The ''Journal of Criminal Law & Criminology'' ("JCLC") is a peer-reviewed, student-run

academic journal An academic journal or scholarly journal is a periodical publication in which scholarship relating to a particular academic discipline is published. Academic journals serve as permanent and transparent forums for the presentation, scrutiny, and ...

published by the

Northwestern University School of Law Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law is the law school of Northwestern University, a private research university. It is located on the university's Chicago campus. Northwestern Law has been ranked among the top 14, or "T14" law s ...

. Student editors select and edit articles submitted by professors, scholars, judges, practitioners, and students. The ''Journal'' publishes four issues per year, and hosts an annual Symposium focused on a select topic of criminal law.

History

The journal was established in 1910 as the ''Journal of the American Institute of Criminal Law and Criminology'' by Dean John Henry Wigmore. From 1931 to 1951 it was named ''Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology'' and from 1951 to 1972 ''The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science''. It received its current name in 1973. The ''Journal'' was an outgrowth of the "National Conference on Criminal Law and Criminology," hosted at Northwestern University School of Law in 1909 in celebration of the law school's fiftieth anniversary. Consistent with the progressive agenda in the early twentieth century, the purpose of the ''Journal'' was to articulate and promote criminal justice reform. JCLC has a unique interdisciplinary approach, and remains today the only journal in the world that combines both criminal law and criminology. This contributes to the success and reach of the ''Journal'': JCLC is one of the most widely-read and frequently-cited publications in the world. Today, it is the second most-widely subscribed-to journal published by any law school in the United States.

Notable alumni

* Steven Drizin, lawyer and law professor at the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law, Editor-in-Chief 1967-68

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* Quarterly journals Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law Publications established in 1910 American law journals Criminology journals English-language journals 1910 establishments in Illinois Criminal law journals {{law-journal-stub