Case Study
A New Home for Berkeley Law
Storage Solved ® THE CHALLENGE The University of California Berkeley Law School was about to run out of space due to an expansive law library and an influx of new students and faculty. The law school was founded in 1894 and moved to its current location on the southeast corner of the campus in 1951, becoming a gateway between the school and downtown Berkeley. Boalt Hall was originally built to house student study rooms, classrooms, and faculty offices with just the east wing dedicated to the library. In 1967 Simon Hall was added to the west side of the school and then in 1996 an addition was added on the north side of the building to provide space for more library shelving, along with increased study space for students. In 2006, when the school began to think about adding yet a