Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies

Name

Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies

Legal name

The Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies

Website

https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1991

Operating status

Operating

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Academic Law Journal

NAICS

Book Publishers (513130), Libraries and Archives (519210)

SIC

Books: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2731), Miscellaneous Publishing (2741)

akta.pro primary industry

Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing (EDAGAFAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed) (MPAJABAC), Research Monographs & University Press Publishing (MPAJABAJ)

Keywords

• Legal scholarship publishing
• Academic law journal
• Peer-reviewed publications
• Student-edited journals
• Open access repository

Headquarters

HQ city

Halifax

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Open Access Publishing: Access to Schulich Law Scholars and all journals including the Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies is free to all users. The journal operates as a non-commercial academic publication supported by the Sir James Dunn Law Library and Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

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Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

The Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies is a student-edited academic law journal that publishes peer-reviewed legal scholarship from current law students and recent graduates once per academic year. Established in 1991, it operates as an open access publication hosted on the Schulich Law Scholars institutional repository via the Digital Commons platform, indexed in major Canadian legal databases. The journal uses a double-blind review process and its editorial board is entirely student-run with faculty assistance from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University.

Product overview

The Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies (DJLS) is a single academic journal product published once per academic year by the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. It operates as part of the Schulich Law Scholars institutional repository, powered by the Digital Commons (Elsevier/bepress) platform. The journal maintains the highest standards for academic publishing including a double-blind review process, with an entirely student-run editorial board and assistance from faculty. It is indexed in HeinOnline, CanLii, the Index to Canadian Legal Literature, and WestLawNext Canada.

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Products and services

• Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies (DJLS) An annual academic law journal publishing peer-reviewed legal scholarship from current law students and recent graduates. It uses a double-blind review process managed by an entirely student-run editorial board with faculty assistance from the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University. Content is freely accessible through open access and indexed in major Canadian legal databases.

Quantifiable outcome

• Articles cited by Canadian courts including the Supreme Court of Canada
• +1 more outcomes

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Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digital Commons NetworkcoreTechnology or IntegrationThe Schulich Law Scholars repository, which hosts the Dalhousie Journal of Legal Studies, is part of the Digital Commons Network, a consortium of university repositories managed by bepress (Elsevier) that provides cross-institutional discovery and visibility for academic research.

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Direct peers

• Dalhousie Law Journal: The flagship law journal of the same institution (Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University), also hosted on the Schulich Law Scholars Digital Commons repository. Directly comparable in subject matter (Canadian legal scholarship), platform, target audience, and student-run editorial model, but with a longer history and broader scope than DJLS.
• University of Toronto Law Journal: A leading Canadian law journal publishing peer-reviewed legal scholarship, indexed in major legal databases. Directly comparable as a Canadian academic law journal competing for similar student and faculty authors and citation share.
• McGill Law Journal: A flagship Canadian law review published by McGill University Faculty of Law students. Directly comparable as a Canadian student-run or student-edited legal journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on contemporary legal issues.
• Osgoode Hall Law Journal: A Canadian student-edited legal journal at York University's Osgoode Hall Law School publishing peer-reviewed scholarship. Directly comparable in model, scope, target audience, and competitive positioning for student submissions.
• Alberta Law Review: A long-established Canadian law journal publishing peer-reviewed legal scholarship from across Canada. Directly comparable as a Canadian academic legal journal competing for high-quality legal scholarship and citation impact.
• University of British Columbia Law Review: A Canadian student-edited law journal at the Peter A. Allard School of Law (UBC) publishing peer-reviewed legal scholarship. Directly comparable as a student-run Canadian law journal with similar editorial structure and academic standards.
• Saskatchewan Law Review: A Canadian law journal published by the University of Saskatchewan College of Law students. Directly comparable as a student-run Canadian law journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship, though smaller in scale.
• Canadian Journal of Law and Society: A peer-reviewed Canadian academic journal publishing interdisciplinary legal scholarship. Comparable as a Canadian scholarly legal journal indexed in major databases, though with a social-science orientation rather than a strictly student-run model.
• Manitoba Law Journal: A Canadian law journal published by the University of Manitoba Faculty of Law. Directly comparable as a Canadian law school-affiliated legal journal publishing peer-reviewed scholarship on Canadian legal issues.

Broad incumbents

• Canadian Bar Review: The flagship journal of the Canadian Bar Association, a well-established and broad-reaching Canadian legal publication. Comparable as a top-tier Canadian legal scholarly publication, though published by a national professional association rather than a single law school.

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Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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