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Contents 1 First Tier 2 Changes 2.1 Humor 2.2 University of California, Riverside Survey 2.3 Regarding the photo 2.4 Hastings is a top-tier school?! 2.5 WikiProject University of California

[edit] First Tier

US News expressly states that UC Hastings is "Tier 1":

http://grad-schools.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/grad/law/search/c_final_tier+1/page+2/rank+50.

Stop deleting this reference, its vandalism. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.38.135.218 (talk) 02:41, 22 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Changes

I'm adding a citation for an earlier fact that I added to the article (1/3 of all sitting judges in CA went to Hastings). I think the following assertion definitely needs a citation, as it's a very specific claim: "over 513 Judges representing federal, state and municipal benches went to UC Hastings." I've deleted that entry for now. Hopefully whoever contributed that factoid can post the source for that bit of info. Jsol5 10:19, 4 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Humor

This whole section was removed. Some of the other UC sites have humor sections, why not Hastings?

• University of California Lightbulb Jokes

[edit] University of California, Riverside Survey

I'm posting this survey request Talk:University of California, Riverside#UCR Survey on all the UC talk pages in order to gather outside opinion on ongoing issues concerning the POV of this article. Please read the article and add your insights to the survey to help us identify any points of consensus in the UCR article. Thanks--Amerique 21:14, 11 July 2006 (UTC)

Survey closed, thanks--Amerique 19:15, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Regarding the photo

Someone commented on my talk page a few days ago that they don't like the current photo. Well, if you don't like it, feel free to take a better one! I don't visit San Francisco that often, so it might be two or three weeks before I have the opportunity to photograph the other half of the Hastings campus (the half that isn't under construction). I'm surprised that a law school with so many alumni doesn't have at least one SF-based alumnus with enough school pride to take a couple of really good photos for Wikipedia (like I've done for my law school)!

[edit] Hastings is a top-tier school?!

Let's see---the 2008 U.S. News rankings show Hastings tied for 36 with such august company as the University of Alabama, the University of Colorado at Boulder, the University of Georgia, the University of Maryland, the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill, and Wake Forest University. I haven't heard anyone calling Boulder or Alabama a top-tier school lately!

On a more serious note, the reference to Hastings as a "top-tier" school is clearly a biased, nonneutral statement and also original research in violation of official policies WP:NPOV, WP:V, and WP:NOR. --Coolcaesar 08:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

Apart from the unreferenced line "It is consistently ranked as one of the best public law schools in the nation" in the lede, which isn't elaborated on elsewhere, I don't see any mention in the article of "top-tier" status. Still, 36 out of how many ABA accredited law schools would still seem to qualify as upper-tier, but the article does not seem to basing this "best public law school" claim on any particular reference. Amerique^dialectics 19:55, 21 October 2007 (UTC)

I've added the cites for my assertions. Any school in Brian Lieter's various top-40 rankings is considered "top-tier" in the legal community, and anyone familiar with US News rankings knows that the top 50 schools are considered "first-tier" and were in fact expressly referred to as such before the publication went to the new "top 100" format. Also, a simple count of the US News rankings reveals that Hastings is consistently in the top 20 of public law schools, which also supports an assertion that it is ranked as one of the "best" public law schools. I can't understand the animosity against these common assertions of top/first-tier. While the title of "elite" law school in the legal community may be reserved to the top 10 or 14 (see article on Boalt), top/first-tier is generally reserved for the top 50. 216.38.135.218 22:42, 23 October 2007 (UTC)T

[edit] WikiProject University of California

Several editors are organizing a WikiProject to better organize articles related to the University of California. A preliminary draft is available here. You are invited to participate in the discussion at Talk:University of California#Developing Wikiproject University of California. szyslak 21:27, 29 October 2007 (UTC)