Terribly confusing exams and weekly assignments. Oftentimes there would be no clear question to answer. Awful grammar, yet expects you to be perfect. Does upload PowerPoints and comments on material, which is somewhat helpful. Expect to go to his office hours a lot. Email him until he says you are right, but don't guess. That's the only way to pass

He was very rude and uninterested in teaching the class or helping students. When answering questions, he would be very vague and not helpful at all. His tests and assignments were very hard to understand and get correct. Very unapproachable and intimidating to talk to about your issues. Would not recommend him to ANYBODY, very bad teacher.

Very rude and unapproachable. If you ask him for help he makes you feel stupid. His homework is extremely unclear. He grades things without explanations and is unwilling to talk to you about your grade. Overall, horrible teacher and extremely mean and rude. AVOID at all costs.

Just talks during lectures, no visual aid. Makes you feel stupid most of the time and his projects are not clear at all

Roger was totally unorganized and wasn't much help. Lectures were super boring and consisted of him just reading out of the textbook. A lot of difficult assignments that he expects you to do a full legal analysis of. However, he did curve to the highest score in the class which was a lifesaver; I should have gotten a D and ended up with an A-.

STAY AWAY! Worst prof I have ever experienced. He's a intelligent lawyer, but a terrible teacher. Assignment instructions look like they were written by a middle schooler. Asking for help is not an option as he is extremely unapproachable. Communication is terrible and he is very rude. I'm disappointed UMD let him be a part of my education.

STAY AWAY. This teacher is absolutely terrible. His lectures are long winded, very technical, and not helpful in the slightest. The grading is mostly based off group projects which a third grader could pass, but his exams require hours of preparation to get a passing grade. E-mails asking for clarification are met with 1-3 word answers. He's Awful

Worst teacher I have ever had, he's smart but has no right to be a teacher. Horrible email etiquette and very rude to everyone. Assigns tests for a number of points that makes no sense and have no basis. Whole class is only tests which require you to do something that you will never ever need to do IRAC. Unless you are a law student.

Condescending to students with expectations on projects he doesn't explain but because one or two students understand it he will turn around and claim no one else understood his readings. Emailed him for help at the begining of the year but stopped once i realized if I didn't understand he would just say I didn't do the readings which I always did.

Roger is a very old school teacher. He gives you many assignments, with completely unclear directions, and then when you ask a question..... wait don't ask any questions because he will just criticize you and tell you how easy it is. On top of his unclear assignments, his grading is tough. 10 out of 10 would strongly not recommend.

A lot of his Homework assignments had one answer and that answer was in his mind only. If you did not answer what he was thinking, you automatically got it wrong. Not all of his assignments were like that, but most of them were.

Horrible. The assignments don't make any sense so your left stuck guessing on what you are supposed to do. There is a project every other day so you don't get any time do work on your other classes. Reading the chapters takes several hours as well and you will have to read one chapter a week.

His lectures were okay but he doesn't use power points, he just talks, makes it hard to take notes. Biggest plus was no exams but everything else was extremely hard. Some papers where more "opinion" papers and for one, his grading comment for me was "I did not care for what you had to say" and gave me 10 points off. Really do not recommend

I would have loved this class with any other professor. Really cool subject, really terrible teacher. Rude to his students in class. Either not helpful at all during office hours or randomly gives the answers. No clear grading, no helpful feedback, and quizzes were difficult because what he teaches can get very vague. Avoid him at all costs.

If you don't answer the homework assignments to the exact specification of how he wants it, you'll fail the assignment, there's no leeway for opinions on interpretation, he is right and you are wrong. He over-complicates the explanations of how to do the homework. The material is easy but he is overbearing and makes learning more difficult

Definitely the worst teacher at UMD. He is rude to his students. He's right, your wrong, get used to it. Not a bad class but I wish I took it any other teacher. he's a very tough grader, even if you wrote exactly what he said to right. He wants you to answer his questions in a specific way and if you don't you will get an F.

The worst professor I have ever had. He stands up front and reads out of the book, not adding any other explanation. Sometimes he gives examples, but no one can follow the story because there is so many unnecessary additions. Tests are impossible, questions are often 4 paragraphs each. Expects us to have a high level understanding of new concepts.

Very condescending to his students. Because the class averages were high on his multiple choice exams, he decided to switch to essay exams to lower the classes grades. Average scores dropped to F's on the tests and he blamed the students for not being professional enough.

He gives a lot of projects that have very wordy directions so it is hard to figure out what your are supposed to do. I always went to class and on a lot of the projects he put in the feedback that I would have know the answer if I went to class. In all his emails he would make me feel stupid so I did not feel comfortable asking questions.

Roger was the worst teacher I have ever had at any level of schooling since Kindergarten, and I got a pretty easy A in the class.

Roger is your classic pain in the butt. His projects are unruly and difficult to understand. I put more work into the projects than the points are worth and still get torn a new one for a small error. Class is boring and uneventful (basically useless) however sometimes he gives extra credit for going.

This guy is straight up The. Worst. Professor. On. Campus. He has some sort of ego issue to where if you dont show up to his lectures that arent even helpful that you dont know anything and are stupid. He picks favorites to grade leniently. If you dont understand something shoulda come to class. Poor assignment wording. His way or the highway

Lectures are pointless and just rambles on and on about nothing, I stopped showing up. He grades incredibly hard on the projects and his feedback in just plain rude, not helpful. No extra credit unless you show up for class and he takes attendance which is rare. Most Mindtap assignment answers can be found on quizlet. Goodluck.

