Charles Cannon

The Building Name Review Committee spent almost three years circulating surveys, inviting public comment and reading reports from an internal Berkeley Law committee.

As of early Thursday morning, the campus has removed Boalt Hall’s name and the building’s name pin lettering.

Many students shared the sentiment that the move was a positive change if it induced a more inclusive environment.

In the spring of 2017, law school Dean Erwin Chemerinsky said it was brought to his attention that John Boalt — after whom the building wing is named because of a donation from his wife, Elizabeth Boalt — was a leading advocate of the Chinese exclusion policy. In his text “The Chinese Question,” John Boalt presented negative views about Black people, Native Americans and Chinese people, according to a document released Monday by Chemerinsky.