UT Austin - Ted Cruz Personnel Documents (Course Instructor Survey Student Comments - Spring 2009)

Ted Cruz Law 397S Course Unique # 28900 Spring 2009 Student Handwritten Comments: Great Class! Best class I have had in Law School. Good info about Supreme Court. Never got as good of background before about justices. Fantastic course – thanks so much for taking the time to teach it. As mentioned, the only to improve would be earlier distribution of the syllabus. Thanks!

Ted Cruz Law 397S Spring 2008 Unique # 29295 Student handwritten comments: The course was a really great experience. Only things I think could be improved are talking more about form and technique before starting the cases and get a more in depth perspective on each of the Justice’s jurisprudences (more than just background/biography information I very much enjoyed this seminar, particularly because the subject matter was interesting and the writing assignments were broken up. While I appreciated being taught by someone w/ Supreme Court experience, I would prefer learning more about court history and advocacy techniques than personal anecdotes. I did appreciate having the opportunity to moot but wished we given more guidance and critique on our writing assignments. My only “critique” would be that the opinion due dates are too rigid. Because we are working on our arguments during mid-semester, we don’t have a great range of cases to write on, and we’re forced to choose between one of the last couple of cases. Only a minor point, really. Great seminar, Thanks! It would have helped to have additional guidelines on writing the brief, but feedback on oral arguments was great. Course got off to a bit of a slow start, but once we began with our arguments, it was an invaluable experience.

Ted Cruz Law 397S Spring 2005 Unique # 26710 Student handwritten comments: -Excellent, hands on course Thank you Among the best classes I have taken. Great class. Workload average for a seminar. Great course – I really enjoyed it Wonderful class for students interested in litigation Great class. Extremely fun and I learned a lot.

Ted Cruz Law 397S Spring 2007 Unique # 28845 Student handwritten comments: This course was excellent. I have so much more respect both for my classmates and those who actually practice appellate work. A very enjoyable, but humbling experience. Thanks This is among the best courses I’ve taken in law school. The information will be invaluable. Enjoyed the course. Thanks very much Best course I’ve had. I very much enjoyed the course This was the most useful, applicable, and interesting class I’ve taken. Great class! Outstanding class!