LAWS 8340 Project Entrepreneur

Project Entrepreneur offers hands-on, practical experience in counseling entrepreneurs hoping to launch a business. These entrepreneurs face unique challenges -- all have criminal records and many of them were formerly incarcerated. The mission of Project Entrepreneur is to equip these entrepreneurs with the tools necessary to create a new business enterprise through networking and mentorship and the completion of an important " entrepreneurial legal fundamentals" class focused on business development, operations, sales and marketing, and strategy.

Course overview

Department
Law
School
LAW
Credits
3
Level
Graduate
Offered
Every Fall

Catalog details

Prerequisites
LAWS7750 or Professional Responsibility/Ethics is recommended but not required. or Permission of Department

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Course evaluations

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

Course rating
4.54 / 5 · Excellent
50 responses
Instructor rating
4.60 / 5 · Excellent
50 responses
Terms evaluated
5
Most recent: Fall 2025

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
TermInstructorCourse overallInstructor overallWell organizedClear learning objectivesIntellectually challengingHelpful assignmentsApplicable beyond courseAttendance necessaryWeekly effortResponses
Fall 2025Lawrence Gennari4.54.84.64.74.64.64.84.84–6 hrs/week11 of 14
Fall 2024Lawrence Gennari5.05.04.85.04.84.95.05.04–6 hrs/week10 of 11
Fall 2023Lawrence Gennari—————————11 of 11
Fall 2022Lawrence Gennari4.44.54.54.54.54.64.84.54–6 hrs/week11 of 14
Fall 2021Lawrence Gennari4.14.14.34.64.64.34.64.64–6 hrs/week7 of 10

Data freshness

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

Instructors

  • Lawrence Gennari
    Fall 2025, Fall 2024, Fall 2023, Fall 2022, Fall 2021 · Official rating 4.60/5