About Us

The W&L Law Journal Rankings are compiled and maintained by the Law Library at the Washington and Lee University School of Law. The purpose of the W&L Law Journal Rankings is to provide a resource for identifying law journals by subject, country of publication, or ranking (where available), and to provide additional information to facilitate comparing and contacting the journals listed. Users of the site commonly include authors seeking to submit their writing to law journals, publishers and editorial boards of law journals, and university faculty and administrators interested in evaluating academic legal periodicals.

The site is updated annually to include data up through the preceding calendar year. The most recent rankings are based on citation counts and publication statistics for a 2017-2021 survey period. Historical data from the 1996-2003 to 2016-2020 survey periods remains accessible on the site for reference and comparison.

If you have questions or comments about the Rankings, please email us at LawJournalRankings@wlu.edu.