By: Alex Carmona (2L)
With files from Marita Zouravlioff (3L) and Nathan Rattansey (1L)
Everyone knows that once a semester, students are presented with a trusty Scantron and asked to take 15 minutes to evaluate their classes (5 to actually fill out the form, and 10 to dick around). But what you may not have known is that the results of these evaluations are technically public. Sure, they take months to be released, and accessing them is akin to visiting someone in prison, but with enough of a will, it can be done. To spare you the annoyance, the editors at UV have slogged through the data and present the best and worst professors U of T Law has to offer. Scores are created from an average of the only two important questions on the evaluation: Overall, the instructor is an effective teacher and Overall, this was a good course.
*Note: Classes with less than 15 students were discounted, and professors teaching more than one class had their scores averaged between the two equally (no weighted averages based on class size, because I’m a law student, not a damn statistician). 1 (strongly agree) is the best, while 5 (strongly disagree) is the worst.
Top 10
Professor | Course(s) | Score |
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Youth Criminal Justice | 1.04 |
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First Year: Contracts A
Theory Private Law: Selected Topics and Texts |
1.08 |
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Franchise and Distribution Law | 1.105 |
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New Directions in Energy Regulation | 1.125 |
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Securities Regulation | 1.13 |
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Shareholder Activism | 1.14 |
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First Year: Criminal Law B
Evidence Law |
1.14 |
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Crime and Punishment: Mandatory Minimums, the Death Penalty and other Current Debates | 1.14 |
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Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Law | 1.15 |
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First Year: Constitutional Law C | 1.17 |
Bottom 10
Professor | Course(s) | Average Score |
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First Year: Administrative Law BB | 3.43 |
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First Year: Legal Process, Professionalism and Ethics BB | 3.21 |
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First Year: Constitutional Law B | 2.95 |
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Wills And Estate Planning | 2.74 |
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First Year: Administrative Law CC | 2.69 |
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Bankruptcy | 2.66 |
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First Year: Administrative Law DD
First Year: Administrative Law AA |
2.59 |
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Law of International Business and Finance Transactions
Business Organizations |
2.51 |
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Issues in Criminal Justice | 2.43 |
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Advanced Legal Research and Writing | 2.26 |