LAWS8133 · Law
Boston College Law School
Business Law Research is a simulation class in which students develop primarily their legal research skills, but also other lawyering skills such as organization and management of legal work, professional ethics, and collaboration. Students will educate themselves on critical research skills for transactional law practice through legal compliance scenarios that apply state, federal, and local law. Students in this class will also develop key business law research skills needed for drafting contracts and working on other important transactional tasks, such as due diligence for business combinations. Most initial research instruction takes place outside the classroom so that students can work on simulations in the classroom and receive guidance from the instructor. There are multiple opportunities for self-evaluation as well as extensive feedback on a regular basis from the instructor.
Course experience
Averages use the original five-point historical evaluation scale.
Organization
4.8 / 5
How well the course was organized
Challenge
4.4 / 5
How intellectually challenging students found it
Attendance
4.5 / 5
How necessary attendance was
Assignments
4.7 / 5
How helpful assignments were
Weekly effort
~3
hours per week
Estimated from the original workload response buckets. Individual sections may differ.
Instructor options
Ratings below reflect only recovered evaluations connected to this course.
Across time
Section-level results available in the recovered archive.
Spring 2025
1 sectionSpring 2024
1 sectionSpring 2022
1 sectionSpring 2021
1 sectionSpring 2020
1 section