2005 Renovation of Law Library Main Reading Room

The renovation included new furniture, restoration of the wood paneling, new cork flooring, table lighting, and electrical connections at workstations.

2006: Step 1 New Seminar Rooms

An awkward tiered classroom was converted into three seminar rooms with new floors, cabinetry, ceilings, and lighting. and audio-visual systems.

2007: Step 2 Modernized Large Lecture Halls

We replaced fixed seating with moveable ergonomic chairs, and installed new AV systems, new desk surfaces, flooring and acoustic paneling.

2008: Step 3 West Terrace Patio, Student Center, Offices and Classrooms

• Added the Koret Interactive Learning Center, a new classroom with video-conferencing capability
• Renovated four classrooms and are converting room 140 into a Moot Court Room.
• Created new faculty offices on the fourth and fifth floors of Simon Hall.
• Are converting the west basement into a Student Center, with offices for law journals and student organizations and space for new lockers
• Are reconstructing and expanding the west terrace adjacent to the student center

2008: Step 4 South Addition

This new building complex in the law school courtyard will create a home for the law library's extensive collection two stories underground. The design includes huge skylights and open stairways to produce a light and inviting environment.

At ground level, a pavilion-style building will house a café, student lounge, and a state-of-the-art classroom. On top, a roof-deck garden will be connected by bridges to the main reading room and to the Steinhart Courtyard. A newly landscaped courtyard will create a green and vibrant transition from Berkeley Law to Bancroft Way.

See a time lapse video clip of the excavation.

2011: Step 5

Moving the Law Library from the center of the law school to the South Addition will enable us to reclaim that space and transform it into seminar rooms, offices, and legal clinics.