Regents approve technical edits to bylaws and standing orders to align with APM 285, rename Hastings to UC Law, San Francisco

The University of California Board of Regents approved amendments to Bylaw 40.3 and Standing Orders 105.1 and 105.2 to conform governing documents to recent changes in the Academic Personnel Manual (APM) 285. The changes update the title usage for lecturers with security of employment to “Professor of Teaching” in Standing Order 105.1 and Bylaw 40.3 and update the institution name previously styled as Hastings College of the Law to “UC Law, San Francisco” in Standing Order 105.2.

The board chair reminded regents that bylaw and standing order amendments must be presented for discussion at a regular meeting and that any vote to approve must occur at the next regular meeting; the transcript records the July meeting as the prior presentation and this meeting as the approving vote. A motion to approve the technical edits was moved and seconded; a roll‑call vote recorded ayes across the regents present and the item was approved.

The transcript frames the edits as technical realignments with APM 285 and does not introduce substantive policy changes to academic appointment processes beyond title and naming conventions. The meeting record does not include additional implementing language, effective dates beyond the recorded approval, or commentary from affected campuses in the public portion of the meeting.

Ending: The amendments were approved by roll call and will be reflected in the university’s governing documents; staff and legal counsel would customarily prepare implementing language and update the published bylaws and standing orders in the board’s official records.