LAWS 8008 Introduction to Community Economic Development

Name: Introduction to Community Economic Development
Rating: 3.47 (15 reviews)

1L ELECTIVE This class will explore community economic development practice and lawyering. The objective is to give first year students an introduction to issues that lawyers are likely to encounter in community-centered legal work, with an emphasis on transactional legal work. In the classroom, we will cover essential lawyering skills and substantive legal topics through discussion, drafting exercises, and case studies.

Course overview

Department: Law
School: LAW
Credits: 3
Level: Graduate
Offered: Every Spring

Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 3.47 / 5 · Good
15 responses
Instructor rating: 3.87 / 5 · Very Good
15 responses
Terms evaluated: 1
Most recent: Spring 2026

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
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	Carlos Teuscher	3.5	3.9	3.5	3.2	3.7	3.7	4.4	4.1	1–3 hrs/week	15 of 17

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

Carlos Teuscher
Spring 2026 · Official rating 3.87/5