LAWS 2110 Critical Perspectives: Law, Context, and Professional Identity
This is a required, one-credit, pass/fail Fall course for incoming 1Ls. The course will introduce a core set of critical perspectives that will give 1L students the basic skills to begin to think deeply about the role of race, gender, wealth, and power in the law, in the law school, and in their own professional identity formation.
Course overview
- Department
- Law
- School
- LAW
- Credits
- 0
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Annually
Catalog details
- Prerequisites
- Permission of Department
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.33 / 5 · Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.26 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 4
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | Amanda Teo | 3.3 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 3.9 | 4.1 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 16 |
| Fall 2025 | Ana Rivera | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.9 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 15 |
| Fall 2025 | Aziz Rana | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 15 |
| Fall 2025 | Brian Quinn | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 15 |
| Fall 2025 | Claire Donohue Prono | 3.4 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.6 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 12 of 15 |
| Fall 2025 | Daniela Urosa | 3.8 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 12 of 14 |
| Fall 2025 | David Martin | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.9 | 2.7 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 12 of 14 |
| Fall 2025 | Evangeline Sarda | 3.9 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 14 |
| Fall 2025 | Felipe Cole | 3.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 15 |
| Fall 2025 | Filippa Anzalone | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.8 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 14 |
| Fall 2025 | Geraldine Hines | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 3.7 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 14 |
| Fall 2025 | Laurel Davis | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 209 of 233 |
| Fall 2025 | Paulo Barrozo | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 12 of 13 |
| Fall 2025 | Raul Carrillo | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 15 |
| Fall 2025 | Reena Parikh | 4.3 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.4 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 12 of 14 |
| Fall 2024 | Daniel Farbman | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 84 of 89 |
| Fall 2024 | Daniela Urosa | 3.3 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 84 of 90 |
| Fall 2024 | David Martin | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 3.8 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 89 of 94 |
| Fall 2024 | Elisabeth Medvedow | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 91 of 92 |
| Fall 2024 | Filippa Anzalone | 3.3 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 3.9 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 90 of 94 |
| Fall 2024 | Geraldine Hines | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 92 of 94 |
| Fall 2024 | Laurel Davis | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 89 of 92 |
| Fall 2024 | Mary Holper | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 87 of 92 |
| Fall 2024 | Paulo Barrozo | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 93 of 94 |
| Fall 2024 | Reena Parikh | 3.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 89 of 90 |
| Fall 2024 | Stephanie Farne | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.0 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 89 of 93 |
| Fall 2023 | Alan Minuskin | 2.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Cheryl Bratt | 2.7 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.5 | 3.6 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 82 of 87 |
| Fall 2023 | Claire Donohue Prono | 3.2 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3.8 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 63 of 70 |
| Fall 2023 | Daniela Urosa | 3.6 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.2 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 13 |
| Fall 2023 | Elisabeth Medvedow | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.3 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Evangeline Sarda | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Geraldine Hines | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 3.5 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 15 |
| Fall 2023 | Heather Arroyo | 2.7 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 11 of 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Jenna Cobb | 3.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 3.7 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 15 of 15 |
| Fall 2023 | Karen Breda | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.2 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 15 |
| Fall 2023 | Laurel Davis | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.9 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 63 of 72 |
| Fall 2023 | Lumina Sato | 1.9 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 14 of 15 |
| Fall 2023 | Maureen Van Neste | 2.6 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 3.6 | ≤ 1 hr/week | 13 of 14 |
| Fall 2023 | Reena Parikh | 3.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 1–3 hrs/week | 13 of 14 |
Data freshness
Instructors
- Alan Minuskin
- Amanda Teo
- Ana Rivera
- Aziz Rana
- Brian Quinn
- Cheryl Bratt
- Claire Donohue Prono
- Daniel Farbman
- Daniela Urosa
- David Martin
- David Olson
- Elisabeth Medvedow
- Evangeline Sarda
- Felipe Cole
- Filippa Anzalone
- Geraldine Hines
- Heather Arroyo
- Jenna Cobb
- Joseph Liu
- Judith Mc Morrow
- Karen Breda
- Laurel Davis
- Lumina Sato
- Mary Holper
- Maureen Van Neste
- Paulo Barrozo
- Raul Carrillo
- Reena Parikh
- Stephanie Farne
- Vik Kanwar