Mission Statement
The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law (JCL) provides a forum for the academic advancement and interdisciplinary study of constitutional law. To that end, JCL cultivates innovative scholarship, promotes critical perspectives, and reinvents the traditional study of constitutional law. As part of its mission, JCL is committed to publishing five issues each year via both print and electronic mediums.
General Information
During the 2017-2018 academic year, JCL will publish its 20th Volume. Since our founding, JCL has emerged as a leading publication in the area of constitutional legal analysis and discourse. JCL is one of only seventeen non-law review publications ranked in the top 100 legal journals nationwide for the most citations and impact.
As a result of our position within the legal academy, JCL is fortunate to receive and publish the work of some of the leading scholars in the field, including the Honorable Sandra Day O’Connor, the Honorable Guido Calabresi, Richard Epstein, Laurence Tribe, Seth Kreimer, Kermit Roosevelt, Erwin Chemerinsky, Marci Hamilton, Barry Cushman, Sandy Levinson, Martin Redish, David Rudovsky, Mark Tushnet, the Honorable Douglas H. Ginsburg, and Jerry Mashaw.
