[1] It was first published in 1981 and is now recognised as "one of the leading generalist journals in the UK".

[2] Legal Studies publishes peer-reviewed scholarly articles, notes, reports, and book reviews.

It has been edited by a board located in University of Manchester’s School of Law since 2016.

[3] A ranking of UK law journals based on statistical data from the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise uses Legal Studies as the 'benchmark'.

[5] The winner of the Society of Legal Scholars' best paper award in 2023 was made to Conall Mallory and Hélène Tyrrell for their article The Extrajudicial Voice, a study of the views of 13 very senior judges as to their role and conduct.