Professor Kassabian is very nice and knows what he is talking about, and he was approachable after every class meeting. He mentioned several times that he can stay talking to students as long as they need!

Suggestions to the Professor, if he is going to read it:
***I think extra office hours would not hurt! I felt like knowing everything during the class, but the discussions helped to raise diffferent questions!

***Also, Prof. Kassabian needs to make extra evening for the midterm and final reviews, specifically going over the practice hypos or just ANSWERING QUESTIONS because e-mail system does not inform everyone who has similar questions which could be adressed over the meeting! (although he tried to put all questions in one file and posted them on class website for the midterm, he forgot to do this for the final)

***Another problem with this class of 150 ppl is that Kassabian is not a loud person, people in the back could not hear him at ALL! We have been complaining about it all the time, but Kassabian used mike only once or twice - please, take an example from Professor SUMAN, he always uses mike!!!

***In addition, I've noticed that he was using the notes which outlined every single case with the rules, and TAs had them as well, but he did not want to share them with the class! So many students suffered not because they did not read the cases but because they did not know specifically what is important and what is not for the exam. (*suggestion to students - bring a voice recorder, it helps a lot, I had to listen over the lectures and transcribe important things).
The notes, by the way, many people got through their friends who took 101 with Professor Hobbs, but the other part of the class did not have them, and I think this was unfair!

***Another thing: PLEASE bring several hypos to the example when disscussing the case! It is essential way to learn because you know how to apply rules to different relevant facts by practicing them!!! But we only got practice hypos to practice on our own, which is NOT a good learning experience!

TO THE STUDENTS:
This class was hard, but law-related classes are always like that because you need to read cases written many years ago and with a specific language, about which everybody complains even today. Plus, not only you have to memorise the rules used almost in every case you read and several "thinkings" the justices provide, you have to memorise every single relevant fact from the cases (although this facts can help you on the exam to raise more issues and guide your analysis, this is Kassabian's style of "helping us out").

Well, midterm and final are also hard because you have to write for three hours NON_STOP, otherwise your analysis will not be complete. My hands weve numb for about 20 minutes after this extensive writing!

There are 3 hypos (1 -for each blue book) which takes at least an hour to write (suggets you wear a wrist watch to time yourself out, this helped me a lot!) and I suggest that before the exam you practice writing everything by timing yourself. I did that too, because it helps you to organize writing in your head + and allows you to cut less relevant info, bc you have to leave some extra time for the disscussion of specific facts mentioned in the case!

This was Kassabian first time teaching this particular class, and I hope that he can find ways to improve, so I will leave the judgement to you!

Kassabian does not know how to teach, confuses himself and the class, and is a stingy grader. On top of that he is completely unavailable, as he is a practicing full time attorney. TO ALL NEWLY ADMITTED COMM MAJORS; THERE IS NO NEED TO TAKE CS 101 ANYMORE. I would advise you to avoid this class like the plague. The class was hell from start to end. Received worst grade at UCLA ever.