Roderick Ireland is a Criminal Justice professor at Northeastern University rated 3.83/5 by 163 students, with 3.2/5 difficulty and 100.0% who would take them again (TRACE + RateMyProfessors + Reddit, updated July 2026).
Roderick Ireland professor reviews and ratings: 3.83/5 from 163 student reviews at Northeastern (100.0% would take again). TRACE + RateMyProfessor + Reddit.
The best professor. The sweetest man who truly cares that you learn all about the subject. You will leave knowing so much about criminal justice and get real experience going to court.CRIM2100 2025-06-15 16:48:00 +0000 UTC
Easy grading, very insightful trips but lectures can be a bit of a drag. Definitely worth itCRIM4100 2024-04-23 01:33:05 +0000 UTC
I loved this class! The lectures may get a bit boring since he reviews a lot of statutes in class (necessary evil) but the field trips and guest speakers he brings in are super insightful and he knows ALOT.CJ510 2019-09-25 01:54:38 +0000 UTC
Hands down, the greatest professor and class ive taken @ NU (coming from a senior). The guy is a justice on the MA supreme court and was a Juvenile Justice for years. You take a field trip to secure Juvie facilities and court. Awesome experiences. But dont take this class unless you're willing to WORK - its not easy, but you can do well if you workCJU510 2009-06-24 10:16:54 +0000 UTC
lots of reading and papers but its the type of work that really connects what you're learning in the classroom to the real world. Judge Ireland is an amazing teacher who cares about his students. The field trips he takes you on are amazing and I realllllly recommend going to all of them!CRIM2100 2024-01-02 20:20:00 +0000 UTC
As a CJ major, You try as hard as you can to respect him b/c he's the former chief justice of the juvenile court of Suffolk county. His teaching is confusing. His syllabus doesn't tell you what anything is worth. We didn't even get a rubric for the final paper. The only thing I appreciated in this class was the field trips (good experience).CRIM4100 2016-04-06 09:29:05 +0000 UTC
Lots of readings but they prepare you well for the class. Field trips were helpful and he is an easy grader if you are willing to make sure you get all the assignments completed on time.CJ510 2017-12-11 03:10:25 +0000 UTC
Judge Ireland is the best. He's super interesting and a great resource for pre-law.CRIM2100 2022-12-05 05:26:17 +0000 UTC
You can go to class and not do the readings, or do the readings and not go to class. His lectures are completely pointless because he literally dictates statues to you the whole time! Worst class I've ever taken. 20 page paper for undergrad too. Talks too fast to take adequate notes and never repeats himself unless you ask. Gives pop quizzes.CJ510 2008-02-28 02:49:33 +0000 UTC
Not the most interesting speaker but learned A LOT in his class. Tests were very straightforward. The main highlight of this class was the field trips to the municipal, juvenile, superior, and supreme courts, and the county jail. he was the former chief justice of the Mass. supreme court so he knows a LOT of thingsCRIM2100 2019-04-23 22:51:42 +0000 UTC
Roderick Ireland has an average rating of 3.83/5 from 163 student reviews. 100.0% of students said they would take them again.
Roderick Ireland's classes have a difficulty rating of 3.2/5 based on student reviews.
Roderick Ireland has taught CRIM1110, CRIM2310, CRIM4120, CRIM5900, CRIM2100, CRIM3900, CRIM4100, CRIM7256, CRIM7232 at Northeastern.
Data updated July 2026.