Solicitors Journal


Solicitors Journal is a monthly legal journal published in the United Kingdom by the International In-house Counsel Journal, Cambridge. It was established in 1856 and covers "practical and independent updates and analysis about the latest developments affecting the legal profession." The magazine has its headquarters in Cambridge.

History

The Solicitors Journal replaced the Legal Observer and Solicitors Journal, also known as the Legal Observer. The Weekly Reporter merged into the Solicitors Journal. The Weekly Reporter's common law editor from 1862 to 1866 was Standish Grove Grady.
The journal was published weekly until September 2017, when it was closed by its then owner, Wilmington plc. It was previously published by Longman Group UK Ltd. Publication resumed in January 2019 as a monthly magazine, by International In-house Counsel Journal Limited, based in Cambridge and King's Lynn.
Editors included William Shaen, Alexander Edward Miller, William Mitchell Fawcett, John Mason Lightwood, David Hughes Parry, John Robert Perceval-Maxwell, Thomas Cunliffe, John Passmore Widgery, Philip Asterley Jones, Neville David Vandyk, Julian Harris and Marie Staunton.

Citing

The Solicitors Journal publishes law reports. For the purposes of citation, its name may be abbreviated to "SJ" or "Sol Jo", while "Solicitors' Journal and Reporter" may be abbreviated to "Sol J & R".