selling the textbook (Intellectual Property in the New Technological Age 2020 Vol. II) for comm 168 with Biagioli – *************

This is a really interesting comm upper div if you are interested in being pre-law or just learning more about law / the First Amendment. The only assignments are outside of class readings, but you also learn everything you need to know in lecture and it is re-emphasized in discussion (so go!). If you take advantages of the resources like practice HYPOs you will be fully prepared for the exams (midterm and final are 2/3 grades). There is also a speech that is pass/no pass and if you put in decent effort you will pass it. The teacher and TA (I had Ethan Lai) really want you to succeed so take advantage of them and this is a super interesting class!

I really enjoyed this class and would recommend for pre-law students or for comms majors (like myself) trying to knock out both the practicum and law core requirements.

Class is super straight forward ONLY if you pay attention and go to lecture. It is 3 hours long and packed with information, so it gets super draining, but if you zone out for 5 minutes you can lose a big chunk of information.

A $90 course book is required. I think you could go about not buying/reading if you pay close attention to lecture, but I think doing the readings on top of that is what truly pushed me get an A.

Grade scale is 40% midterm, 50% final, and 10% a short presentation that is P/NP (and you only get NP if you don't do it). He tells you exactly what to look and write in the exams, but they are still super intense.

Professor Kassabian is super educated and a great lecturer, but your grade truly depends on the TA as they will be the one doing all the grading and answering questions. However, if you email the professor, he is very good with responding in a timely manner.

I don't think that these reviews do this professor justice - honestly, I enjoyed the course and while it was challenging, it was totally reasonable. If you are at all interested in law school, you should ABSOLUTELY take this class. It is structured exactly like a law school class - you read Supreme Court cases, discuss them in class, learn about the IRAC method, then apply what you've learned to hypothetical situations during the exam. As long as you stay on top of the readings, attend lecture and discussion while taking good notes, you should be able to get an A. In the first exam you get to see exactly what the professor is looking for so that by the time you take the final, you know just what is expected of you. He gave a generous curve on the midterm and told students that if they had a significant increase from their midterm to their final, he may adjust their grade to better reflect their growth in understanding. He's nice and a clear lecturer.