Competent professor. Clear and organized lectures.

Frankly, this is an easy class -- either go to lecture and take notes or read the textbook, and you'll do fine.

Weekly policy briefs are a bit of a bore, but they're a bit junk of your grade and serve as nice padding.

Curiously, there was a massive curve on the final. For the midterm, go to the test bank. She preserves the structure and types of questions from past exams.

123A: International Law

nice lady, decent topic (even though at the end of the day, all international law is completely illegitimate) but this class gives zero handouts. and maybe it shouldn't, but it makes it THAT much harder than you typical UCLA class where any and all resource is available to encourage your success.

it is a real pain in the butt that she does not

a. record her lectures for future reference when studying for finals
b. post her slides online
c. give out any study guide whatsoever for a TON of information. what is on the final remains unknown

they say you should take this class as an example of a law school class. they are right.

I actually took 123A...

I liked her. She's very organized, I did the readings assigned for quizzes, and got an A+.
She does not post her lectures online, and that makes it an absolute requirement to show up to her class. The grade consists of a midterm, a final, and weekly quizzes in the discussions.
I recommend to bring a laptop to class to type up the lectures, because it goes by very fast.
The midterm and the final are straight out of the lectures and the readings; I just memorized it.
The weekly quizzes I found were a bit hard, so I recommend taking good notes, which is what I did, to do well on the quizzes.
She's friendly, nice, and the TA's were okay..fair good graders, but I didn't find that my particular TA supplemented the class well.
Grade received: A+.

This class is incredibly intense, but definitely worth the work. If you're looking for an A, you need to be willing to do all the reading(professor johns probably anticipated people slacking because there were section quizzes almost every week), take amazing notes( sometimes difficult because she speaks incredibly fast, but she has slides), and study incredibly hard. If you're interested in getting a general feel for international law this is an excellent class, but it's gonna have to be your priority. Difficult course, but getting an A is definitely possible.

I actually had her for 123A International Law (but it wasn't an option). She teaches from the new thought of political science. That is, she really believes in numbers and game theory analysis. Many times in class I would sit there and just be thinking, "what is she talking about". But at other times I would be on the edge of my seat because International Law has many interesting aspects. The difficult thing is that there was LOTS of reading and LOTS of notes. If you do not do the reading or take good notes you will not do well. The class was based on a midterm test, which was very difficult, and a final paper that also had a take home part (just as difficult). The take home part of the test was fun because you finally got to do some analysis rather than spitting out the notes she gave you. She teaches very interesting stuff, but presents it in the most dull way possible. If you want an easy class do not take her. I will admit though, I rememeber a lot from the class.

she & this class is decent. should not be hard if you took a lot of gov classes in high school .. pretty easy and conceptual.. just read over your notes and attend lecture then you will get a good/decent grade on the tests // there are 7-8 policy briefs due but i find they helpful of boosting your grade.. but TA choice is important!

ATHLETES she will not let you reschedule midterms due to scheduling conflicts. No exceptions. Do not take if you have a conflict.

This class was great up until the final.
Apparently the final was curved 20 points because of how hard it was.
The midterm was doable, the weekly papers were doable, but the final destroyed my sense of self and lowered my overall grade.
The final was all essay-based and and a lot of information on it didn't seem to have been taught in class... or in the book? Both of which I attended and read religiously.
Other than that, Johns was a fantastic lecturer and I learned a lot.

Professor Johns is very passionate about politics, as can be seen in her lectures. There is a weekly paper (2-3 pages, double spaced), which you eventually get the hang of and is completely graded by your TA. So if you have a generous TA, you will get decent grades on the papers even if you write them the night before. I attended every lecture and took notes, but I did not really read the book. There is one midterm and final, and they are curved. The midterm was pretty easy- all I did was look at my notes, know all the basic definitions, and look at her past midterm. For the final, I did not study as much since I also had a chem final that day. I didn't think I would do that great because I honestly had studied very little and it was right after my chem final so I had felt pretty burnt out. I remember it being pretty difficult and I still don't know the exact grade I got on it but I somehow ended up with an A- in the class so I am guessing the curve was generous. Overall, if you are looking for a class where the workload isn't too much but you still want to learn something, then this is your class.

If you want an A in the class, you're going to have to work hard. She's a fairly good teacher though. This class definitely does not have a traditional poli sci curve distribution.