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By Terry Burton

It was the first law department of the University of California and one that continues operations to this day.

Historical notes from the UC Hastings College of the Law Web site make mention of “ … the vision that Serranus Clinton Hastings had for a ‘temple of law and intellect which shall never perish, until in the lapse of time, civilization shall cease, and this fair portion of our country shall be destroyed or become a desert.’”