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LAWS 2190

Professional Responsibility · 9 instructors on record · 26 sections

What the course score is made of

74BC evaluations26 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2021 – 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

3rdMore challenging than 3% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

76BC — “Intellectually Challenging”26 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

27thMore work than 27% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

44BC — “Workload”26 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.

This course focuses on central issues of professional responsibility faced by most lawyers in the practice of law, whether in the public or private sector. Included may be problems of client confidences, conflicts of interest, behavior in court, obligations to represent unpopular clients and other restrictions on a lawyer's own speech and actions. Other topics focus on the fundamental moral responsibility of lawyers, analyzed in terms of the rules governing attorney conduct, principles of moral philosophy and the pressures that create ethical blindness.

The board

9 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. 2 of the 9 rows carry a mark saying so.

Rank	Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge	RMP overall
1	Paul TremblayLaw	956 records	45th	17th	—no page
2	Stuart HurowitzLaw	895 records	25th	5th	985 ratings · all classes
3	Glenn CunhaLaw	854 records	25th	3rd	—no page
4	Thomas MaffeiLaw Provisional	791 record	—	—	—no page
5	Nancy KaufmanLaw Provisional fewer records	761 record	25th	2nd	—no page
6	Brandon WhiteLaw Provisional	772 records	25th	3rd	—no page
7	Edward ChengLaw	704 records	25th	2nd	—no page
8	Stacy SilveiraLaw Provisional fewer records	481 record	25th	0th	—no page
9	Stacey BestLaw Provisional	622 records	39th	0th	—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. 5 of 9 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 26 records

The Professor4 items

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

8616th pctl

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

8714th pctl

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

8412th pctl

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

8611th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8418th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8519th pctl

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

8928th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8210th pctl

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

8626th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8519th 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.

4427th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

763rd pctl

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

798th 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

26 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Edward Cheng	Spring 2026	04	69	66	40
Stuart Hurowitz	Fall 2025	01	89	82	40
Glenn Cunha	Fall 2025	02	82	76	40
Stacy Silveira	Fall 2025	03	48	42	40
Edward Cheng	Spring 2025	04	76	67	40
Stuart Hurowitz	Fall 2024	01	87	79	40
Glenn Cunha	Fall 2024	02	88	81	40
Paul Tremblay	Spring 2024	01	100	90	—
Paul Tremblay	Spring 2024	02	100	90	—
Edward Cheng	Spring 2024	03	67	62	40
Stacey Best	Spring 2024	04	63	59	60
Thomas Maffei	Fall 2023	01	79	73	—
Stuart Hurowitz	Fall 2023	02	92	84	—
Glenn Cunha	Fall 2023	03	89	82	—
Paul Tremblay	Spring 2023	01	91	78	60
Paul Tremblay	Spring 2023	02	90	79	60
Edward Cheng	Spring 2023	03	67	64	40
Stacey Best	Spring 2023	04	60	53	40
Brandon White	Fall 2022	01	74	70	40
Stuart Hurowitz	Fall 2022	02	87	75	40
Glenn Cunha	Fall 2022	03	81	71	40
Paul Tremblay	Spring 2022	01	92	85	60
Nancy Kaufman	Spring 2022	02	76	74	40
Paul Tremblay	Spring 2022	04	95	95	40
Brandon White	Fall 2021	01	80	72	40

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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.