Cornell International Law Journal

What Cornell International Law Journal does

Cornell International Law Journal is a peer-reviewed academic law journal established in 1965 and published by Cornell Law School as a registered student organization of Cornell University. The journal operates from Myron Taylor Hall in Ithaca, New York, and currently publishes Volume 58, Issue 3, having produced scholarly content on foreign and international law for over five decades.

The journal's product portfolio consists of three core offerings: Print Issues containing peer-reviewed scholarly articles (with both current issues and a backfile of Print Archives spanning 58+ volumes), an online Forum section providing commentary and analysis on international law topics, and periodic Online Symposia featuring themed scholarly discussions. The underlying technology is a WordPress-based digital publishing platform hosted on the Cornell Law School publications portal, supplemented by physical print distribution through mail subscriptions. The publication covers a broad range of international law subject matter including EU law, indigenous rights, cross-border discovery, sanctions enforcement, comparative legal systems, AI regulation, and digital sovereignty.

The business model is subscription-based, distributing content to law schools, university libraries, legal practitioners, and individual legal scholars globally through both print mailings and digital access. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. The journal is not a commercial enterprise and generates no independent investor returns; it operates as a non-profit academic publication under Cornell University's institutional umbrella, governed by faculty advisors and managed by student editors. Revenue (if any) is directed toward offsetting publication costs rather than generating profit, and the entity is funded and supported through its parent institution.

Name

Cornell International Law Journal

Legal name

Cornell International Law Journal

Website

https://cornellilj.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1965

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Cornell International Law Journal is a peer-reviewed academic law journal published by Cornell Law School since 1965, disseminating scholarship on foreign and international law via print issues, online Forum, and Symposium publications to law schools, libraries, and legal scholars worldwide.

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Product category

Academic Law Journal Publication

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

akta.pro primary industry

Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Social Sciences Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAD)

Keywords

• Academic law journal
• Legal scholarship
• International law
• Peer-reviewed publications
• Scholarly publishing

Headquarters

HQ city

Ithaca

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

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Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Journal Subscriptions: Subscription-based distribution model for the print and potentially digital archives of the Cornell International Law Journal. Subscribers include law schools, university libraries, legal practitioners, and individual scholars of international law.

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Core offering

The Cornell International Law Journal is a peer-reviewed scholarly journal that publishes original academic articles on foreign and international law through periodic Print Issues, an online Forum for commentary and analysis, and periodic Symposium compilations. Distribution is subscription-based, reaching law schools, university libraries, legal practitioners, and individual scholars worldwide via the Cornell Law School digital publishing portal and printed mailings.

Product overview

Cornell International Law Journal is a scholarly publication affiliated with Cornell Law School that serves as the preeminent source for scholarship on foreign and international law. The journal operates as a multi-format publication platform consisting of print issues (containing peer-reviewed articles), an online Forum for commentary and analysis, and periodic Symposium publications. These components work together to disseminate academic research and legal scholarship to the legal community and scholars worldwide.

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Problem solved

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Brands

• Print Edition: The print version of the journal published quarterly
• Online Forum
• Online Symposium

Products and services

• Print Issues Physical and digital issues of the Cornell International Law Journal containing peer-reviewed scholarly articles on foreign and international law, distributed to law schools, university libraries, legal practitioners, and individual scholars.
• Print Archives Archived collection of past print issues of the Cornell International Law Journal, providing historical access to scholarly articles on international law across more than 58 volumes.
• Forum Online discussion platform featuring articles and commentary on international law topics, providing shorter scholarly pieces distinct from the longer peer-reviewed Print Issue articles.
• Forum Archives Archived collection of past Forum publications, providing historical access to the journal's online commentary and analysis on international law topics.
• Symposium Annual or periodic symposium publications featuring scholarly works and discussions organized around specific international law themes.
• Submissions Manuscript submission portal providing authors with the editorial channel for submitting scholarly work for consideration in the Cornell International Law Journal's Print Issues, Forum, or Symposium publications.

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Cornell UniversitycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCornell University provides institutional backing, infrastructure, and academic credibility as the parent university. The journal operates as a registered student organization of Cornell University, utilizing university resources and the Cornell Law School publishing platform.

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Direct peers

• Harvard International Law Journal: Peer-reviewed international law journal published by Harvard Law School, publishing scholarly articles, notes, and commentary on foreign and international law — directly comparable as a top-tier, university-affiliated legal periodical targeting the same institutional subscriber base.
• NYU Journal of International Law and Politics: Peer-reviewed international law journal published quarterly by NYU School of Law, addressing international and comparative legal issues — highly comparable in format, audience, and university-affiliated publishing model.
• Georgetown Journal of International Law: Peer-reviewed international law journal published quarterly by Georgetown University Law Center, addressing international legal issues — directly comparable in target audience and editorial mission.
• Yale Journal of International Law: Peer-reviewed international law journal published by Yale Law School covering public and private international law topics. Directly comparable as a competing Ivy League student-edited legal periodical.
• Columbia Journal of Transnational Law: The first US law review devoted exclusively to transnational (international) law, published by Columbia Law School. Directly comparable in subject focus and scholarly format.
• Stanford Journal of International Law: Peer-reviewed international law journal published semi-annually by Stanford Law School, covering foreign and international legal topics with a similar scholarly mission.

Others

• HeinOnline: Major legal research database aggregating law journals, treatises, and international law materials. Comparable as an ecosystem-level platform on which law journals like the Cornell International Law Journal are accessed and distributed to institutional buyers.

Emerging players

• European Journal of International Law: Leading peer-reviewed open-access journal on international law, jointly hosted by ICON, the University of Edinburgh, and others. Comparable in scholarly scope but operates under an open-access model that differs from subscription-based journals like Cornell's.

Broad incumbents

• Cambridge University Press (Law Portfolio): Major academic publisher across humanities and social sciences including scholarly law journals (e.g., AJIL, European Journal of International Law). Operates as a broader incumbent with the infrastructure and capital that university student-edited journals rely on for production and distribution.
• American Journal of International Law: Published by Cambridge University Press for the American Society of International Law, AJIL is the leading professional international law periodical with broader institutional backing and significantly longer publishing history, making it the dominant incumbent in this space.

Market position

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Customer concentration

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