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LAWS 8412

In House Externship Seminar · 1 instructor on record · 7 sections

What the course score is made of

85BC evaluations7 records · weight ×1.0 · Spring 2022 – Fall 2025

—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

6thMore challenging than 6% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

79BC — “Intellectually Challenging”7 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

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

36BC — “Workload”7 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 seminar is for students who are externing with an in-house legal department and will cover various topics such as: the role of in-house counsel, working with outside counsel, identifying ethical issues when representing an organization, intellectual property & privacy concerns, communication strategies when engaging and working with business teams and other departments throughout the company or organization, etc. The faculty member will work with students to develop personal learning goals that include concrete strategies the students will use to achieve each goal and how they will measure their progress. The seminar is designed to be practical, reflective and interactive. Students will be encouraged to discuss and the faculty member will advise on common workplace challenges such as managing their time, structuring legal research for business settings, communicating with supervisors, collaborating on work assignments, and learning appropriate workplace etiquette.The seminar meets every other week throughout the semester. It is a one credit class. Students will be required to complete assigned reading, submit journal entries, and participate in class discussions.

The only instructor on record

7 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
Janelle PeiczarkaLaw	917 records	3rd	6th

There is no ranking to read here: Janelle Peiczarka is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 8412, 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 7 records

The Professor4 items

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

9343rd pctl

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

9136th 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.

9235th pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9256th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9144th pctl

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

9138th pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

8725th pctl

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

8216th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

8622nd 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.

363rd pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

796th pctl

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

8316th 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

7 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
Janelle Peiczarka	Fall 2025	01	95	93	40
Janelle Peiczarka	Spring 2025	01	92	80	40
Janelle Peiczarka	Fall 2024	01	90	83	—
Janelle Peiczarka	Spring 2024	01	94	84	40
Janelle Peiczarka	Spring 2023	01	96	96	40
Janelle Peiczarka	Fall 2022	01	86	80	—
Janelle Peiczarka	Spring 2022	01	87	77	20

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.