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This has been my favorite class so far at UVa. I am a first year, and Sherri Moore normally doesn't allow first years in this class. However, I shot her an email and she did not hesitate to allow me to enroll. If you have any interest in law at all, like I do, TAKE THIS CLASS! And even if you don't, Professor Moore gives you some pretty solid and applicable legal advice that can be useful to anyone. There are weekly iClicker quizzes, your lowest of which, if you do extra credit, she will drop and replace with a 100. Your only grades in the class are these quizzes and the three exams you take during the semester, but the exams are very straightforward and she allows you 2 cheat sheets, 3 for the final (you can fit all of your notes from the semester on the 3 sheets of paper, I promise you; write small). However, I will warn that because of the nature of cheat sheets, she can justify asking you very complex questions that involve the petty information that you didn't think to write down. Other than this, she is a very dynamic lecturer and it was not difficult to pay attention the whole class; I was actually sad when I got sick and had to miss lecture. So long as you take good notes, this class is an easy B+, a little more difficult to get an A because the final is 50% of your grade. I would highly recommend it to anyone! It's amazing!
P.S. - be sure to go to her "last lecture." You won't regret it! There won't be a dry eye in the room.

Definitely not an easy A, but an easy A-. This class is honestly worth it even for the A- if you have a difficult workload because it allows you to focus on your other classes and is really fun. Professor Moore is the best lecturer I've ever had and although you can't use technology in class, they go by fast/she ends early a lot of the time. She makes the curriculum as applicable to us as possible, really cares for her students and doesn't take the class too seriously in the sense that she understands that no class or death means life or death which I really admire and appreciate. There are weekly 15 minute quizzes but other than that, not much else required for the class other than making the cheatsheets before the exams which can take quite a few hours (but you only have to do it three times a semester). Even if you don't plan on pursuing commerce or law, you should take this class if you are ever looking for an "easy A" because those don't exist, but this class is a gem and you learn basic things that are actually helpful to use in real life (property law, tort law, contract law).

NOT an easy A - definitely an easy easy A- though!! And super fun

This was arguably my favorite course this past semester, and for good reason. Not only is Sherri Moore a fantastic lecturer who makes an otherwise dry subject reasonably riveting and exciting, the overall course material teaches you fairly relevant information that could be useful to your life in general. It helps break down an oftentimes misunderstood topic in the form of law and clearly lays it out, something which is a big credit to the work that Professor Moore does in this class. Be ready to take notes - and good notes too - because they will be your primary study source for the two midterms and the final, in addition to the plethora of smaller quizzes throughout the semester. Don't worry too much about needing the textbook, because I never used mine over the course of the class, since my notes basically fulfilled that function for me instead. Honestly, if you just pay attention in class, everything really should make logical sense and flow from one area to another, effectively "clicking" which will make your life much easier outside of class. I would wholeheartedly recommend this class, simply because it teaches people about an important aspect to their daily lives which they may not pay attention to or may overlook.

I didn't think that she was as great as everyone makes her out to be. She has a lot of energy which not many professors have which was a big plus. However, she doesn't let you use laptops for notes, which can get annoying when she goes back and adds stuff to what she has already written. This class was outside of my usual class, be it that it was more just memorization and then slight application with random details/exceptions to cases. Basically just go to every class, detail every thing she says, and remember all the exceptions to the laws.

Sherri Moore is the best professor at UVa. Hands down. She is inspiring and she has a gift for teaching. Take. Her. Class. She can take any topic, I kid you not, let's say paint drying for the sake of discussion, and turn it into the most interesting thing you have ever heard in your life. She will make herself available to you and she has an incredible story. You will feel sad when the time runs out at the end of class, and you will feel the need to take Comm Law II, because she is just that awesome. I believe the grading break down was two midterms 20% each, a final worth 50%, and 10 clicker questions every Thursday totaling to 100 questions worth 10% of your grade. She allows you to make a "cheat sheet" for each of your tests of two sides for the midterms and three sides for the final in any font which helps when you get stuck, but really helps you learn the material.

Again, she is awesome. You will not regret it, and it will be applicable to your life no matter what your profession is. Take. This. Class.

Sherri Moore: if you're reading this, let me first say thank you for making my semester absolutely incredible and I love you. Never before have I genuinely looked forward to coming to a class and gotten sad when I check the time and see that class is almost over. I have so many great memories from this class I could go on forever about, but what stuck out to me most was seeing you walk down the aisle to the front of the lecture hall before class started every day with your big, happy (and contagious) smile. I truly believe that you're not only the best professor at UVA, but one of the most genuine, funny, and kind people I've ever met.

I came into the class with a slight interest in law and mainly signed up for the class on a whim. However, I was thoroughly engaged in each lecture and found the material relevant and interesting. I'm not going to say it caused me to totally rethink my career path, but it did get me very interested in the world of law and wanting to learn more!

If I could take this class again, I would. Thank you, Sherri Moore, for a wonderful semester and I cannot wait to be back in a little over a month for Comm Law 2!

TL;DR, We need more Sherri Moores on this planet, and if you have any remote interest in the subject (you do), you've got to take this course.

Awesome class. Professor makes the class easy to sit through and you learn a lot without having to do much work. Highly recommend taking this class!

All about the notes and focusing in class. BEST professor at UVA!!!