It publishes six issues each year as well as its online supplement, the North Carolina Law Review Forum (Bluebook abbreviation: N.C. L. Rev.

[nb 1] In its first volume, the founding editors wrote that the journal would provide "a supplement to the routine daily class work of the School, [and] it will afford to the second and third year students, a means of intensive training in legal writing.

"[1] Due to its "local roots" in North Carolina, the Review has historically tailored much of its content to state concerns.

[4] At the time, the journal listed multiple "Editors in War Service" alongside its standard masthead.

According to a 2023 meta-ranking conducted by University of Oregon Professor Bryce Clayton Newell, the Review was ranked #30.