Interns and volunteers have also been utilised. The Africa Legal Aid Quarterly, published by Africa Legal Aid, is the official journal of the organisation. The journal is used to report on the organisation's activities, educate the public on human rights issues and serves as a forum for discussion and debate on human rights matters. The Quarterly's contributors include academics, judges, policy makers, lawyers and representatives of grassroots organisations. The articles themselves are all original, previously unpublished work.
Articles take the form of essays, opinion pieces, interviews, human rights updates and book reviews.
Although all articles are published in English, since 1997 a French summary has been included for the benefit of the journals French speaking readers. The Quarterly is received by legal practitioners, individuals, human rights organisations, non-governmental organisations and governmental institutions in Africa, Asia, Australia, Europe and the United States. It is also stocked by a large number of university libraries and international organisations such as the United Nations and the Organisation of African Unity. The wide distribution of the Quarterly makes the work of Africa Legal Aid accessible to thousands of additional readers world-wide. In each edition of the Quarterly the contributors discuss a specified theme.