Reviews of professor Benjamin Piper

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
He's new to teaching and it really shows. He relies far too much on his power point slides and does a terrible job of explaining concepts in class. He did not adequately prepare us for the exam, and the exam seemed to be a huge leap from what we learned in class and in the materials. Would not take a class with him again.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Even though admin law is (at least at the moment) a very confusing, difficult area of the law, he breaks it down really well and gives students the tools to understand, apply and remember admin law decisions. Goes through examples, practice tests and decision trees in class. Never read the cases and still did alright, haha.

Rating: 5.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Admin is hard, but he made it palatable. Very clear, engaging, attuned to reality. Teaches from perspective of a practitioner. Uses constructive learning techniques (w/o burying us in podcasts and weekly assignments). Great use of real-time survey questions to test understanding. Made learning fun again. (Written pre-grading of assignment & exam).

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
Take admin law with Piper. He provides you with the frameworks and uses plenty of examples to ensure we understand. Nothing will make sense until the last few weeks of the class, and that's OKAY. I met him after class and asked him to teach me procedural fairness from the beginning because I genuinely thought I would fail, he was so helpful!!