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This section lists major online legal journals for professionals and for the public.

Appeal - Review of Current Law and Law Reform (University of Victoria. Faculty of Law) Appeal is a relatively young journal that provides a forum for the excellent work being done by students across Canada on current legal issues. The journal is run by law students at the University of Victoria, including a 10-member Editorial Board and numerous volunteer reviewers who evaluate submissions and assist in editing. Appeal differs from many Canadian law journals in its focus on current legal issues and its emphasis on legal writing that is accessible and interesting for an interdisciplinary audience.

Canadian Journal of Family Law The Canadian Journal of Family Law has provides a meeting place for academics and professionals from a variety of disciplines to discuss and debate family law issues. Search through past volumes and read abstracts of articles published by the Canadian Journal of Family Law

Canadian Journal of Law and Society Founded in 1985 by Rainer Knopff (assisted by Ann Griffith), the Journal was initially based in the Research Unit for Socio-Legal Studies, University of Calgary. Since 1990, it has been affiliated with the Canadian Law and Society Association. Its editorship was at the same period transferred to the Université du Québec à Montréal. The Journal became biannual, beginning with Volume 7 (1992), and certain issues have been thematic since then. The Canadian Journal of Law and Society seeks to promote and publish research on law and legal systems understood as social phenomena. The Journal is interdisciplinary in scope, calling for various perspectives and methods of analysis of law.

Canadian Journal of Policy Research (ISUMA) ISUMA is dedicated to policy-relevant research and focuses on issues that are cross-disciplinary and multi-dimensional. It is governed by an independent Editorial Board and published by Les Presses de l’Univerisité de Montréal, on behalf of the Policy Research Initiative.

Canadian Journal of Sociology Online    

Centre for Constitutional Studies Publications The Centre regularly publishes two journals: Constitutional Forum constitutionnel, which serves as a forum for discussions of current developments; and the Review of Constitutional Studies / Revue d'études consitutionnelles, an interdisciplinary journal of academic commentary. The Centre also publishes an occasional papers series, entitled Points of View / Points de vue.

Cornell International Law Journal Founded in 1967, the Cornell International Law Journal is one of the oldest and most prominent international law journals in the country. Three times a year, the Journal publishes scholarship that reflects the sweeping changes that are taking place in public and private international law.

Cornell Law Review Continuously published for over 85 years, the Cornell Law Review remains a leader in global-class legal scholarship.

Empathic Parenting The quarterly journal published by the Canadian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children since 1978. The CSPCC was incorporated as a non-profit corporation in 1975.

Indian and Northern Affairs Canada Newsletters Collection of electronic newsletters developed by Indian and Northern Affairs Canada. Full text of recent issues available.

Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies The Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies is a faculty-edited interdisciplinary journal focusing on the intersections of global and domestic legal regimes, markets, politics, technologies, and cultures. Students are also integrally involved in the production of the Journal.

International Journal of Legal Information The International Journal of Legal Information, the official publication of the International Association of Law Libraries, is issued three time a year: Spring, Summer and Winter. It seeks to advance the exchange of legal information throughout the world. Under the direction of its international editorial board and advisors, the IJLI serves the global community of law librarians, legal scholars, and practitioners through the publication of original articles, conference papers, bibliographies, book reviews, documents concerning law and law-related information.

Justice Canada Newsletter Justice Canada is a newsletter published bi-yearly by the Department of Justice.  The newsletter's aim is to shed some light on something that is often called "Canada's largest law firm" but that is better described as the country's largest multidisciplinary legal practice group.

Manitoba Law Journal The Manitoba Law Journal has a long and rich history in the Manitoban, Canadian, and International legal communities. First published in 1885 and continually published since 1961, the Manitoba Law Journal is committed to providing the legal community with challenging and thought-provoking articles from academics, practitioners and students.

McGill Law Journal The primary objectives of the Journal are to assist in the
scholarly study of the law, to promote original research and understanding of the civil law and common law systems, and to provide a forum for critical analysis of both private and public law issues. In addition to reading articles, the Journal also publishes case comments, book reviews and an annual Special Issue devoted to a timely legal topic.

National Reporter System Online Database provided by Maritime Law Book for legal research. They receive judicial decisions from court offices throughout Canada and from the Judicial Office of the House of Lords (U.K.). The decisions are read, classified and edited for headnotes and indexes for their reports. Much of the site needs registration and/or paid membership.

Online Journal of Peace and Conflict Resolution (Tabula Rasa Institute) The Tabula Rasa Institute is a nonprofit organization that promotes peace, understanding, and cooperation between people, groups, and nations by providing the resources, education, and leadership necessary to improve our world.

Osgoode Hall Law Journal The Osgoode Hall Law Journal has been publishing continuously since 1958. The Journal has acquired a reputation for excellence in publishing scholarly articles that represent a wide range of perspectives about law and legal institutions, and for providing thorough, meticulous and efficient editorial services to our authors. We aim to provide an interdisciplinary forum for innovative and provocative approaches to legal knowledge.

Queen's Law Journal The Queen's Law Journal is a student-run publication committed to a system of peer review. The Journal has a well established international readership, and is among Canada's most highly respected law journals. The Queen's Law Journal has published volumes annually since its inception in 1971 (with generally two issues per volume). Articles and book reviews are published in French and English, covering a wide variety of topics.

The Journal of Online Law The Journal of Online Law is an electronic publication of scholarly essays about law and online communications--law and cyberspace. The first issue was released early in June, 1995. We aim at concisely framing and exploring the key legal issues arising from networked communication; at speculating a bit about future trends; and in general, at trying to bring interested readers some interesting reading about the law of cyberspace.

The Philanthropist The Philanthropist is a quarterly journal that publishes articles and information of interest and assistance to the management and directors of Canadian foundations and charities and their legal and financial advisors.

It also provides a forum for discussion and informed debate of controversial issues arising in the philanthropic sector.

The journal is published by the Agora Foundation with the assistance of the Charity and Not-for-Profit Law Section of the Ontario Bar Association, and the Canadian Centre for Philanthropy.

University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review The University of Toronto Faculty of Law Review is one of the oldest student legal journals in Canada. The first issue, published in 1942, began as a record of student life and times in the faculty. By the 1950's, with the support of Dean Caesar Wright, the Law Review editors began the process of "professionalizing" the publication, moving from a student newspaper to forum for intellectual debate about the law. Since then, the Law Review has continued in this commitment, introducing new developments in legal science, philosophy, scholarship and education.