Journal profile · EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Law Teacher
ISSN 0306-9400 · eISSN 1943-0353 · Taylor & Francis
Law Teacher: CAS Zone 4 · Education (2025 upgraded edition); impact factor 1.3 (journal website); hybrid open access; APC charged, amount not published; median 110 days to acceptance (71 articles, last 24 months); acceptance rate 80% (journal website); 74 articles in 2025; indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Scope
Aims, scope and focus
Law Teacher is published by Taylor & Francis 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, Comparative and International Law Studies and Artificial Intelligence in Law, together about 48.5% of its articles. Its main subfields are Law. (generated from OpenAlex topic counts and CAS ranking data)
The Law Teacher is a fully-refereed journal concerned with the teaching of law and issues affecting legal education at all academic levels. Whilst it is the journal of the UK-based Association of Law Teachers, both the Association and the journal are international in outlook and contributions from any jurisdiction are welcome in any section of the journal. Contributions generally address issues of legal education rather than substantive law as such. What falls within the concept of ‘legal education’ is broadly interpreted, and could include any issues which will be of interest to law teachers. The journal is particularly interested in reporting pedagogical developments, properly grounded in theory and effectively researched and analysed, and the results of empirical research into matters of concern to law teachers. The Law Teacher is read by academics and teachers of law around the world, and members of the Association of Law Teachers receive copies as part of their membership. Peer Review All submitted articles are subject to initial appraisal by the General Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized. An exception to the practice of peer review may arise where a specific article has been commissioned or where it is the published version of a formal lecture organised by the Association of Law Teachers, such as the Annual Lord Upjohn Lecture. PED and Learning Resource Reviews are usually only subject to editorial review. “As the only UK-based journal to focus exclusively on learning and teaching law, the Law Teacher makes a significant contribution to the theory and practice of legal education” Professor Julian Webb, Director, UK Centre for Legal Education.
From the journal's Aims & Scope
Research area (LetPub): EDUCATION & EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
Editor-in-chief Emma JonesPublisher website
Editorial board by country: none in mainland China; most named United Kingdom 11 (11 members with a country) Editorial board ↗Publisher website ·
Main research topics OpenAlex counts of recent articles; shares are approximate
- Legal Education and Practice InnovationsSocial Sciences27.8%
- Comparative and International Law StudiesSocial Sciences10.5%
- Artificial Intelligence in LawSocial Sciences10.2%
- Law in Society and CultureSocial Sciences5.8%
- Legal principles and applicationsSocial Sciences5.7%
- Conflict of Laws and JurisdictionSocial Sciences4.4%
- Business Law and EthicsBusiness, Management and Accounting3%
- Human auditory perception and evaluationEngineering2.9%
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 |
Top journal: noReview journal: no
CAS Xinrui Journal Ranking (March 2026)Education Zone 3
| Level | Category | Zone |
|---|---|---|
| Major | Education | Zone 3 |
| Minor | Education & Educational Research | Zone 3 |
Top journal: noReview journal: not marked
CAS Journal Ranking, previous upgraded edition (December 2023)Not covered
Not covered by this edition.
JCR / CiteScore quartiles on the journal's website
- CiteScore Q2 · 2025
Publisher-reported: JCR figures are Clarivate's and CiteScore figures Scopus's to confirm; both are a different system from the CAS zones.Publisher website
Database indexing
ESCIScopusLetPub
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 (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- 5-year impact factor (publisher) 2025
- 1.3Publisher website ·
- CiteScore 2026-06
- 1.7LetPub ·
- CiteScore (publisher) 2025
- 1.7Publisher website ·
- SJR 2026-06
- 0.22LetPub ·
- SJR (publisher) 2025
- 0.22Publisher website ·
- SNIP 2026-06
- 0LetPub ·
- SNIP (publisher) 2025
- 0.22Publisher website ·
- h-index
- 21OpenAlex ·
- i10-index
- 103OpenAlex ·
- 2-year mean citedness
- 0.44OpenAlex ·
- Self-citation rate
- 38.5%LetPub ·
- Share of gold OA articles
- 35.34%LetPub ·
Volume
- Articles per year
- 50LetPub ·
- Downloads per year (publisher)
- 112,000Publisher website ·
Articles by year OpenAlex count · 1,925 in total · the current year is incomplete
| Year | Articles | Open access | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 36 | 23 | 2 |
| 2025 | 74 | 50 | 19 |
| 2024 | 49 | 32 | 49 |
| 2023 | 48 | 23 | 185 |
| 2022 | 33 | 14 | 72 |
| 2021 | 54 | 26 | 170 |
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.
