Spring 2022 Course Evaluations

less time spent talking about random current events. Its great to talk about relevant current events for maybe 5-10 minutes but not an hour and 40 minutes. Class time was not well spent at all. We were extremely behind and did not learn what we should have. We spent a lot of time in the beginning of each classy discussing current topics and situations that were going on in the world. Although I believe it was beneficial to have these discussions, it also delayed us with our syllabus by at least a month. I think having lecture would have been more beneficial as constitutional law is a major component on the bar exam. Organization. Timing. Expectations for students in class and on exams. I sought help from our TA on multiple occasions and was always ignored and left with no answer. I enjoyed the connections that Professor Pokorak made between our assigned readings and current events and cases in front of the Supreme Court. However, I did feel that this would sometimes take too significant of a portion of time and sometimes left us rushing through cases. I think it would be helpful to limit these discussions to a short period of class time. He taught us as if we already understood Constitutional law and wanted to riff on its impact before we really grappled with the material. He did not always follow his syllabus and assigned readings, which made it hard to know how to prepare for class. Professor Pokorak is one month behind in the syllabus, and I had to buy supplements and online courses in order to learn Constitutional Law. I cannot give an accurate evaluation because we did not have a full semester with Professor Pokorak Professor Pokorak appears unorganized and scatter-brained, but he knows the subject matter and, when cornered, can give concrete and specific answers. Prof. Pokorak is so extremely kind and respectful. It was unfortunate that he had to leave due to personal circumstances. I feel that while this was no fault of his own, it left our section in a severe disadvantage. Prof. Pokorak simply needs to actually teach the material. He is clearly an incredibly intelligent man, who has a huge heart and wants to help the underserved. He clearly also loves teaching students. But I wonder whether he likes teaching students con law, or whether he’d prefer to be teaching a sociology or current events course. I am not one to shy away from tough conversations or political discourse. I do not get offended by those who don’t share my politics. I don’t even think it’s per se wrong for a professor to share their views, but what Prof. Pokorak did was something beyond peppering in his thoughts here and there. I am not exaggerating when I say that more than 50% of class minutes were spent on Prof. Pokorak and my politically progressive colleagues "shooting the breeze," for lack of a better phrase. An onlooker might mistake the class for an extracurricular club. It was sort of like we had fashioned our own late night show. Sardonic quips about American conservatives, out and out demonization of certain political opinions, and above all else, a shocking lack of self-awareness shown by Professor Pokorak, whose behavior certainly emboldened a similarly

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