UC-Hastings Reduces Incoming Class by 20%, Cuts 27 Staff Positions

UC-Hastings has announced a permanent 20% reduction in the size of its incoming class, resulting in a $2.1 million budget cut which it is absorbing by staff reductions (10 laid off, 10 full-time reduced to part-time, and 7 voluntary severances). Tuition for California residents will be $46,500 in 2012-13 (up from $20,900 in 2004-05). For more on the grim details, see:

Paul Campos (Colorado), Storm Clouds
David Seward (UC-Hastings CFO), Presentation (April 20, 2012)
Frank Wu (UC-Hastings Dean), Spring 2012 Strategic Plan Implementation Update (Apr. 19, 2012)
Frank Wu Response to Student Town Hall (Apr. 19, 2012)
Frank Wu, Staff Reorganization: Overview (Mar. 19, 2012)
Frank Wu, Staff Reorganization: Details (Mar. 19, 2012)

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Paul Caron

Paul Caron was named Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean of Pepperdine University School of Law on June 1, 2017. Dean Caron joined the Pepperdine faculty in 2013 after serving as the Dorothy and Leonard Straus Distinguished Visiting Professor of Law in the spring semesters of 2010 through 2013. He served as Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at Pepperdine in 2015-2017. Before coming to Pepperdine, he was Associate Dean of Faculty and Charles Hartsock Professor of Law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law.