UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence

What UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence does

UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence is a student-run, peer-reviewed open access academic journal dedicated to law and jurisprudence, first published in 2012 as part of the UCL Open Access Student Journals programme at University College London. It is operated by UCL students with subject-specialist peer review support from the UCL Faculty of Law, and publishing support from UCL Press, which manages the broader programme of eight student journals spanning disciplines from archaeology to law. All content is licensed under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 and made freely available online with no article processing charges and no paywall, positioning the journal as a non-commercial academic publication rather than a revenue-generating entity.

The journal's publishing infrastructure is built on Janeway, an open-source publishing platform provided by the Open Library of Humanities and shared across all eight journals in the programme. Editorial operations are run by students, with UCL Press providing ongoing training, planning support, and succession management at the end of each academic year. Faculty partners deliver peer review and content oversight, and the journal's content and metadata are exposed via the programme's institutional website at student-journals.ucl.ac.uk.

The business model is non-commercial: the journal generates no revenue, charges no publication or subscription fees, and is funded indirectly as part of UCL Press's institutional mission. The customer base is defined as UCL Law students and academic researchers, with global reader reach via open access. The journal is wholly owned and operated by University College London, a public research university, and has no external shareholders, investors, or independent commercial operations.

Name

UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence

Legal name

University College London

Website

https://student-journals.ucl.ac.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence is a student-run, peer-reviewed open access academic journal covering law and jurisprudence, published since 2012 within the UCL Open Access Student Journals programme for UCL students and researchers, with no publication or subscription fees under a CC-BY 4.0 licence.

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Product category

Academic Journal Publishing

SIC

Periodicals: Publishing Or Publishing & Printing (2721)

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PRIMARYEDAGAFAG

Law & Legal Studies Scholarly Publishing

Education/Educational Publishing & Learning Content/Academic & Scholarly Publishing (Journals, Monographs)

SECONDARYMPAJABAC

Academic & Scholarly Journals Publishing (Peer-Reviewed)

Media, Entertainment & Sports/Publishing (Books, News, Magazines)/Educational & Academic Publishing (Textbooks, Scholarly, STM)

SECONDARYEDAHABAF

Law & Legal Studies Research Universities

Education/Higher Education (Colleges & Universities)/Private Research Universities

Keywords

• Academic journal publishing
• Open access publishing
• Legal scholarship
• Peer review
• Law research

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Others

Revenue model

1. Free open-access publishing: The journal does not charge any publication fees (APC-free) and all content is freely accessible to readers at no cost. This is a free service provided to UCL students.

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Distribution channels1 record

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Core offering

The UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence is a student-run, peer-reviewed open access academic journal dedicated to publishing research in law and jurisprudence. It is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 licence, charges no publication fees, and is supported by UCL Faculty (Law) for subject specialist content and peer review, with publishing operations managed by UCL Press.

Product overview

UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence is a single open access peer-reviewed journal published by UCL Open Access Student Journals, a free service managed by UCL Press for UCL students. The programme comprises eight student journals covering various subjects. The journal is supported by a corresponding UCL faculty for subject specialist content and peer review. All content is published under Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license and does not charge publication fees.

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Problem solved

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Products and services

• UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence A peer-reviewed, fully open access student-run academic journal dedicated to law and jurisprudence, managed by UCL students with subject specialist peer review support from UCL Faculty (Law) and publishing operations run by UCL Press. Content is licensed under CC-BY 4.0 and made freely available online to a global audience.

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Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• UCL PresscoreImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerUCL Press manages the UCL Open Access Student Journals service, providing tools for students to independently manage and publish fully open access journals, free of charge. Services include publishing support, education about content publication, running and planning journal publication, and succession planning.
• UCL Faculty (Law)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEach student journal is supported by a corresponding UCL faculty which provides subject specialist support for content and peer review. The UCL Journal of Law and Jurisprudence is supported by the relevant UCL law faculty.
• Open Library of Humanities (Janeway platform)coreTechnology or IntegrationJaneway is the open-source software platform used to publish all UCL student journals, provided by the Open Library of Humanities.

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Recent moves4 records

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Direct peers

• Oxford Journal of Legal Studies: A leading UK peer-reviewed law journal published by Oxford University Press. Comparable as a UK university-backed scholarly law journal competing for the same postgraduate legal research submissions and readership, though with a much more established editorial brand and longer history.
• Cambridge Law Journal: One of the UK's oldest and most established peer-reviewed law journals, published by Cambridge University Press. Comparable as a UK university-affiliated scholarly law journal serving the academic legal community, although operating at significantly greater scale and prestige.
• Modern Law Review: A leading UK peer-reviewed law journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Modern Law Review Ltd. Directly comparable as a UK-based scholarly law journal targeting legal academics and postgraduate researchers, though subscription-based and significantly more established.
• Law Quarterly Review: A long-established UK peer-reviewed law journal, founded in 1885, covering jurisprudence and legal analysis. Comparable as a UK scholarly law journal targeting the same readership of legal academics, students, and practitioners interested in jurisprudence and doctrinal legal analysis.
• Bioscience Horizons: A UCL Open Access Student Journal in bioscience, part of the same eight-journal programme. Operates on the same Janeway platform with the same institutional support model, making it a directly comparable peer for operational and governance benchmarking.
• Papers from the Institute of Archaeology (PIA): Another UCL Open Access Student Journal (established 1990), operating under the same UCL Press-managed programme with identical APC-free, CC-BY 4.0, peer-reviewed student-run model. Direct structural peer across subject matter and editorial process.

Broad incumbents

• UCL Press: The publishing arm of University College London that manages the Open Access Student Journals programme including the UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. UCL Press is directly comparable as the institutional publisher providing infrastructure, governance, and editorial support for this journal.

Others

• Open Library of Humanities: The non-profit organisation that develops and provides the Janeway open-source publishing platform used by the UCL Journal of Law & Jurisprudence. Adjacent peer as a key infrastructure provider whose funding and platform roadmap directly affect the journal's publishing capabilities.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance1 record

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