Joseph Franco - Suffolk University Law School

Professor: Joseph Franco

Department: TBD

College: Suffolk University Law School

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CONTRACTS0
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Professor Franco is an awesome guy that I really respect, however, he is not an effective professor. Taking Contracts with him as a 1L, prepare to teach yourself the entire course. I think his essay exam is fairly graded, but the multiple choice midterm is very tough. He picks 4 students to be on call and displays it at the beginning of class.

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CONT1A
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Franco is not that bad. He is clearly a genius, he just has some trouble slowing down his expert analysis to a pace which new 1L's can keep up with. Once you catch your rhythm with him however he is a great professor who doesn't actually assign all that much reading. He randomly selects 4 students per class to cover the assigned reading which is ok

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: SEC2350
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

You can tell that Professor Franco has practiced securities regulation law. There is a difference, however, between having been in the field and effectively teaching the material. His lectures are not clear. If this is your first time attempting to learn the subject, I would not recommend him. He assumes knowledge that most people do not possess.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CONTRACTS1A
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

• For Credit: Yes
• Textbook Used: Yes
• Would Take Again: Yes
• Attendance: Mandatory

Comment:

Recommended for small upper level classes but not large 1L classes. Very intelligent man, but not the best at explaining complex concepts. If you want to do Securities law or M&A, he will prepare you for professional life/work. If you want to learn the basics of a 1L subject/course, look for another option.

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CORP101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Maybethe WORST Prof. at school. DO not take any class with him. He will make you super confuse about even a simple concept. I wish Suffolk could get ride of him. I don't know how he is allowed to teach??????

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: SECREG
• Grade Received: B+
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Stay away. This class is an insane amount of work for 3 credits. There's a take-home paper AND a closed-book multiple choice final - and don't think either of them are easy just because there's 2 of them. They're both extremely time-consuming and difficult.

Rating # 7

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Very smart man, not the clearest lecturer. Lots of work for 3 credit class. Expects you to do all reading / employs a relaxed socratic method. Fair grader.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: SECSREG
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

He makes a very interesting subject very confusing. The class should absolutely be four credits because of an in class AND take home exam AND project. I would not recommend him for securities or corporate finance.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CORPS1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

He expects you to come to class and be prepared. He can be a bit (OK, very) confusing at times during his discussions. The course is a lot of work, but you definitely master the subject. I thought he was a reasonable grader on a TOUGH exam.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CORPS1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 2.5
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

I thought he taught everything backwards, and made what could be a reasonably simple course into something much more complex. We learned EVERYTHING out of order, which made it almost impossible to understand the larger picture. Thank god for crunch time

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CORP101
• 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:

This guy is one of the best professors that Suffolk has right now. I wish he taught more courses. I took Securities Regs. with him, too, and it was exactly like Corp. - tough and a lot of work, but ultimately very fair and appropriate. Franco really cares that his students learn something. He is dryly hilarious in an unexpected way, and nice.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: CORP101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Tough exam? Yes, but you ended up learning a lot & he also made sure you understand the kind of questions he may ask in his exams. Could be clearer in his lecture, but make up by being very approachable after classes & show genuine care to help you understand the materials. His Corp.Fin. class led me to my career as banking lawyer.

Rating # 13

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

Good class, lots of work but very straight forward. tough exam

Rating # 14

Overview:

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

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

Comment:

I took corporations with him the first time he taught it. He had a lot of kinks to work out. I liked the course and he was a nice guy, but his exam was extremely hard. I was pretty damn sure I bombed the exam, as I didn't even finish and missed a LOT of material, but I got a B. I'm not sure how he'll be next time, but he was certainly fair.