UCL Faculty of Laws is proud to announce the launch of a new website for Current Legal Problems (CLP), marking a major new chapter for one of the UK’s longest-running and most prestigious legal publications.
Founded in 1948, Current Legal Problems is an annual publication featuring scholarly contributions that offer a critical analysis of important current legal issues covering all areas of legal scholarship, including a wide range of methodological approaches to law.
The peer-reviewed articles are based on the invited public lecture series hosted by UCL Faculty of Laws, with lectures often chaired by members of the judiciary and open to the public.
The launch of the new website coincides with UCL’s bicentennial celebrations and the transition of Current Legal Problems to UCL Press. For the first time, Current Legal Problems will be published fully open access, making both individual articles and complete volumes available on the website free of charge from the moment of publication.
The move to open access reflects a shared commitment to expanding access to world-leading legal research and ensuring scholarship reaches the widest possible audience, including academics, practitioners, policymakers and students around the world.
The editors of Current Legal Problems, Dr Franziska Arnold-Dwyer, Dr Mark Dsouza, Dr Jeevan Hariharan and Professor Maria Lee said: “We are delighted that the new website for Current Legal Problems is now live. Since its inception, CLP has been a major reference point for legal scholarship, aiming to cover all areas of law and featuring a wide range of methodological approaches. The new website enables articles to be accessible as soon as possible, in advance of the version of record being published by our colleagues at UCL Press”.
The new platform will support the continued development of Current Legal Problems as a globally accessible resource for contemporary legal scholarship, while strengthening its longstanding connection at UCL Laws.