Entered the College Department of the University of Pennsylvania in 1830 , graduating in 1834. In 1837 he received from the University the degree of Master of Arts. On leaving College he registered as a student of law in the office of William M Meredith, afterwards to become and for many years remain the acknowledged leader of the Bar of the city and state. He was admitted to practice in 1841 and one year later married Miss Esther Coxe Binney, a daughter of the celebrated Horace Binney. At the time of his death Judge Hare was Emeriyus Professor of Constitutional Law in the Law Department of the University of Pennsylvania.