The Journal publishes four issues per year, and hosts an annual Symposium focused on a select topic of criminal law.

[1] Consistent with the progressive agenda in the early twentieth century, the purpose of the Journal was to articulate and promote criminal justice reform.

[1] JCLC has a unique interdisciplinary approach, and remains today the only journal in the world that combines both criminal law and criminology.

[1] This contributes to the success and reach of the Journal: JCLC is one of the most widely-read and frequently-cited publications in the world.

[1] Today, it is the second most-widely subscribed-to journal published by any law school in the United States.