Marshall Davidson - Nashville School of Law, Nashville, TN

Professor: Marshall Davidson

Department: Law

College: Nashville School of Law, Nashville, TN

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1144
• Grade Received: A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He is a great professor. He is the most organized and clear professor at NSL, but the tests are difficult.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1144
• Grade Received: A+
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

He has a very organized lecture. It is clear he has been doing this a long time. His midterm was much harder than the final. Read the cases, do your briefs, and go to class. It isn't rocket science but lots of people got tripped up by his class. Great professor though. Take hime for Advanced Torts too!

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Excellent instruction by a man who was in the room when a lot of the assigned cases were decided. Read the cases and do your own briefs, and you'll be fine. Don't talk in class just to hear yourself talk. You'll be exposed for the weakling 1L you are. The Dobbs book is optional. You will be tested on TN law.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: TORTS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

very straightforward lectures, learns what he goes over, Tough exams!

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: TORTS
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great Professor. Doesn't really teach from the book. His lectures are what you want to pay attention to. Take notes, he will put the subjects/topics on a projector. Those are what you want to focus on. Doesn't cold call and will let you know if your going to brief prior to class starting. The book was useless.

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: TORTS2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Marshall Davidson is my favorite teacher because he is so organized and teaches you exactly what he wants you to know without reading millions of cases on how we got to the applicable law. It makes it so much easier to understand and Advanced Torts is just as good!

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Davidson is a great teacher. He really knows Torts and teaches the subject well. His organization makes the amount of information easier to tolerate. Very hard final! Study like your life depends on it.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Great instructor who gave the hardest final exam I've ever seen. I'm still having flashbacks from that night. Work really hard and you'll learn torts in Davidson's class.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Excellent professor! He's tough, but you really learn the subject! If you get the verbatims, you will do great!

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

He's a nice guy. Clear in his teaching. Loves Torts and knows all about torts! :)

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: TORTS810
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Davidson really knows his stuff. The book proved usless, untill the 2 nights out of the whole year, he did not give class. He presents the material in a clear and organized manner. But still study...it is alot of material to remember.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: TORT101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Wonderful Class and excellent teacher. Very helpful!

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1144
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Best first year Professor at NSL.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: TORTS000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Nice guy. Hard tests. Teaches in a clear, slightly boring manner. Don't bother to read the textbook or buy an outside help. Everything you need is in the notes. Ask around for the 2nd semester notes and you can just read along.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: TORTS113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Excellent Instructor! He is clear and concise in his teaching. He uses slides with the pertinent material for each class. Torts is a hard class but if you study the briefs and take good notes you will do well. There are no surprises on the material that we need to learn. He is a very thorough teacher.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: TORTS101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Awesome

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: TORTS1L
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Good teacher

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: TORTS113
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Davidson is the best 1st year teacher at NSL. He is very serious about the subject and expects your best at all times. He has a very dry sense of humor, but is funny in his own right. The only time I have seen him irritated is when he was asked a question off point. He is very no nonsense,but I appreciate his professionalism.Great teacher!

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: TORTS109
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Davidson exemplifies every bad law school cliche ever. His supposed use of the Socratic method is really just an excuse to abuse and haze 1Ls. His delivery is not only boring but also so scripted that you can - literally! - read along word for word from the previous year's verbs. Actively discourages questions and uses them as a chance to insult.

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: TORTSTORT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: N/A
• Textbook Used: No
• Would Take Again: N/A
• Attendance: N/A

Comment:

Dry humor, but very informative.