Spring 2022 Course Evaluations

What aspect(s) of the course or instruction could be improved?

Posting of slides with elements, maybe having a TA. Not helpful that everything is written out on the board and there’s nothing electronic we can refer back to. The course material often didn’t include everything he expected us to know so it was difficult scribbling everything down hoping it’s right. This is a class that I wish we had a TA in. While Eisenstat is helpful and available to answer questions, it would be very helpful to have a TA do a review to run through the elements of each tort etc. Towards the end of the semester the course work was rushed. We no longer spent time briefing the cases we read and instead rushed through the material to finish it. Also a TA who did reviews could be helpful Sometimes it was unclear what the assigned reading for the next class would be. HAVING A TA FOR THIS COURSE (really disliked that we didn’t have one, think it would really benefit the class if we did) Prof. Eisenstat is INCREDIBLY problematic and it would be in Suffolk’s best interest to invest in some sensitivity training ASAP. He used extremely unacceptable racial terms repeatedly in class, his book commentary uses outdated and offensive terms, used incorrect terms for members of the LGBTQIA community, made his thoughts on the pandemic very obvious, and he generally overstepped many lines that never should have been crossed. It’s incredibly uncomfortable to be a student in his class. I will absolutely avoid taking him again. Eisenstat was sometimes a little scattered and reading assignments were confusing in format- jumping from one area of the book to another and then back again. ’- Better time management and syllabus organization. Having readings out in the ether and not actually tied to dates is difficult for time management, and has lead us to having some days where the readings are too little, then other days where we have two or three times the reading because we’re behind. - There needs to be a better environment fostered. We have heard many times the line that liberals need to be in uncomfortable positions and outside their comfort zones, but also that conservatives should not be made uncomfortable. The double standard of that is pervasive in the class and mood of the room. I agree with there needing to be many voices to encourage discussion, learning, and depart from highly polarized country, but in order for it to actually work we need to treat both sides equally. - To the above point, while there needs to be discussions in law school and we need to face uncomfortable topics and a wide variety of viewpoints, we also need to come at it respectfully. Laughing and asking "can gays get married?" is not really okay 7 years after Obergefell. Going on a long talk about the use of the word "negro" is not okay, there is a way to mention it in the context of cases and history in a way that does not go on for a long time (many professors in undergrad and

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