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LAWS 7727

Whistleblowing and Retaliation · 1 instructor on record · 4 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations4 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 2025

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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

39thMore challenging than 39% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

89BC — “Intellectually Challenging”4 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

45thMore work than 45% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

55BC — “Workload”4 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 laws relating to whistleblowing have evolved dramatically in the last twenty years. Additionally, whistleblowers in both the private and public sector have increasingly played a more prominent role in influencing social reform and public policy. The courts, legislatures, and government agencies charged with enforcing whistleblower laws have wrestled with the degree to which whistleblowers should be protected from retaliation and under what circumstances they should be incentivized to come forward by the prospect of a monetary award. In the private sector, courts remain divided over the proper balance between whistleblower protection and enforcement of legitimate corporate business interests such as the protection of confidential and proprietary information and trade secrets. In the public sector, challenges abound to balance to competing interests in disclosing alleged wrongdoing while protecting national security. In addition to examining the dramatic evolution of the laws and social policies relating to whistleblowing, this course will also examine the many ethical issues presented such as when and under what circumstances can an attorney present as a whistleblower. Finally, this course will examine best practices from a corporate compliance perspective to foster transparency and to effectively investigate whistleblower claims as they arise.

The only instructor on record

4 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Gregory KeatingLaw	894 records	45th	39th

There is no ranking to read here: Gregory Keating is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 7727, so the number is a record, not a position.

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 4 records

The Professor4 items

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

9450th pctl

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

9345th pctl

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

9138th pctl

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

9661st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

8625th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

8727th pctl

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

9137th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8939th pctl

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

9254th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8315th 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.

5545th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

8939th pctl

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

9252nd 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

4 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Gregory Keating	Fall 2025	01	95	95	60
Gregory Keating	Spring 2024	01	86	84	40
Gregory Keating	Spring 2023	01	84	78	60
Gregory Keating	Spring 2022	01	93	83	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.