Law Student Publication Guide

The list of Canadian academic law journals below is compiled to provide a list of access points to Toronto Metropolitan University resources and a list of publication options for student and faculty at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. This list focuses on publications that are: scholarly journals; focused on law; English or bilingual works; published in Canada or in association with a Canadian institution; and, are current publications.

Closed publication journal 
A closed publication requires a subscription to access content. This includes journals with an embargo on recent issues, meaning that the most recent work is not available even if older work is available open access.

Open to student submissions
For this symbol to be used the journal has explicitly stated on their website that they welcome submissions from recent graduates or current students in undergraduate, graduate, or law programs.

For more information on Canadian law journals see the Canadian Academic Law Journals spreadsheet.
For information on how to assess a journal and prepare an article for submission see the Law Student Publication Guide.
For information on publications that have student writing contests see the Law Student Publication Opportunities and Writing Contests List.
For more information about journal open access policies, see the 2025 dataset Law Journal Open Access Policies