Aims & Scope

Since 1949, Hastings Law Journal has published scholarly articles, essays, and student Notes on a broad range of legal topics.

With close to 90 members, HLJ publishes six issues each year, reaching a large domestic and international audience.

One of these issues may be dedicated to our periodic symposium, which features speeches, commentaries, and panel discussions on an area of current interest and development in the law.

Recent topics have included: "Federal Sentencing Reform," "The Legal Dimension of 3D Printing," "From Bench to Society: Law and Ethics at the Frontier of Genomic Technology," and "The Jurisprudence of Justice Anthony Kennedy: Four Decades of Influence."

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Abstracting & Indexing

Journal is indexed in leading academic databases, ensuring global visibility and accessibility of our peer-reviewed research.


Subjects & Keywords

Journal’s research areas, covering key disciplines and specialized sub-topics in Social Sciences, designed to support cutting-edge academic discovery.


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