W. P. Colin Smith - New England Law: Boston

Professor: W. P. Colin Smith

Department: TBD

College: New England Law: Boston

Rating # 1

Overview:

• Course: CIVILPROCEDURE
• Grade Received: A-
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Professor Smith is sneakily one the best professors you will have at NESL. There is no denying that he is a curmudgeon and is at times outwardly offensive, but he has a process and if you buy in you will learn more about civil procedure and the practice of law than you could ever hope for....

Rating # 2

Overview:

• Course: CIVPRO
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

I admire the man. The man who made millions & can sit back & demonstrate the bare minimum of what it takes to get by. But as a professor he's awful. Talked about shrooms & acid. Definitely trippin on somethin. If you dont "get" him you're screwed. And not many people do. Dont feel too bad if your grade in his class is lower than your other grades.

Rating # 3

Overview:

• Course: CIVPRIL
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

You either get him or dont. Dont expect a standard teach from the book professor. He is the savy lawyer you dont want to have going up against you in court. Brings some excellent practical epplication to a notoriously boring course regardless of professor. He is willing to the extra mile to talk with you and go over material outside of class.

Rating # 4

Overview:

• Course: CIVPR1L
• 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:

Here is the Scoop on Smith. 1. Did you do the reading? This includes the notes? 2. Did you brief the cases…all of them? 3. Did you take it on yourself to look up the supplements when you didn’t understand a concept? 4. Or did you go in expecting him to teach it all to you and rely on those of us who talked to carry the class, since no cold calls?

Rating # 5

Overview:

• Course: CIVPRD
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wow - truly the worst product of tenure. Unprepared, disrespectful, and utterly lazy. Gets his own exam questions wrong. Treats precious time like its story time for his good ole lawyering days. Abysmal

Rating # 6

Overview:

• Course: MREE01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Cocky, rude and lazy. Good luck getting a copy of your exam from him. Also, he does not even provide comments on what you did wrong. How is one to learn?

Rating # 7

Overview:

• Course: CIVPRD2
• 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:

Worst class of 1L (even though I got a B+). This guy 50 multiple choice questions as our mid-year exam in Dec and then gave us a letter grade for the exam in Jan without giving us the answers to the exam or even letting us know how many questions we got right/wrong. He is lazy and does not care whether his students learned anything or not.

Rating # 8

Overview:

• Course: CIVPRD2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

Wish I could get a refund on this one. As a section I think we got absolutely scammed out of a highly bar tested course. He is a terrible human being and teacher. If you have him start teaching yourself for his ridiculously cumbersome exams.

Rating # 9

Overview:

• Course: CIVPR02
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 4.0

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

Comment:

Don't ever take Smith for any class. He's awful. He has no teaching style; he just walks into class & rants. He hates teaching & students, & it shows. He's rude to students. All this I could handle, if he actually taught well. Everything I know, I taught myself. His exams are poorly written and often have no correct answer. NEVER TAKE SMITH.

Rating # 10

Overview:

• Course: CIVD2
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

What an awful professor. He is content to do the absolute minimum,always. He tells irrelevant stories instead of teaching. Everything I know about Civil Procedure, I taught myself. Cocky, disrespectful, & rude to students. I would NEVER take him again, for any class. He hates teaching and hates students, and it shows. Avoid Smith like the plague.

Rating # 11

Overview:

• Course: CIVPR101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 5.0

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

Comment:

In my personal opinion this guy is an absolutely horrendous professor! Save yourself the time, energy and trouble and do not take him for any class ever! I cannot even begin to comprehend his teaching style. Everything I have learned Civil Procedure I have learned myself. I will personally never take a class with this guy again.

Rating # 12

Overview:

• Course: MRET1
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Took Smith for Modern Real Estate Transactions. He prefers to lecture rather than use the Socratic Method, but is a stickler for attendance. Overall a good prof, but keep up on the reading - not for getting called on, but you'll be doing a lot of self-teaching. All in all, worth taking.

Rating # 13

Overview:

• Course: MREE01
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Has a story for everything, and if you are the type of person that can excel in his unique teaching style, he is a great professor.

Rating # 14

Overview:

• Course: LPME
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

Way out of touch with reality. Teaches you how to be a bottom feeder. LPM course is about ow to make some $ w/o becoming a real lawyer.

Rating # 15

Overview:

• Course: MRET101
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 1.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

The administration suggests taking this class as a review for property law. perhaps this course serves as a review with other professor but NOT with Smith. I have no idea what this class is about, the rule of law in the cases seems irrelevant to the class and I have NO CLUE what I am supposed to extract from lecture.

Rating # 16

Overview:

• Course: MODRERED
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 5.0
• Course Difficulty: 1.0

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

Comment:

best teacher in the whole school. His storys are really fables, each one has a kernel of knowledge to it. Try to figure out why hes telling his odd ball story and you'll do alright,

Rating # 17

Overview:

• Course: MRESECT
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.5
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

content to teach the class himself w/ minimal student participation, not nessesarily a bad thing. Lots of handout paper which are important. Easy class, easy teacher.

Rating # 18

Overview:

• Course: MANY000
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Took CivPro, Law Practice Mgmt, R/E courses - appreciation grew as I progressed, now that I'm out, appreciate all that much more.

Rating # 19

Overview:

• Course: REALESTATE
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 3.0
• Course Difficulty: 2.0

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

Comment:

he was okay. Way into himself. I don't even think he reads the final papers. Easy B while you surf the net in class

Rating # 20

Overview:

• Course: LPMCIVPR
• Grade Received: N/A
• Overall Rating: 4.5
• Course Difficulty: 3.0

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

Comment:

Does this stuff for real, not ivory tower, liked him once I got to know him - better in the upper level classes