Following are the Deans of University of California Hastings College of the Law:
- Hastings, Serranus Clinton (1878-1883)
- Hastings, Robert Paul (1883-1885)
- Winans, Joseph W. (1885-1887)
- Kewen, Perrie (1886-1887, Acting Dean)
- Hastings, Robert Paul (1887-1890)
- Hastings, C.F. Dio (1891-1894)
- Slack, Charles William (1894-1899)
- Taylor, Edward Robeson (1899-1919)
- Harrison, Maurice Edward (1919-1925)
- Simmons, William Marvin (1925-1940)
- Snodgrass, David Ellington (1940-1963)
- Sammis, Arthur Maxwell (1963-1970)
- Anderson, Marvin (1970-1979)
- Prunty, Bert S. (1980-1987)
- Lathrope, Daniel J. (1987-1988, Acting Dean)
- Read, Frank “Tom” (1988-1993)
- Kane, Mary Kay (1993-2006)
- Newton, Nell Jessup (2006-2009)
- Martinez, Leo P. (2009-2010, Acting Dean)
- Wu, Frank H. (2010-2015)
- Faigman, David L. (2015-2016, Acting Dean) (2016 - present)