ADCJ 3010 Criminal Law and Procedure

Name: Criminal Law and Procedure
Rating: 4.28 (42 reviews)

Explore ADCJ3010 Criminal Law and Procedure at Boston College, including instructors, sections, and official aggregate ratings.

Course overview

Department: Advancing Studies
School: Boston College
Credits: 0

Requirements fulfilled

Forensics: Three Electives from the List of Approved Electives (Current University Catalog; students should confirm their catalog year)

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Course evaluations

Response-weighted averages from Boston College’s official course evaluations (Avalanche/Blue).

Course rating: 4.28 / 5 · Very Good
42 responses
Instructor rating: 4.26 / 5 · Very Good
42 responses
Terms evaluated: 4
Most recent: Fall 2025

Scales: overall ratings run from 1 (poor) to 5 (excellent); agreement questions from 1 (strongly disagree) to 5 (strongly agree); weekly effort from 1 (up to 1 hour) to 5 (10 or more hours).

Evaluations by term and instructor
Term	Instructor	Course overall	Instructor overall	Well organized	Clear learning objectives	Intellectually challenging	Helpful assignments	Applicable beyond course	Attendance necessary	Weekly effort	Responses
Fall 2025	Peyton Paxson	4.4	4.4	4.7	4.6	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.7	4–6 hrs/week	21 of 24
Fall 2024	John Lu	3.0	3.0	2.3	4.3	4.7	4.3	4.3	3.7	4–6 hrs/week	3 of 3
Fall 2023	Peyton Paxson	4.2	4.1	4.5	4.5	4.6	4.3	4.5	4.4	4–6 hrs/week	13 of 19
Fall 2021	William Bloomer	5.0	5.0	4.8	4.8	4.6	5.0	5.0	4.8	—	5 of 15

Data freshness

Course and evaluation data last updated 2026-10-09. Source details and limitations are documented in Data Sources and Methodology.

Instructors

John Lu
Fall 2024 · Official rating 3.00/5
Peyton Paxson
Fall 2025, Fall 2023 · Official rating 4.26/5
William Bloomer
Fall 2021 · Official rating 5.00/5