Hastings College of the Law (or 'UC Hastings') is the oldest law school of the University of California system. It is located in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, CA. Founded in 1878 as the law department of the University of California by Serranus Clinton Hastings (first Chief Justice of California), it was also the first law school established in the State of California and one of the first in the Western United States. UC Hastings is the only law school in the UC system that does not sit on a UC campus. Unlike other UC campuses, it is managed by its own governing board, not by the UC regents. It is currently regarded as the third best law school in the UC system (tied with UC Davis).