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The Top 10 Best and Worst Classes at U of T Law

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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
  1. Brock Jones
Youth Criminal Justice 1.04
  1. Peter Benson
First Year: Contracts A 

Theory Private Law: Selected Topics and Texts

1.08
  1. Adam Ship
Franchise and Distribution Law 1.105
  1. George Vegh
New Directions in Energy Regulation 1.125
  1. Anita Anand
Securities Regulation 1.13
  1. Andrew Matheson
Shareholder Activism 1.14
  1. Martha Shaffer
First Year: Criminal Law B 

Evidence Law

1.14
  1. Nader Hasan
Crime and Punishment: Mandatory Minimums, the Death Penalty and other Current Debates 1.14
  1. Kerry Wilkins
Aboriginal Peoples and Canadian Law 1.15
  1. Yasmin Dawood
First Year: Constitutional Law C 1.17

Bottom 10

 

Professor Course(s) Average Score
  1. Markus Dubber
First Year: Administrative Law BB 3.43
  1. Blaine Baker
First Year: Legal Process, Professionalism and Ethics BB 3.21
  1. Lorraine Weinrib
First Year: Constitutional Law B 2.95
  1. Karon Bales
Wills And Estate Planning 2.74
  1. Denise Reaume
First Year: Administrative Law CC 2.69
  1. Jane Dietrich
Bankruptcy 2.66
  1. Andrew Green
First Year: Administrative Law DD 

First Year: Administrative Law AA

2.59
  1. Mohammed Fadel
Law of International Business and Finance Transactions 

Business Organizations

2.51
  1. Martin Friedland
Issues in Criminal Justice 2.43
  1. Sara Faherty
Advanced Legal Research and Writing 2.26

 

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