Lisa Hajjar is an amazing professor who is infinitely passionate about her topics. Her lecture slides are too dense, so take notes on what she says not what you see. Her assignments are fun and apply material well while staying straightforward. This class had no in-person exams. Go to class, listen, and leave inspired.

Weekly readings, 3 written papers,blue book midterm/final. Go to lectures and stay on top of the readings and it's a straight forward class. She focuses on current events so it's actually pretty interesting. She's nice but no real instruction on studying for the actual exams. Ended up re-reading/taking notes on the lectures/readings, which worked.

She's so inspirational. I was always excited for class, learned something new every time. Lectures are a lot of info, but it's all relevant and she explains how it all connects. Literally changed my life and now I'm applying for law school.

TAKE THIS CLASS! This was my favorite class ive taken at UCSB. Though her lectures and readings were heavy, her lectures are so engaging it is easy to stay on track. Her lecture slides also cover every aspect of the readings so if any part of the reading is confusing, she will cover it. I could not stop talking about the class content. the best.

AMAZING PROFESSOR! So passionate, informative, not afraid to give her opinion on global affairs. Great lecture slides with tons of information, posted online so you can use them whenever, but her lectures are so good you need to go. Made the law approachable to a Soc major. I would take any class with her and would give her 50 stars if I could

Prof. Hajjar is very knowledgable however I don't think she can teach well. Lectures are extremely, extremely dense (usually 30 slides a day packed with words) and she speaks very quickly. Gradebook was literally the midterm, final, and one paper, and no review guide for the exams. Just praying the TA is a reasonable grader.