Reviews of professor Sarah Shalf

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Absolutely awful. Disorganized during class taking questions or comments from a few students and then rushed through the actual material. Readings were brutally long and she wouldn't even cover half of it. Spent most of the time talking about cases she lost as a litigator instead of actual cases from the book.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
class time is wasted on her own cases instead of teaching relevant material. emails after class about errors in what was taught. many errors on the midterm. grades on participation in a 100 student class, which is impracticable. taught concepts in unorganized manner. I would not recommend to anyone. best school Ive been in/worst teacher Ive had.

Rating: 3.0/5, difficulty: 3.0/5
Shalf is a genuine professor who kindly taught a course that was outside her area of expertise per her Emory profile. I noticed the effort she put into our class, and her lectures improved once she began limiting questions. The participation system was frustrating, but of minor relative importance. Get the Freer supplement, and you'll be okay.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 4.0/5
The material is disorganized. The tests seem unrelated to the material. The participation system was awful.

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
This class is difficult for all the wrong reasons. She only covers her own cases instead of the casebook, her powerpoints distract her from lecturing, she confuses herself when answering questions and lets one-two students dominate, provides quiz materials that contradict class, tests have typos, wants you to "embellish facts" on issue spotters. :(

Rating: 1.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
To the person who said you have to be willing to put in extra work note that theres a difference between reading diligently, office hours, and studying often/hard vs having to teach yourself and getting confused because what is taught in class conflicts with other teachers and supplements. Extra work shouldnt mean teaching yourself.

Rating: 4.0/5, difficulty: 5.0/5
Shalf is an incredibly hard professor if youre not ready to put in extra work. She is incredibly kind and willing to help, but has yet to find her teaching niche yet. She sometimes confuses case facts so it is helpful to thoroughly read cases and supplements before class to help clarify.