Review & acceptance
Review time and acceptance
Review time from article dates manuscript dates registered with Crossref · to
110 daysMedian, submission to acceptance · P25–P75 28 days – 201 days
- Acceptance to online
- median 79 days (71 articles)
- Submission to online
- median 187 days
- Sample
- 71 articles with submission and acceptance dates (123 in the window); the latest was accepted on
Only articles that were accepted and published are counted, not the time spent on rejected manuscripts, so this usually runs longer than a publisher's "time to first decision".
Other sources
- Acceptance rate (publisher)
- 80%Publisher website ·
- Submission to first decision
- 66 daysPublisher website ·
- First decision after review
- 125 daysPublisher website ·
- Acceptance to publication
- 72 daysPublisher website ·
- Peer review
- Double anonymous peer reviewPublisher website
Community reports come from authors' own submissions (confidence 0.5) and are not a promise from the journal; for publisher figures, the journal's own definitions apply.
Fees & open access
APC and open-access policy
Hybrid open accessLetPub
A subscription journal in which authors can pay to publish their article open access.
| Source | APC | Fee waiver | License | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Publisher website | Yes, amount not published | — | — |
A hybrid journal charges the APC only when the author chooses open access; publishing under the subscription model is usually free.
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)
Policy excerpts from the journal's websiteOpen access, Peer review
- Open access Open access
The Law Teacher is a hybrid open access journal that is part of the Taylor & Francis Open Select publishing program, giving you the option to publish open access. Publishing open access means that your article will be free to access online immediately on publication, increasing the visibility, readership, and impact of your research. Why choose open access? Increase the discoverability and readers…
Source ↗Publisher website ·- Peer review
Double anonymized peer review by at least two independent referees after initial editorial appraisal. Model summary
All submitted articles are subject to initial appraisal by the General Editor or a Deputy Editor, and, if found suitable for further consideration, to peer review by at least two independent, anonymous expert referees. All peer review is double anonymized.
Source ↗Publisher website ·
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
- Taylor & Francis
- ISSN
- 0306-9400
- Electronic ISSN
- 1943-0353
- Society / sponsor
- Association of Law Teachers
- Latest issue on the website
- Volume 60, Issue 2 (2026)
- Official links
- Journal homepage ↗OpenAlex
- Submission system ↗Publisher website
- Special issues ↗Publisher website
FAQ
Frequently asked questions about Law Teacher
What CAS zone is Law Teacher in?
In the 2025 upgraded edition of the CAS Journal Ranking, Law Teacher is in Zone 4 of Education, and in Zone 4 of the minor category Education & Educational Research. In the 2026 Xinrui edition it is in Zone 3 of Education. Zones from different editions, and from major and minor categories, are not interchangeable.
What is the impact factor of Law Teacher?
The journal's website gives an impact factor of 1.3 (2025); this is the journal's own figure, as LetPub lists none for it; CiteScore 1.7, h-index 21.
How long does peer review take at Law Teacher?
Based on the dates recorded on 71 articles published between October 2024 and October 2026 (the last 24 months), the median time from submission to acceptance is 110 days (interquartile range 28–201 days); the journal's website gives an acceptance rate of 80%. Article statistics cover accepted papers only, publisher figures follow the journal's own definitions, and community reports come from authors' own submissions; none is a promise from the journal.
Where are the editorial board members of Law Teacher based?
Of the 11 board members whose country the journal's board page names, none are in mainland China; the countries named most often are United Kingdom (11). Counted from the institutions listed on the board page; for reference only.
Which databases index Law Teacher?
According to LetPub and DOAJ records, Law Teacher is indexed in ESCI and Scopus.
Is Law Teacher open access, and what is the APC?
Law Teacher is a hybrid journal. For open-access publication: APC charged, amount not published.
Sources and updates
The facts on this page come from LetPub, Publisher website, OpenAlex; 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: .