Journal profile · Social Sciences-Law
Journal of legal education
ISSN 0022-2208 · Association of America Law Schools
Journal of legal education: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 0; subscription journal; 28 articles a year; indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Journal of legal education is published by Association of America Law Schools and is in Zone 4 of Education in the CAS Journal Ranking (2025 upgraded edition). By OpenAlex counts of its recent articles, its largest topics are Legal Education and Practice Innovations, Legal Systems and Judicial Processes and Artificial Intelligence in Law, together about 62.4% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law and Political Science and International Relations. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Journal addresses issues confronting legal educators, including curriculum development, teaching methods and scholarship, and serves as an outlet for emerging areas of scholarship and teaching.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): Social Sciences-Law
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences34.6%
- Legal Systems and Judicial ProcessesSocial Sciences17.7%
- Artificial Intelligence in LawSocial Sciences10.1%
- Business Law and EthicsBusiness, Management and Accounting7.2%
- Legal Issues in EducationSocial Sciences5.9%
- Comparative and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences4.9%
- Judicial and Constitutional StudiesSocial Sciences2.8%
- Law, Economics, and Judicial SystemsEconomics, Econometrics and Finance2.8%
Rankings & indexing
CAS ranking and database indexing
CAS Journal Ranking
CAS Journal Ranking, upgraded edition (March 2025)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Sociology Zone 4
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Sociology | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 4 |
| Minor | Law | Zone 4 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
Database indexing
SSCIScopusLetPub
International journal early-warning lists: not listed in any editionLetPub
Editions, and major and minor categories, are shown separately and never merged into one zone; check which edition your institution uses before you submit or report.
Metrics
Impact metrics and publication volume
Impact
- Impact factor
- 0LetPub ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 3.1LetPub ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.52LetPub ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 1.59LetPub ·
- h-index
- 23OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 73OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 20%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 0%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 28LetPub ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,000 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 17 | 0 | 14 |
Sources count differently and were observed at different times, so each source's own value is kept; "publisher" marks figures from the journal's website.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Subscription journalLetPub
A subscription journal: articles are read by subscription or purchase, and authors usually pay no publication charge.
No source has fee information yet; check the journal's website.
The journal's website is authoritative for fees; sources were observed at different times and each keeps its own value, without averaging.
Submission
Article types and submission policies (journal website)
Article types accepted2
- articlesArticlesLength not stated
- book reviewBook ReviewLength not stated
Excerpts are quoted from the journal's website; "model summary" lines are written by Workers AI and checked against the text. The journal's website is authoritative.
Profile
Publication details and official links
- Publisher
- Association of America Law Schools
- ISSN
- 0022-2208
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Journal of legal education
What CAS zone is Journal of legal education in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Journal of legal education is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research / Law. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 4 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Journal of legal education?
The latest impact factor listed by LetPub is 0; CiteScore 3.1, h-index 23.
Which databases index Journal of legal education?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Journal of legal education is indexed in SSCI and Scopus.
Is Journal of legal education open access, and what is the APC?
Journal of legal education is a subscription journal. Fee information is not available yet; check the journal's website.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, OpenAlex, Publisher website; every figure is tagged with its source and the date it was observed, and conflicting values are kept per source. LetPub source page: view ↗ (archived 2026-08-26). Last updated: .