The JCL is currently received by every accredited law school library in the United States, two-thirds of the one hundred largest law firms around the country, and approximately forty percent of the largest 250 firms. The JCL publishes four issues each year. The JCL 's philosophy is to provide both the legal and academic communities with quality articles examining subjects of current importance to businesses, scholars, and the practicing bar. Student editors believe that this approach produces a publication that makes a valuable contribution to the legal community and serves the important function of providing excellent legal training for students. From its inception, the JCL has been designed to serve as a practitioner-oriented publication.
Emphasis is placed on publishing material suitable for practicing lawyers.
To maintain such an orientation, the JCL editors receive advice from am editorial advisory board which consists of a group of distinguished scholars and attorneys. The advisory board gives suggestions to JCL editors concerning editorial processes, format, and editorial staff operations. This advice keeps the JCL attuned to the needs of the present day legal community. The University of Iowa College of Law is unique in that all students, without regard to grade point average, are eligible to write for any University of Iowa student published legal periodical. No membership or staff positions for any of the student published legal periodicals are offered on a grade point basis.