The Rutgers Law Journal is a professional publication devoted to critical discussions of current legal problems. Issued quarterly, it includes lead articles by practitioners and scholars, as well as student contributions in the form of notes and case comments. One issue of the journal each year is devoted to a survey of state constitutional law. Participation in the work of the Rutgers Law Journal affords opportunity for intellectual and professional growth. Students are eligible to receive academic credit for law journal service.

Invitations for staff positions are extended to a limited number of first-year students on the basis of their academic achievement in the first year of law school and a writing competition. Other students are encouraged to compete for open positions on the Rutgers Law Journal through subsequent open-writing competitions. Details of the writing competition are announced each year during the spring semester. Unique situations, such as transfer students and students returning from leaves of absence, are handled on an individual basis by the editorial board.

Members of the editorial board are selected by their predecessors, utilizing the criteria of contribution to the Rutgers Law Journal during the previous year and continued academic excellence. Students also may compete for staff and editorial positions on the Rutgers Journal of Law and Religion. This journal is the world's first online student-edited law journal dedicated to the interaction of church and state on a global scale. Students interested in policy may participate on the Journal of Law and Public Policy.