McGill Journal of Law and Health / Revue de droit et santé de McGill

What McGill Journal of Law and Health / Revue de droit et santé de McGill does

The McGill Journal of Law and Health (MJLH) / Revue de droit et santé de McGill (RDSM) is a bilingual (English/French), student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal housed at the McGill University Faculty of Law in Montreal, Quebec. Founded in 2007, the journal publishes scholarship at the intersection of law, health, and policy, using a transsystemic framework that integrates civil and common law traditions and engages medicine, ethics, biotechnology, public health, and technology. Its core product is the annual peer-reviewed journal (currently in its 19th volume), distributed in both print and open-access digital formats, with an online blog (MJLH-online), a podcast series, and an annual bilingual colloquium as supplementary programming.

The journal's technology stack is minimal: its public-facing platform is built on WordPress content management, with no proprietary technology, API, or integrations disclosed. Distribution is the principal channel architecture — publications are freely available via the journal website, indexed in major legal databases (Quicklaw, WestlawNext, HeinOnline, CAIJ, CanLII), and distributed in print to major North American law libraries.

The business model is non-commercial. As an explicitly open-access publication with no subscription or article processing charges, the journal does not generate revenue and operates under the umbrella of the McGill University Faculty of Law with rotating student leadership (e.g., the 2025-2026 team under Editor-in-Chief Jacob Shannon, advised by Faculty Advisor Noah Weisbord) and volunteer staff. Primary beneficiaries are academics, legal and health practitioners, and policymakers who access the scholarship for research, professional development, and policy input, with a smaller general-public audience reached through the blog and approximately 60 newsletter subscribers.

Name

McGill Journal of Law and Health / Revue de droit et santé de McGill

Legal name

McGill Journal of Law and Health / Revue de droit et santé de McGill

Website

https://mjlh.mcgill.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

2007

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The McGill Journal of Law and Health is a bilingual, student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal at McGill University's Faculty of Law, publishing open-access scholarship on health law, bioethics, and health policy for academics, practitioners, and policymakers since 2007.

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Product category

Academic Legal Publishing

NAICS

Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (541720), Research and Development in the Social Sciences and Humanities (54172)

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

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Scholarly Societies & Conference Proceedings Publishing (MPAJABAK)

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Health law scholarship
• Peer-reviewed publications
• Bilingual legal journal
• Legal academic content

Headquarters

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Montreal

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Canada

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North America

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B2B

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Services

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Core offering

The McGill Journal of Law and Health (MJLH) / Revue de droit et santé de McGill (RDSM) is a bilingual, student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarship at the intersection of law, health, and policy within an interdisciplinary and transsystemic framework. It produces annual print and open-access digital volumes, complemented by an online Health Law Blog, a Podcast series, and an Annual Colloquium. The journal is housed by the McGill University Faculty of Law and currently publishes Volume 19 as of 2026.

Product overview

The McGill Journal of Law and Health (MJLH) / Revue de droit et santé de McGill (RDSM) is a bilingual, student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal housed by the McGill University Faculty of Law. Founded in 2007, the journal provides a platform for scholarship at the intersection of law, health, and policy, drawing on both civil and common law traditions. The core offering is the peer-reviewed journal published in both print and open-access digital formats, currently in its 19th volume. The journal's product portfolio includes the main journal publication, the MJLH Health Law Blog (web-only commentary), the MJLH Podcast, and the Annual Colloquium series. All publications are committed to open-access principles and indexed in major legal databases.

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Products and services

• McGill Journal of Law and Health / Revue de droit et santé de McGill (MJLH/RDSM) A bilingual, student-run, peer-reviewed academic journal housed by the McGill University Faculty of Law, publishing leading scholarship on health-related law and policy in both print and open-access online formats under an interdisciplinary and transsystemic framework.
• MJLH Health Law Blog An online-only content platform featuring short academic and non-academic commentary on emerging issues in health law, providing an additional avenue for readers to engage with health law discourse.
• MJLH Podcast A podcast series produced by the journal offering audio content related to health law topics and journal activities.
• Annual Colloquium An annual bilingual colloquium hosted by the journal that fosters interdisciplinary dialogue on issues at the intersection of health and law, bringing together academics, practitioners, and policymakers.

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Direct peers

• Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics: A long-standing peer-reviewed journal published by the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics covering the intersection of law, medicine, ethics, and health policy. It directly overlaps MJLH's core subject matter and serves a similar academic, practitioner, and policymaker audience.
• European Journal of Health Law: A Brill-published international journal on health law, ethics, and policy with a primarily European readership. Comparable to MJLH on subject matter and interdisciplinary legal-medical framing, though operating in a different jurisdiction.
• Health Law Journal: A former Canadian peer-reviewed journal on health law, previously published by University of Toronto Press. It was the closest Canadian comparator to MJLH on subject matter, jurisdiction, and audience.
• American Journal of Law & Medicine: A foundational peer-reviewed journal in health law and policy, also published through the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics. It addresses the same interdisciplinary audience as MJLH across medical-legal scholarship and is a direct subject-matter competitor.
• Canadian Journal of Bioethics / Revue canadienne de bioéthique: A bilingual (English/French) Canadian bioethics journal with a similarly transsystemic, interdisciplinary framing. It overlaps MJLH's bilingual Canadian health law-and-ethics niche and audience.
• Yale Journal of Health Policy, Law, and Ethics: A student-run health law, policy, and ethics journal at Yale Law School. It is the closest comparable to MJLH in terms of student-led editorial model, interdisciplinary scope, and audience, and competes for similar scholarly submissions.
• Journal of Law and the Biosciences: An Oxford University Press journal at the intersection of law, biotechnology, and the life sciences. Comparable to MJLH on its technology-and-health-law dimensions and on the scholarly audience it serves.
• Medical Law Review: An Oxford University Press journal covering medical law, ethics, and policy primarily for UK and Commonwealth audiences. Comparable to MJLH in interdisciplinary legal-medical scholarship and audience of practitioners and academics.
• Hastings Center Report: A leading bioethics journal from The Hastings Center, publishing scholarship on ethical, legal, and policy issues in health. It overlaps MJLH on bioethics and health law and addresses similar academic and policy audiences.
• Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law: A Duke University Press journal addressing health policy, law, and politics. It overlaps MJLH on the policy-and-law axis and serves a comparable scholarly and policy audience.

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