The Edge Episode 2: What’s In A Name?
Posted on August 5, 2020 - 9:52am
John Henry Boalt
Berkeley Law Says Goodbye to Boalt Name
ON THE MORNING OF THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, UC carpenter Joe Poppi chiseled away the name “Boalt Hall” from the façade of the UC Berkeley law school. It was the culmination of a long debate after revelations surfaced about the building’s namesake’s racism.
“There is no evidence that John Boalt himself … would remotely have supported the inclusive law school … we are so proud of today.” —Dean Erwin
Chemerinsky
From the Spring 2020 issue of California.