Don't know if it's because it's the end of the semester: Went to lecture at 8:00, sat down, Prof. said "Thanks for coming, have a nice life" then left at 8:10. Pretty much sums it up.

His lectures are fairly interesting but he just gives out a ton of daily homework and you will have to read the online book to understand the concepts for the test.

I didn't even have Roger as a professor, but I have some words. I emailed him the second week of the new semester to see if I could possibly be put into his BLAW class because I had just switched my major. His response was, "No, its full." How professional!! The reviews don't surprise me one bit.

Very tough class. He doesn't give us a clear direction. Not recommended.

Professors like these made me realize that I'm not a student, I'm a CUSTOMER! TAKE MY MONEY UMD.

If you actually want to learn and enjoy your time, find another professor. He teaches straight out the book with no power points. You sit in his class and listen to him talk. HW is easy but is formatted terribly. He is a "look in the syllabus" type of prof. He kinda hands out A's without much feedback. He is only in it for the money not for the joy

Most unorganized professor at UMD. Assignments are hard to understand and very unorganized. He assigns "projects" 2 times a week and they are basically really long papers, I end up writing usually 12 pages a week. He assigns work at midnight the day before without mentioning anything. He also has additional online assignments on top of everything.

What to expect: 1-3 papers due a week, each must be several pages, he will say he offers feedback but when you ask he'll respond "3 is wrong"... that's it, and on a separate assignment he didn't even respond despite sending it 2 days before the feedback deadline, pointless lectures, not a hard grader, but you'll never know if you're doing it right

If you like verbal lectures, and only verbal lectures (no PowerPoints or any use of a screen/technology from the instructor), then this class is for you. If you also want to become a lawyer, this class is for you. It is a in-depth analysis of the law. Expect a lot of writing and essays about legal issues at least each week. Many are complex.

Give no partial credit, either you got it all right or you get a 0. Worst teacher ive ever had. Some feedback he likes to give on assignments is that he gave the same example in class as if you remember everything he says...

He is very unorganized and doesn't explain what he is expecting from the assignments. He doesn't explain why things are incorrect he'll just say this one is wrong and move on. He only gives you a couple of days to do 80 point assignments and other high-point assignments. I recommend taking this class but not with this professor.

I took one of his classes two years ago and he is still by far the worst professor I ever had. Everytime I emailed him he gave me a mean respond about how I wasnt putting enough effort into class and reading and even wrote me an entire paragraph on my effort after I asked a simple question on a grade. If you can stay away from him you should.

he lazy and his directions are terrible

He has to have tenure because I genuinely don’t know how he hasn’t been fired yet. This man is a horrible human being and I’m being serious. The way he INSULTS students intelligence is beyond me. His criticisms are not constructive, and they’re just plain rude. As an teacher you should be eager to help your students thrive and learn.

By far the worst professor or teacher I have ever had. His methods of teaching are unbearable and he is extremely rude. We had to do MindTap assignments throughout the year and he claimed that it was fair because it was in the syllabus but lots of people didn't know they were mandatory because all of his assignments are in the same area.

Taking BLAW online because of schedule conflicts and the least I can say is that it's worth waiting a semester to get into a class not taught by Reinsch. Be prepared to spend multiple hours on each assignment, which are only worth small percentages of your grade. For the time and energy put into this class, it should be worth 6 credits at least.

I have only been in his class for a week so far I have spent over 24 hours on homework for this class alone and I only see that number increasing. Stay away from him at all costs unless you like loosing sleep over your grade. Overall I wish would've taken this class with a different professor. 100% made me think about dropping out of college.

It is an extremely unreasonable amount of work for a three credit class, I spend more time on this class than my other three combined. He is rude, doesn't provide feedback, and the assignments are long and confusing. Most of the assignments have nothing to do with the material. Do not this class with Roger.

One of the posts said he is nice and you just have to form a connection with him but that's hard to do when he's just rude to you all the time, in person and through email. He gives no feedback and assumes your wrong when you question his grading. Professors are here to help you learn not talk at you and tell you everything you do is wrong.

Does lectures that have literally nothing to do with anything. Then when you obviously dont understand the assignments and email him; homie literally said "well everyone else gets it and is doing well so I dont understand why you dont get it." LITERALLY WHAT????

Roger's lectures are extremely difficult to follow. It's hard to know what to take notes on as there are no visual aids - no writing on the boards, no slideshows, nothing - he's sits at the front and speaks. There is no direction on how to tackle the assignments, you are thrown in blind. You'll know if you did it right after it's graded.

DO NOT TAKE ANY CLASSES BY HIM, I worked so hard and put so many hours into this class and barely passed, his papers are insane, back to back to back all semester, and then he opens and closes the homework on the same day without any announcements which makes his assignments very easy to miss

Very difficult professor to get along with. His feedback was very unprofessional and personal if you got some minor details wrong. The lectures were a sloppy mess and hard to follow. The timing of his assignments and grading leaves much to be desired as well, as there was no coherent schedule. Just a messy experience all around.

I took this course online and even with that, any emails or message responses were always rude and condescending. Often 2-3 assignments per week, sometimes up to 30 questions long with most being several paragraph responses. LOTS of work, you'll need hours and days open to complete it. Some due during breaks which is extremely annoying.

My friend took this class and he was very stressed over it. Which I do not agree with. No one disrespects my friends!!!!!! Do not recommend!!!!!!!!!!!!