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Legal Research at University of California - Hastings College of Law

Legal Research at University of California - Hastings College of Law

If you plan to study legal research, take a look at what University of California - Hastings College of Law has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UC Hastings is located in San Francisco, California and has a total student population of 1,026.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Legal Research section at the bottom of this page.

  • Master’s Degree in Legal Research

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the legal research majors at University of California - Hastings College of Law.

85% Women
31% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 15% of legal research master's degrees went to men and 85% went to women.

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In the legal research master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 31% of degree recipients. That is 11% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of California - Hastings College of Law with a master's in legal research.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 1
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

If you plan to be a legal research major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Hastings College of Law. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
General Advanced Legal Research/Studies 12
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence 10

A degree in legal research can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for University of California - Hastings College of Law.

Occupation Jobs in CA Average Salary in CA
Lawyers 82,180 $171,550
Law Professors 1,770 $136,920

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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