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LAWS 9941

Antitrust Law in a Global Context · 1 instructor on record · 2 sections

What the course score is made of

88BC evaluations2 records · weight ×1.0 · Fall 2022 – Spring 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

92ndMore challenging than 92% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

98BC — “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

78thMore work than 78% of BC classesranked against every one we hold

60BC — “Workload”2 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.

Antitrust law governs much more than just mergers and acquisitions. Businesses must be aware of antitrust law when contemplating numerous business activities including joint ventures, contracts with suppliers and distributors, how to deal with competitors, what conditions can be attached to the sale or lease of goods and services, and what actions they may take as part of trade organizations. Moreover, as business becomes evermore global, lawyers need to know not just the law in the United States, but also approaches to antitrust law in other parts of the world, like the European Union. Accordingly, while the bulk of the course will cover U.S. law, the course will also cover select areas of antitrust law in foreign jurisdictions. No prior understanding of economics or trade regulation is required. Students will be taught the basic economics needed to analyze and practice antitrust law.

The only instructor on record

2 sections · nobody else has taught itFull record

Instructor	Overall	Workload	Challenge
David OlsonLaw Provisional	932 records	78th	92nd

There is no ranking to read here: David Olson is the only instructor with evaluation records for LAWS 9941, so the number is a record, not a position. It rests on 2 records, which is thin — read it as provisional.

Also taught by David Olson

6 other classes

Class	Instructors	Course score
LAWS 2110Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity	3080 records	66
LAWS 4412Intellectual Property Survey	39 records	91
LAWS 8449Semester in Practice--Dublin	36 records	95
LAWS 7840Patent Law	25 records	87
LAWS 8448SIP: Dublin Seminar	45 records	85
LAWS 9313Modern Conservative Legal Thought	15 records	87

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.

9557th pctl

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

9884th pctl

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

9565th pctl

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

9661st pctl

The Course3 items

Well-Organized CourseThe course was well organized.

9256th pctl

Clear Learning GoalsThe learning objectives for the course were clear.

9149th pctl

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

9352nd pctl

Assignments & Feedback3 items

Assignments Help You LearnAssignments and exams contributed to my learning.

9153rd pctl

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

9677th pctl

Meaningful FeedbackThe feedback I received on my work was meaningful.

9464th 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.

6078th pctl

Intellectually ChallengingThe course was intellectually challenging.

9892nd pctl

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

9357th 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

2 sections · newest first

Instructor	Term	Sec	Instr	Course	Work
David Olson	Spring 2025	01	92	88	60
David Olson	Fall 2022	01	94	89	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.