LAWS 3333
Legal Analysis for Practice · 5 instructors on record · 13 sections
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.
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.
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 will further develop and strengthen students' legal analysis and problem-solving skills. Using a practice-oriented approach, the class puts students in the position of new associates at a law firm working with a senior partner (the professor). The course focuses on enhancing fundamental lawyering skills such as reading comprehension, rule mastery, issue spotting, outlining, the mechanics of legal analysis, and strong writing. Throughout the course, students will have multiple opportunities for hands-on practice of these skills through focused drills, group exercises, and workbook activities. The course enhances learning by providing students with individual feedback to learn how to evaluate their work and see a clear pathway for consistent improvement. Evaluation will be based on (1) Good faith completion of a Diagnostic Exam; (2) Timely completion of all quizzes, in-class assignments, and homework assignments; (3) Class Participation; (4) Compliance with Attendance Policy; (5) Midterm Exam; and (6) Final Exam.
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.
| Rank | Instructor | Overall | Workload | Challenge |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jane LovinsLaw | 975 records | 81st | 48th |
| 2 | Alice NobleLaw | 963 records | 85th | 53rd |
| 3 | Judith Mc MorrowLaw Provisional | 911 record | 78th | 56th |
| 4 | Glenn CunhaLaw Provisional | 901 record | — | 9th |
| 5 | Nina FarberLaw | 853 records | 78th | 31st |
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. 2 of 5 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 line
All 13 items · means across 13 recordsBar 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
13 sections · newest first| Instructor | Term | Sec | Instr | Course | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Cunha | Fall 2025 | 01 | 90 | 77 | — |
| Nina Farber | Fall 2025 | 02 | 73 | 80 | 60 |
| Jane Lovins | Fall 2025 | 03 | 100 | 100 | 60 |
| Alice Noble | Fall 2024 | 01 | 100 | 96 | 60 |
| Nina Farber | Fall 2024 | 02 | 90 | 93 | — |
| Jane Lovins | Fall 2024 | 03 | 92 | 92 | — |
| Alice Noble | Fall 2023 | 01 | 95 | 95 | — |
| Nina Farber | Fall 2023 | 02 | 91 | 82 | — |
| Jane Lovins | Fall 2023 | 03 | 100 | 94 | — |
| Alice Noble | Fall 2022 | 01 | 93 | 87 | 80 |
| Jane Lovins | Fall 2022 | 03 | 100 | 94 | 80 |
| Judith Mc Morrow | Fall 2021 | 01 | 91 | 91 | 60 |
| Jane Lovins | Fall 2021 | 02 | 95 | 95 | 60 |
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.