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LAWS 2155

Law Practice II · 10 instructors on record · 32 sections

What the course score is made of

83BC evaluations32 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Spring 2026

—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

51stMore challenging than 51% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

91BC — “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

79thMore work than 79% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

63BC — “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.

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	985 records	78th	84th	—no page
2	Maureen Van NesteLaw	955 records	46th	63rd	—no page
3	Jeffrey CohenLaw	944 records	78th	74th	1007 ratings · all classes
4	Elisabeth KellerLaw	915 records	78th	41st	—no page
5	Mary Ann ChirbaLaw	875 records	80th	56th	766 ratings · all classes
6	Misti DuvallLaw Provisional	801 record	78th	10th	—no page
7	Evida Joan BlumLaw Provisional	781 record	78th	19th	—no page
8	Jessica Mahon ScolesLaw Provisional fewer records	721 record	78th	4th	—no page
9	Joan BlumLaw	763 records	87th	27th	—no page
10	Jennifer BehrLaw Provisional	712 records	100th	31st	—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.

9136th pctl

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

9671st 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.

9129th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8729th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9042nd pctl

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

9353rd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9040th pctl

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

8421st pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9147th 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.

6379th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9151st pctl

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

8417th 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
Evida Joan Blum	Spring 2026	01	78	66	60
Mary Ann Chirba	Spring 2026	02	92	86	60
Elisabeth Keller	Spring 2026	03	91	79	60
Maureen Van Neste	Spring 2026	04	95	86	40
Cheryl Bratt	Spring 2026	05	99	98	60
Misti Duvall	Spring 2026	06	80	73	60
Joan Blum	Spring 2025	01	77	70	100
Mary Ann Chirba	Spring 2025	02	76	67	60
Elisabeth Keller	Spring 2025	03	93	87	60
Maureen Van Neste	Spring 2025	04	97	92	60
Cheryl Bratt	Spring 2025	05	95	90	60
Jeffrey Cohen	Spring 2025	06	95	93	60
Joan Blum	Spring 2024	01	73	65	60
Mary Ann Chirba	Spring 2024	02	93	88	60
Elisabeth Keller	Spring 2024	03	96	95	60
Maureen Van Neste	Spring 2024	04	94	88	60
Cheryl Bratt	Spring 2024	05	97	90	60
Jeffrey Cohen	Spring 2024	06	91	89	60
Jennifer Behr	Spring 2023	01	68	68	—
Mary Ann Chirba	Spring 2023	02	93	88	80
Elisabeth Keller	Spring 2023	03	88	83	—
Maureen Van Neste	Spring 2023	04	93	90	60
Cheryl Bratt	Spring 2023	05	99	96	60
Jeffrey Cohen	Spring 2023	06	94	90	60
Cheryl Bratt	Spring 2022	01	100	97	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.