Legal Education
Jun. 5, 2023
Cancel “Berkeley?”
“Berkeley” denoted Bishop George Berkeley, a prominent Irish philosopher. I had only a passing acquaintance with 18th century philosophy, but I was aware of the brilliant Bishop’s dark side: a fondness for slavery.
Myron Moskovitz
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UC Berkeley SOL Boalt Hal
Myron Moskovitz is author of Strategies On Appeal (CEB, 2021; digital: ceb.com; print: https://store.ceb.com/strategies-on-appeal-2) and Winning An Appeal (5th ed., Carolina Academic Press). He is Director of Moskovitz Appellate Team, a group of former appellate judges and appellate research attorneys who handle and consult on appeals and writs. See MoskovitzAppellateTeam.com. The Daily Journal designated Moskovitz Appellate Team as one of California's top boutique law firms. Myron can be contacted at myronmoskovitz@gmail.com or (510) 384-0354. Prior "Moskovitz On Appeal" columns can be found at http://moskovitzappellateteam.com/blog.
In 2020, the powers-that-be at my law school alma mater canceled the name their forebears had told me to call the institution: “Boalt Hall”.
The reason? Some obscure academic had uncovered where the “Boalt” came from. Turned out that the building was named after lawyer John Henry Boalt, whose widow had donated some of the funds to construct the building. But it seems that Mr. Boalt had promoted the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882, which pre...
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