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LAWS 4462

Advanced Innocence Clinic · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

95BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2025 – 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

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

90BC — “Intellectually Challenging”2 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

—BC — “Workload”2 records — does not contribute

Boston College's workload question was not reported in these records, so there is nothing to show. That is missing data, not a light class.

The Advanced Innocence Clinic allows students who have taken Wrongful Convictions and completed the BC Innocence Clinic the opportunity, with permission of the Innocence Program Director, to develop advanced and/or new lawyering skills on BC Innocence Program cases and/or policy reform collaborations. Advanced Innocence Clinic students work under the supervision of the BCIP Director and Staff Attorneys. Representative activities include drafting motions for post-conviction relief and supporting memoranda of law on behalf of wrongfully convicted clients, working with forensic experts, preparing for post-conviction discovery and evidentiary hearings, and collaborating with community partners on innovative law reforms aimed at preventing or remedying wrongful convictions. Students may earn 2-3 credits in the Advanced Innocence Clinic.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Sharon BeckmanLaw Provisional	952 records	—	48th

There is no ranking to read here: Sharon Beckman is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 4462, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by Sharon Beckman

2 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
LAWS 8263BC Innocence Program Clinic	213 records	92
LAWS 4461Wrongful Convictions	15 records	91

Other LAWS classes

All of them

Class	Instructors	Course score
LAWS 2110Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity	3080 records	66
LAWS 8667Legal Practice Externship	251 records	91
LAWS 2150Law Practice 1	1032 records	84
LAWS 2155Law Practice II	1032 records	83
LAWS 8130Advanced Legal Research	829 records	92
LAWS 2190Professional Responsibility	926 records	74

The line

All 13 items · means across 2 records

The Professor4 items

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

9030th pctl

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

9028th pctl

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

100100th pctl

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

100100th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8011th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9042nd pctl

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

100100th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

808th pctl

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

9044th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

100100th pctl

Workload, difficulty & attendanceNot ratings

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9048th 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. 2 of 13 questions were not reported and are left out rather than shown as zero.

Game log

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Sharon Beckman	Spring 2026	01	100	100	—
Sharon Beckman	Fall 2025	01	90	90	—

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.