Education Law
Jun. 9, 2023
Challenge to removal of Hastings name remains alive
The complaint refers to name change legislation, not free speech rights, an appellate panel wrote, denying the anti-SLAPP motion filed by UC College of the Law, San Francisco.
A lawsuit filed by a committee seeking to restore the original name of UC Hastings College of the Law will proceed toward trial after an appellate court denied the university’s anti-SLAPP claim this week.
UC College of the Law, San Francisco argued that dropping the name of the school’s founder was a protected public activity and that requiring it to use the old name in the future would be unconstitutionally compelled speech.
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