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UC Hastings Law School

Rank 82 (USNWR 2024)
160
Median LSAT
3.59
Median GPA
30.9%
Acceptance rate

Also known as

  • UC Hastings Law School
  • University of California (Hastings)
  • CALIFORNIA-HASTINGS, UNIVERSITY OF
  • UCHastings

UC Hastings Law School is a law school located in San Francisco, California. The school was ranked 82 in 2024 by USNWR. Annual enrollment for UC Hastings Law School is approximately 389.

Admissions website: https://www.uchastings.edu/admissions/

Admissions email: admissions@uchastings.edu

Admissions phone: (415) 565-4623

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UC Hastings Law School Key Statistics

Previous year ABA 509 data
Percentiles 25 50 75
LSAT 157 160 163
GPA 3.39 3.59 3.75
Miscellaneous Count Percentile
# Applications 4069 87
# Admissions offers 1178 -
Class size 389 96
% Accepted 28.9% 78
% Yield 31.1% 57

During the 2024 application cycle, 4,069 people applied and 1,178 were offered admission.

University of California (Hastings) has a 1L class size of 389, and yield of 31.07%. 366 out of 1,178 applicants who were offered admission accepted, meaning that 31.07% of the people who were offered admission ended up attending the school.

The 1L class at University of California (Hastings) has a median LSAT of 160. The 25th percentile LSAT is 157 and the 75th percentile LSAT is 162.

The median GPA is 3.59. The 25th percentile GPA is 3.4 and the 75th percentile GPA is 3.74.

UC Hastings Law School LSAT & GPA graph for 2022-2023

LSD has stats for 480 applicants for the 2022-2023 application cycle.

The graphs show applicant results plotted against GPA and LSAT. The dotted lines on the graphs represent the 25/50/75th percentiles reported by the school in their ABA 509 report from the previous year.

Each data point represents an LSD user that shared their application results for the benefit of future applicants.

Click on a data point to see that user's profile.

25th, 50th, 75th refer to percentiles from last year's admitted class

How much does UC Hastings Law School cost per year?

$52,454.00
Tuition
57th percentile
$46,034.00
In-state tuition
$52,454.00
CoA
81.70%
Bar pass rate
55th percentile

Cost of attending UC Hastings Law School

In 2024, tuition was $52,454 and the annual cost of attending was $52,454 (tuition plus living expenses).

Cost of Attendance (CoA) is the estimated total amount you will have to spend every year to go to school. Unlike tuition, CoA includes expenses like rent, food, and insurance.

UC Hastings Law School employment outcomes

81.7% of University of California (Hastings) graduates pass the bar on their first try.

Some interesting facts about UC Hastings Law School

Established in 1878 as the original law department of the University of California, UC Hastings is the oldest law school in California and the first law school established west of the Rocky Mountains. UC Hastings’ legacy of producing highly skilled practitioners of the bench and bar is a matter of record within the legal profession.

Location

UC Hastings’ location is one of its greatest assets. Few law schools, if any, provide the variety of legal, judicial, political, and entrepreneurial entities within such close proximity of their classrooms, giving Hastings students a relevancy to their legal education that is usually hard to achieve on a college or university campus.

The law school’s location provides the opportunity to study the law in the very forum where it is practiced and determined. Situated in the heart of San Francisco, on the border of the city’s Civic Center and Tenderloin neighborhoods, the law school occupies three buildings on McAllister Street. The Civic Center is the legal epicenter of the American West, with four major courthouses, as well as San Francisco’s City Hall, the San Francisco Federal Building, and United Nations Plaza concentrated within a four-block radius of the law school. Many of San Francisco’s law firms are situated in the Financial District, located just two stops away from UC Hastings via the city’s extensive public transportation system. San Francisco is also widely regarded as the technology hub of the United States. Twitter’s world headquarters, for instance, is a short walk from the law school’s campus and many other tech companies and start-ups, such as Zynga and Airbnb, operate in the nearby South of Market (SOMA) neighborhood.

University of California (Hastings)

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how fked am I for hastings?
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its kinda random. similar stats to me. apply early for sure, and if you are in the bay area make a point of that in your PS or an addendum as they get a lot of applicants who aren't totally serious about going
13:13
3.58 gpa. Can i get into a top 20 with a a higher LSAT?
yes you could
anyone deposited to uc law sf?
why did hastings rank fall so much?
the name change was probably a big part. location too
AbleLittlePebble
16:18
any waitlist updates? :(
^^
what about the 3.0 cutoff thing?
Did we ever find out if they even did any WL movement after the May 1st deposits? In the zoom meeting for WL peeps they said there would be movement, but I haven’t seen anyone mention getting in off the WL anywhere. Ugh!
AbleLittlePebble
14:00
I haven't seen anything either, maybe they're waiting to hear back for 2nd deposit deadline this weekend before going to waitlist??
AbleLittlePebble
14:00
thats what its looking like
Yeah tbh they really made it sound like in that zoom meeting that they would definitely be pulling off the WL, and that this years class size would be bigger than it has been the last few years.. so fingers crossed for those of us on the WL!
When is the 2nd deadline: 6/1 or 6/5?
is there a WL webinar or zoom meeting?
6/5
AbleLittlePebble
14:01
called admissions yesterday, they said they predict a few pulls this week and then some more the week after next; thought i'd keep you all updated!
Thank you for that update. Fingers CROSSED!
Any updates?
Nothing for me.
I got an A!!😭
Congrats! Was that off the WL? Still waiting to mine haha
Yes off the WL, just got the email a couple minutes ago.
AbleLittlePebble
19:43
congrats!!!
Thanks, hoping y'all hear soon!
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Did anyone else get a feeler today? (July 2nd)
I ended up getting put on the “summer waitlist”. Previously I was on the priority waitlist. Doesn’t seem like there’s any different, starting to lose hope. GL everyone!
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