 accreditors, you may file a complaint with WASC Senior College and 精东影业 Commission (WSCUC), the regional agency that accredits UC Law SF鈥檚 academic programs, or with the American Bar Association.

A. To file a complaint with WSCUC, go to .

B. To file a complaint that the Law School is not in Compliance with American Bar Association (ABA) Standards, please use the following process:

1. A Student who wishes to assert that the College is not in compliance with one or more ABA Standards should file a written complaint with the Academic Dean, specifying the College鈥檚 alleged failure to comply and citing to the specific ABA Standard or Standards at issue.

• • The complaint may be submitted by mail, US Mail, or personal delivery.
  • The complaint should include the Student鈥檚 contact information to facilitate further communication.
  • The absence of contact information may prevent a thorough investigation and/or resolution of the matter. When contact information is available, the Academic Dean shall acknowledge receipt of the complaint within 5 business days.

2. The Academic Dean shall investigate the alleged failure to comply with the ABA Standard and provide the Student with a written response within 30 calendar days of receipt of the assertion. The written response shall provide a substantive response to the complaint, describing the steps taken to investigate.

3. If the complaint is found to be valid, the written response shall include steps to be taken or already taken to address a failure to comply.

4. If the Student is dissatisfied with the Academic Dean鈥檚 response to or resolution of the complaint, the Student may file a written appeal with the Dean. The appeal must be filed within 30 calendar days of the Academic Dean鈥檚 response.

5. The Dean shall either affirm or reverse, in whole or in part, the Academic Dean鈥檚 determination. The Dean鈥檚 response will be communicated to the Student within 30 calendar days of receipt of the appeal. The Dean鈥檚 decision shall be final.

6. The College shall maintain a record of each complaint and its resolution in the Academic Dean鈥檚 office for a period of 10 years from the date of final resolution of the complaint.

A student may also file a complaint alleging failure by UC Law SF to meet ABA Standards with the ABA by going to .

II.听 A student or an applicant (that is, someone who has submitted an application to UC Law SF but is not a student) who believes that complaints in the following categories have not been satisfactorily resolved at UC Law SF may elevate their complaints to the UC Davis Office of Compliance (UC Davis) by . UC Davis is the California state agency independent of UC Law SF that will consider such complaints, as required under Federal regulations.

Complaints must fall into one or more of the following categories:

• Complaints that allege a violation of state consumer protection laws that include but are not limited to fraud and false advertising;
• Complaints that allege a violation of state law or rule relating to the licensure of postsecondary universities;
• Complaints relating to the quality of education or other standards, as established by State requirements; and/or.
• Non-compliance by UC Law SF with its own policies.

 

Please note that the following types of complaints are not eligible for review under this process:

1. 1. Complaints related to matters that are the subject of pending or threatened litigation, or that have already been adjudicated by the courts;
   2. Complaints that allege wrongful acts by a person or entity other than UC Law SF or a person acting in their capacity as a UC Law SF employee or contractor;
   3. Complaints concerning an employment relationship between a student and UC Law SF;
   4. Complaints concerning rights enforced by the U.S. Department of Education, including rights against discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity or national origin; sex; or disability.
   5. Complaints regarding matters arising under or covered by the Code of Student Conduct and Discipline or the processes described on the Harassment and Discrimination Reporting Procedures page.
   6. Complaints on matters where the complainant has not exhausted available on-campus resolution options.

 

A complaint must be filed within six months of any final decision by UC Law SF in a formal resolution process, or, where there is no formal resolution process provided by UC Law SF, within six months of the incident giving rise to the complaint. If a complainant has not utilized an available formal UC Law SF resolution process within the time limit set for that process, the complaint is also time-barred from the process described here. Where on-campus resolution options have not been exhausted, the complainant will be directed to the appropriate UC Law SF office or process. Otherwise, complaints that fall within the above categories will be resolved by the 精东影业 of California, Davis, Office of Compliance & Policy.

If you have questions regarding the process, you may put them at the end of the online complaint form.

III. Complaints may be made to the State Attorney General by contacting the Public Inquiry Unit of the California State Department of Justice

• using on鈥恖ine forms available at https://oag.ca.gov/contact/consumer-complaint-against-business-or-company
• or by telephone or fax: Public Inquiry Unit听听听 Voice: (916) 322鈥�3360听听 or (Toll鈥恌ree in California) (800) 952鈥�5225听听 Fax: (916) 323鈥�5341.

 

IV. Complaints may be made to the State Auditor using any of the means described at .

UC Law SF has provided this disclosure to you in compliance with the requirements of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended, and its regulation at 34 CFR听 Sections 600.9(a)(1) and 668.43(b).

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Academic Freedom Policy

Adopted by the Faculty Executive Committee in 2011;
Updated and Approved by the Faculty on April 26, 2023