Don Schall

BUS210 · PRLGL130 · BUSLAW210 · BUSAD100 · TORTS230 · PRLGL110 · PRLGL210 · PRLGL220 · BUSAD210 · BUSLAW · BUIS210 · 31 lifetime ratings

AI rating: 48/100
RMP rating: 3.5/5
Take again: 50%
Difficulty: 3.7

The decision

if you want a rigorous, old-school business law class and will attend every lecture and study hard.

Best fit · Hardcore LearnerFormer lawyerStrict graderMandatory attendanceLecture heavyReal-world stories

Highly knowledgeable business-law professor who lectures without slides and uses real cases.
and , and term memorization.
Workload and ; rewarding for serious students, frustrating for grade-chasers.

Key questions

Four answers before you build your schedule.

Is this an easy A?

HardWork

28/100

Students repeatedly call him a ; an A , and exam focus.

Is the course easy?

Challenging

28/100

, and lawyer-level expectations make the course intellectually demanding.

Is attendance flexible?

Mandatory

12/100

Multiple reviews state attendance is mandatory and essential for and examples.

Is this professor recommended?

WorthIt

58/100

; many praise real learning while others warn the class is boring and too hard.

Course guide

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Grading

Strict

25/100

Students call him a , and exams worth most of the grade.

Format shift

Workload

Heavy

22/100

Weekly textbook and like two classes for many students.

Format shift

Teaching experience

Good

65/100

Strong knowledge and real-world stories earn praise, though some find lectures dry and .

Format shift

Assessment method

FocusOnExams

82/100

Two exams can be worth about 80 percent; quizzes and and case mastery.

Format shift

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Course format

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Classroom format

In person

31 reviews

High confidence · Best fit for Hardcore Learner

In-person reviews describe a strict, lecture-focused and deep study with real legal insight.

Main concern

, and mandatory attendance overwhelm lighter schedules.

What students said

“He's a former lawyer so he knows his stuff. I learned quite a lot from him.”
BUSLAW210

“Dr. Schall was very knowledgeable in the subject and a .”
BUS210

“ ! If you aren't there for lecture you probably won't do well on the tests.”
BUSLAW

Remote format

Online

0 reviews

Low confidence

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Main concern

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Exam style

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Exams mix vocabulary definitions and hypotheticals drawn from lecture examples and are widely called hard.

Vocab termsHypothetical scenariosLecture-based examplesHard exams

Assessment risk

Strict

32/100

Low score means less forgiving assessment conditions.

In person

and hypotheticals from lecture, with high stakes and .

Vocab termsHypothetical scenariosLecture-based examplesHard exams

“Tests are 16 vocab terms (just write all you know) and 3 hypothetical what-ifs.”
BUSAD210

“just study the terms & cases for the 2 exams that are worth 80% of your grade.”
BUSLAW210

Online

Student evidence

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Top student voice
“This is what professors ought to be. He's old-school and expects you to think, but he takes responsibility for teaching you what you need to know.”
Voice snapshots generated from 31 , and attendance. Credibility rating: High.

🎯 Teaching Quality

65/100

“Great lectures. Real-world examples. Valuable insight.”

📚 Workload Intensity

22/100

“ if you take another 9 units or work a full time job. Its like 2 classes in one.”

📝

32/100

“I wouldn't worry much about the for the 2 exams that are worth 80% of your grade.”

🚪 Attendance

12/100

“ ! If you aren't there for lecture you probably won't do well on the tests.”

Theme 1

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

He's a former lawyer so he knows his stuff.
He tells good stories and it is interesting.
No PowerPoint presentations. Great lectures.

Theme 2

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

but if you attend and listen to lecture you can pass easily.
It is possible to have "A" if you study, study, study...

Theme 3

📚 About Workload

Lots of and online.
and its only worth 10% of your grade.
A LOT of boring reading and

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Lifetime ratings

82/100

Evidence confidence

31 in-person reviews over many years show , and teaching style.

Inside 31 stored ratings

Quality ratings

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Course coverage

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Reported outcomes

B range results lead the reported letter grades.

4 reported outcomes

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Don Schall

x x x if you want a rigorous, old-school business law class and will attend every lecture and study hard.

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HardWork

Challenging

Mandatory

WorthIt

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In person

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🎯 Teaching Quality

📚 Workload Intensity

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🚪 Attendance

👨‍🏫 About Teaching Style

📈 About Difficulty & Grades

📚 About Workload

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if you want a rigorous, old-school business law class and will attend every lecture and study hard.

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