The excerpts below are from anonymously submitted course evaluations for legal writing courses taught in the 2021-22 academic year.

  • "Professor Pernell really cares about his students. It is clear our success matters to him."

    First-year Columbia Law School Student

  • "Prof. Pernell was organized, considerate, and took the material seriously. . . . I really enjoyed this class and developed as a writer and researcher in it, and count myself lucky to have been in his class."

    First-year Columbia Law School Student

  • "Professor Pernell's teaching was overall fantastic. He was very engaged with all the students and really cared about everyone's academic success. The exercises he implemented in class were extremely useful in understanding the course material better and his feedback on the writing assignments were helpful for continually improving my writing skills."

    First-year New York Law School Student

  • "This was a very useful course in helping me to improve my writing and analytical skills. No matter the substantive area of law, this class has helped me to be able to transfer the skills of writing, applying law to fact, legal research, etc., for all the future writing I'll do."

    First-year New York Law School Student

  • "This course was helpful in gaining experience in writing different kinds of legal documents. It was helpful to get feedback from someone who is still active in his legal career and who is very passionate about writing."

    First-year New York Law School Student