LAWS 2140 Property
This first-year course covers the substantive law of real property. Topics include initial acquisition, property theory, the right to exclude, land use regulation, servitudes, conveyancing, landlord-tenant law, zoning, and takings.
Course overview
- Department
- Law
- School
- LAW
- Credits
- 4
- Level
- Graduate
- Offered
- Every Spring
Course evaluations
- Course rating
- 3.91 / 5 · Very Good
- Instructor rating
- 4.07 / 5 · Very Good
- Terms evaluated
- 8
| Term | Instructor | Course overall | Instructor overall | Well organized | Clear learning objectives | Intellectually challenging | Helpful assignments | Applicable beyond course | Attendance necessary | Weekly effort | Responses |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spring 2026 | Daniel Lyons | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 64 of 72 |
| Spring 2026 | Felipe Cole | 3.5 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4–6 hrs/week | 72 of 75 |
| Spring 2026 | Mary Bilder | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 7–9 hrs/week | 69 of 73 |
| Spring 2025 | Daniel Lyons | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 7–9 hrs/week | 71 of 75 |
| Spring 2025 | Felipe Cole | 3.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4–6 hrs/week | 64 of 73 |
| Spring 2025 | Thomas Mitchell | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 7–9 hrs/week | 71 of 74 |
| Spring 2024 | Felipe Cole | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 7–9 hrs/week | 68 of 74 |
| Spring 2024 | Mary Bilder | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 7–9 hrs/week | 68 of 73 |
| Fall 2023 | Daniel Lyons | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 62 of 70 |
| Spring 2023 | Felipe Cole | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 7–9 hrs/week | 64 of 69 |
| Spring 2023 | Thomas Mitchell | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 7–9 hrs/week | 63 of 68 |
| Fall 2022 | Daniel Lyons | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 7–9 hrs/week | 67 of 75 |
| Spring 2022 | Daniel Lyons | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 7–9 hrs/week | 53 of 87 |
| Spring 2022 | Rashmi Dyal-Chand | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 7–9 hrs/week | 59 of 89 |
| Spring 2022 | Rebecca Curtin | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4–6 hrs/week | 34 of 87 |
| Fall 2021 | Mary Bilder | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 7–9 hrs/week | 49 of 88 |