I took this class recently, and since one of my biggest hesitations in signing up was a serious lack of AAR's about the class, I thought I'd write this up.
This is an online program that costs $650 if you pay it in one lump sum and more if you split it into payments. It's all narrated power points with a test at the end. Of course, the result of passing is that you become a certified Law of Self Defense Instructor. My rationale for taking the class is that I recently did the massive training program required to become an NC concealed carry instructor and yet recognize perhaps I still have some weak points. So I'm trying to improve as a shooter, and also fill gaps in my knowledge.
Heading into the class, my background in legal stuff related to self defense is (a) the NC concealed carry class itself, (b) Lee Weems's online Standing Your Ground class, (c) a few related online seminars through Active Self Protection, (d) reading Branca's and Ayoob's books multiple times, along with some other books like Miller/Kane's Scaling Force and such, and (e) taking the approximately 3 hours of training on law that NC requires for its concealed carry instructors. (It's called a 5-hour class, but between breaks and the test/grading period, I doubt it was really much more than 3. Call it 3 1/2 if you like.) So I have more of a background than some people might have going into such a class, but certainly nothing really specialized or high level.
According to my account at LOSD, I spent 15 hours on the class. I think this is inflated a little bit due to times I was still logged in but not actively working on the class. I do expect I put in more than 12 hours, up to maybe 14 or more. I actually listened to the narrated power points. All of them. The slides are available to read through without listening to Branca's narration if you'd like. I am not sure you would miss out on anything really significant if you took that approach--doing so would no doubt save you a few hours if you're a quick reader. Branca doesn't necessarily just read the slides, but his narration does stick very closely to the printed material, and although I could be misremembering, I can't call to mind anything significant from the class that was there merely verbally, without also showing up on a slide.
The material was well organized and clearly presented. It's broken up into 13 modules that run from about 20 minutes to about an hour if you run the narrated slide show straight through. I stopped every so often to take notes. I actually got quite a few pages of notes out of the material. It covers the expected "5 elements" stuff in detail but does some other things like a very brief history of self defense law, the court system, and interactions with the police. Apart from the history bit there wasn't anything surprising. It ends with a 60 question test--true false, multiple choice, etc. Not essays or whatever.
In what sense is this an instructor course? It doesn't give you any pre-made power points or syllabi to use in teaching classes. It doesn't include instruction about instructing. I suppose it's an instructor curse simply in the sense that it's a detailed presentation of the material.
Weakness: this material was produced in 2015, and it still has a fair number of glitches, whether misspellings on the slides, or occasionally a repeated slide, or a slide obviously from another presentation with the narration from that other presentation still included. In 6 years, there's been time to refine the presentation, I'd have thought. Nothing here that is a big deal, certainly, but it's an expensive class and if it were mine, I'd make it cleaner.
What did I learn that I couldn't have gotten from the books/etc that I mentioned above? Not a ton. I got a nice refresher with some new context and a few new cases described. I wouldn't say that anything here revolutionized my understanding of this material, but then I've studied Branca's book carefully and if I hadn't have done so, this would have been a huge eye opener.
Is it a good value? That is hard to say. As I mentioned at the outset, I'm starting to teach concealed carry and I don't believe in doing that kind of thing half-assed, so to me it was important to do this class as a credential. I don't know if I'll ever have a student who notices or cares about it, but I care about it. So I would say for me it was worth it. Whether it would make sense for you, I can't say.