Boalt Hall School of Law

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educational institution law school

Boalt Hall School of Law is the former name of the University of California, Berkeley’s prestigious law school, renowned for its influential legal scholarship and public interest focus.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
UC Berkeley School of Law	5
University of California, Berkeley School of Law	4
Boalt Hall School of Law canonical	3
Berkeley Law	2
Boalt Hall at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T77076 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Boalt Hall School of Law
Context triple: [UC Berkeley School of Law, formerName, Boalt Hall School of Law]

A. Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is a prestigious Ivy League law school in New York City known for its influential scholarship, distinguished alumni, and strong programs in corporate, international, and public interest law.
B. Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is a prestigious and historically influential law school renowned for its rigorous legal education, prominent faculty, and extensive alumni network in law, government, and public service.
C. University of San Francisco School of Law
The University of San Francisco School of Law is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school in San Francisco known for its programs in public interest law, social justice, and practical legal training.
D. Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school known for its strong programs in public interest law, business law, and legal ethics.
E. University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Boalt Hall School of Law
Target entity description: Boalt Hall School of Law is the former name of the University of California, Berkeley’s prestigious law school, renowned for its influential legal scholarship and public interest focus.

A. Columbia Law School
Columbia Law School is a prestigious Ivy League law school in New York City known for its influential scholarship, distinguished alumni, and strong programs in corporate, international, and public interest law.
B. Harvard Law School
Harvard Law School is a prestigious and historically influential law school renowned for its rigorous legal education, prominent faculty, and extensive alumni network in law, government, and public service.
C. University of San Francisco School of Law
The University of San Francisco School of Law is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school in San Francisco known for its programs in public interest law, social justice, and practical legal training.
D. Boston College Law School
Boston College Law School is a private, Jesuit-affiliated law school known for its strong programs in public interest law, business law, and legal ethics.
E. University of Virginia School of Law
The University of Virginia School of Law is a prestigious public law school in Charlottesville, Virginia, renowned for its rigorous academics, influential alumni, and strong tradition of public service.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	educational institution ⓘ law school ⓘ
academicDiscipline	law ⓘ
accreditedBy	American Bar Association ⓘ Association of American Law Schools ⓘ
affiliation	University of California system ⓘ
associatedWith	UC Berkeley alumni ⓘ UC Berkeley faculty ⓘ
campus	UC Berkeley campus ⓘ
campusSetting	urban ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
field	law ⓘ
focus	legal education ⓘ legal research ⓘ public interest law ⓘ
formerNameOf	UC Berkeley School of Law ⓘ linked to: Boalt Hall School of Law University of California, Berkeley School of Law ⓘ linked to: Boalt Hall School of Law
governingBody	Regents of the University of California ⓘ linked to: University of California Board of Regents
hasAlumni	attorneys ⓘ judges ⓘ legal scholars ⓘ public officials ⓘ
hasType	graduate school ⓘ
knownFor	clinical legal education ⓘ constitutional law scholarship ⓘ environmental law programs ⓘ intellectual property law programs ⓘ legal scholarship ⓘ public interest law focus ⓘ
languageOfInstruction	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Berkeley, California ⓘ linked to: Berkeley California ⓘ linked to: California, United States United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
offersDegree	Doctor of Juridical Science ⓘ Juris Doctor ⓘ Master of Laws ⓘ
offersProgram	clinical programs ⓘ environmental law program ⓘ intellectual property law program ⓘ public interest law program ⓘ
partOf	University of California, Berkeley ⓘ
region	San Francisco Bay Area ⓘ
reputation	highly ranked U.S. law school ⓘ prestigious law school ⓘ

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Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

UC Berkeley School of Law → formerName → Boalt Hall School of Law ⓘ

subject linked to: School of Law

UC Berkeley School of Law → shortName → Berkeley Law ⓘ

subject linked to: School of Law