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LAWS 2150

Law Practice 1 · 10 instructors on record · 32 sections

What the course score is made of

84BC evaluations32 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – Fall 2025

—Student reviewsno reviews — does not contribute

—RateMyProfessorsno ratings — does not contribute

That is the class itself, averaged across everyone who taught it. Who taught it, and how each of them scored, is the board below — that is what a student picking a section is actually choosing between.

What the challenge rank is made of

48thMore challenging than 48% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”32 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College's own “intellectually challenging” question for this class only — students answer it positively about courses that stretched them, so it measures intellectual challenge and NOT grading, workload or quality. Almost every BC class scores high on it, which is why it is shown as a rank rather than a score.

What the workload rank is made of

80thMore work than 80% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

64BC — “Workload”32 records · raw score out of 100

Boston College reports workload for this class only as one of five bands, not as a number of hours, and it does not publish what the bands mean — so this site will not translate it into hours. Higher means more work, which is not the same as worse.

All 1L students in their first semester will be enrolled in this course for which they will receive 3 credits toward satisfaction of the requirement in ABA Standard 303 for 6 experiential course credits. The curriculum will introduce students to the role of the lawyer through legal problem solving in a simulated client context. Students will be provided with instruction in: research and analysis of binding authority; identification of legally significant facts from documents, interviews, etc.; guided instruction in how to read and synthesize the law, the presentation of analysis of the law and application of the analysis to the problem facts; and preparation of office memoranda. The course involves classroom instruction and discussion, group work, and intensive individual feedback and conferencing.

The board

10 instructors · ranked on this class onlyCompare the top 3

Scores are real averages. The order also accounts for how many records back each one — the count is under every score — so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. 1 of the 10 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Cheryl BrattLaw	974 records	78th	75th	—no page
2	Maureen Van NesteLaw	945 records	81st	55th	—no page
3	Jeffrey CohenLaw	944 records	81st	71st	1007 ratings · all classes
4	Mary Ann ChirbaLaw	915 records	78th	65th	766 ratings · all classes
5	Elisabeth KellerLaw	885 records	78th	29th	—no page
6	Alice NobleLaw Provisional	741 record	78th	25th	—no page
7	Misti DuvallLaw Provisional fewer records	731 record	93rd	27th	—no page
8	Joan BlumLaw	824 records	87th	61st	—no page
9	Jennifer BehrLaw Provisional	762 records	—	4th	—no page
10	Jessica Mahon ScolesLaw Provisional	651 record	78th	1st	—no page

How this board is orderedPositions account for how many records stand behind each number, so one perfect review does not outrank a semester of them. Every score shown is the real average — only the ordering is adjusted. The comparison here is the class itself: a thin record is read against how this class was rated overall, not against the university.

Every instructor with an evaluation record for this class is on this board — it is not a top ten, and nothing is hidden behind a “show more”. Overall is the instructor's blended score for THIS class only, and its one contributing source is Boston College's evaluations for the sections in the row's record count — nothing on this board is an average across the other things they teach. Workload and Challenge are RANKS against every class we hold, not scores: BC's questions all sit near the top of the 1-5 scale, so a raw number would put almost every row in the high eighties and tell you nothing. Challenge is BC's “intellectually challenging” item, which students answer positively about courses that stretched them — it is not a measure of difficulty or grading. Neither column is ever marked better or worse. 4 of 10 rows are marked provisional: fewer than 3 records stand behind the number. That is thin evidence, not a bad instructor — the record count is in every row. The RateMyProfessors column is an instructor's overall figure across everything they teach; that site has no course dimension, so it is shown for information and kept out of the ranking.

The line

All 13 items · means across 32 records

The Professor4 items

Clearly Explains MaterialThe instructor was effective at creating an understanding of difficult subject matter.

9132nd pctl

Available Outside of ClassThe instructor was available for help outside of class.

9667th pctl

Brings Out Your Best WorkThe instructor motivated me to do my best work.

9346th pctl

Sparked My InterestThe course stimulated my interest in the subject matter.

9026th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8729th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9037th pctl

Useful Beyond the CourseWhat I learned is applicable beyond this course.

9457th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9149th pctl

Gives Feedback PromptlyI received feedback on my work in a timely manner.

8832nd pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9254th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

WorkloadHow much work the course took outside class, on Boston College's five-band scale — the band boundaries are not published, so this is not a number of hours.

6480th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9048th pctl

Attendance MattersAttending class was necessary to do well in this course.

8934th pctl

Bar length is the rank against every comparable record we hold, not the raw score: BC's questions all have a median around 4.5, so a raw-scale bar would be nearly full on every row and would tell you nothing. Every bar is one ink colour — nothing here is graded green or red. The hatched bars are not ratings at all: a higher number on either describes a different course, not a better one.

Game log

32 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Alice Noble	Fall 2025	01	74	73	60
Mary Ann Chirba	Fall 2025	02	86	79	60
Elisabeth Keller	Fall 2025	03	91	86	60
Maureen Van Neste	Fall 2025	04	99	95	80
Cheryl Bratt	Fall 2025	05	99	99	60
Misti Duvall	Fall 2025	06	73	68	80
Joan Blum	Fall 2024	01	85	80	80
Mary Ann Chirba	Fall 2024	02	88	85	60
Elisabeth Keller	Fall 2024	03	90	87	60
Maureen Van Neste	Fall 2024	04	95	91	60
Cheryl Bratt	Fall 2024	05	98	91	60
Jeffrey Cohen	Fall 2024	06	97	92	80
Joan Blum	Fall 2023	01	70	70	—
Mary Ann Chirba	Fall 2023	02	96	94	—
Elisabeth Keller	Fall 2023	03	98	95	—
Maureen Van Neste	Fall 2023	04	94	91	—
Jennifer Behr	Fall 2023	05	77	80	—
Jeffrey Cohen	Fall 2023	06	91	87	—
Joan Blum	Fall 2022	01	91	87	80
Mary Ann Chirba	Fall 2022	02	97	87	60
Elisabeth Keller	Fall 2022	03	83	83	60
Maureen Van Neste	Fall 2022	04	90	87	60
Cheryl Bratt	Fall 2022	05	93	90	60
Jeffrey Cohen	Fall 2022	06	90	88	60
Cheryl Bratt	Fall 2021	01	98	100	60

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How to read this boardInstructors are ranked on their record in this class only, never on their average across everything they teach. Scores are out of 100 — Boston College's 1–5 agreement scale, ×20, the way these numbers were printed for years. Workload is BC's own five-band figure, not a number of hours, and is shown as a rank. A dash means the question was not reported, and is never a zero.