Abbreviations in the Legal Profession

Below are a variety of the most common and not so common abbreviations you may come across in the legal profession. If you discover any new ones let me know and I will add them to the list.
For a list of latin phrases you may come across click here.

A

A. Atlantic reporter (USA)
A.B.L.R. Australian business law review
A.C. Appeal cases - Law Reports
A.D.I.L. Annual Digest and Reports of Public International Law Cases
A.E.R. All England Law Reports Reprint
A.J.C.L. American journal of comparative law
A.J.F.L. Australian journal of family law
A.J.I.L. American journal of international law
A.L.J. Australian law journal
A.L.J.R. Australian law journal reports
A.L.M.D. Australian legal monthly digest
A.L.Q. Arab law quarterly
A.L.R. American law reports or Australian law reports
A.P.D. Archives de Philosophie du Droit
A.R. Alberta reports (1977-)
A.T.C. Annotated Tax Cases
A.T.R. Australian tax review
All E.R. All England law reports
All E.R.Rev All England law reports annual review
Anglo-Am. L.R. Anglo-American law review
Arbitration Int. Arbitration international
Art. Article

B

B.C.C. British company law cases
B.C.L.C. Butterworths company law cases
B.C.L.R. British Columbia law reports
B.D.I.L. British Digest of International Law
B.I.L.C. British International Law Cases
B.J.Crim. British Journal of Criminology
B.J.I.B.& F.L. Butterworths journal of international banking & financial law
B.J.I.R. British Journal of Industrial Relations
B.J.L.S. British Journal of Law and Society
B.L. Business lawyer
B.L.R. Business law review
B.M.L.R. Butterworths Medico-Legal Reports
B.T.R. British tax review
B.Y.I.L. British yearbook of international law
Bracton L.J. Bracton law journal
Brit.J.Criminal. British journal of criminology
Build.L.R. Building law reports
Bull.E.C. Bulletin of the European Communities
Bus. Law  Business Lawyer

C

C. & S.L.J. Company and securities law journal
c.  Chapter (of Act of Parliament)
C.A. Court of Appeal
C.B.L.J. Canadian business law journal
C.B.R. Canadian Bar review
C.C.L.T. Canadian cases on the law of torts (1976-)
C.D.E.  Cahiers de Droit European
C.E. Council of Europe
C.E.C. European Community cases
C.F.I.L.R. Company financial and insolvency law review
C.I.L.J.S.A. Comparative and international law journal of southern Africa
C.J.Q. Civil justice quarterly
C.L. & P. Computer law and practice
C.L. Current law
C.L.B. Commonwealth law bulletin
C.L.E.A. Newsletter Commonwealth Legal Education Association. Newsletter
C.L.I. Current Legal Information
C.L.J. Cambridge law journal
C.L.P. Current legal problems
C.L.Q. Civil justice quarterly
C.L.R. Commonwealth law reports (Australia)
C.L.S.R. Computer law and security report
C.L.Y. Current law year book
C.L.Y.B. Current law year book
C.M.L.R. Common Market law reports
C.M.L.Rev. Common Market law review
C.O.D. Crown Office digest
C.P. Law Reports - Common Pleas 1875-80
C.P.C. Carswell's practice cases
C.T. & E.P.Q. Capital taxes and estates planning quarterly
C.T.L.R Computer and telecommunications law review
Cal. L.R.  California Law Review
Cambrian L.R. Cambrian law review
Can. B.J.  Canadian Bar Journal
Can. B.R. Canadian Bar review
Can. Bar J. Canadian Bar journal
Ch.  Law Reports - Chancery Division 1991-
Ch. Chancery Division (see Library guide no 4 Finding Law Reports
Ch.App.  Law Reports - Chancery Appeals 1865 - 75
Ch.D.  Law Reports - Chancery Division 1875 - 90
Co. Law Company lawyer
Col. L.R. Columbia Law Review
Com.Cas. Commercial cases
Com.Jud.J. Commonwealth judicial journal
Comp. & Law Computers and law
Comp.L. & P. Computer law and practice
Con.L.R. Construction law reports
Const.L.J. Construction law journal
Conv.(n.s.) Conveyancer and property lawyer (new series)
Cr.App.R. Criminal appeal reports
Cr.App.R.(S.) Criminal appeal reports (sentencing)
Crim.L.J. Criminal law journal
Crim.L.Q. Criminal Law Quarterly
Crim.L.R. Criminal law review
Csl. Counsel

D

D. & R. Decisions and reports of the European Court of human rights
D.C. Divisional Court
D.C.L.D.  Discrimination Law Case Digest (Equal Opportunities Review)
D.L.R. Dominion law reports
Denning L.J. Denning law journal
Dig.  Digest
Digests)
Dr.Ad. Droit Administratif
Dr.Soc. Droit Societe


E

E.A.T. Employment Appeals Tribunal
E.B.L.R. European business law review
E.C.C. European commercial cases
E.C.H.R. European Court of Human Rights
E.C.J. European Court of Justice
E.C.L. European current law
E.C.L.R. European competition law review
E.C.R. European Court reports (the official series)
E.E.L.R. European Environmental Law Review
E.G. Estates gazette
E.G.C.S. Estates gazette case summaries
E.G.L.R. Estates gazette law reports
E.H.R.L.R. European human rights law review
E.H.R.R. European human rights reports
E.I.P.R. European intellectual property review
E.I.R.R. European Industrial Relations Review
E.J.I.L. European journal of international law
E.J.L. European Law Journal
E.L.M. Environmental Law & Management
E.L.Q. Ecology law quarterly
E.L.R. European law review
E.M.L.R Entertainment and media law reports
E.O.R.  Equal Opportunites Review
E.O.R.Dig. Equal Opportunities Review Discrimination Law Case Digest
E.P.L. European Public Law
E.P.O. European Patent Office
E.R. English reports
E.T.M.R. European Trade Mark Reports
E.T.M.R. European Trade Mark Reports
E.T.S. European Treaty Series
E.W.C.A. Civ.   Court of Appeal, Civil Division (England & Wales)
E.W.C.A. Crim.   Court of Appeal, Criminal Division (England & Wales)
E.W.H.C. Admin   High Court, Administrative Court (England & Wales)
Ent. L.R. Entertainment law review
Env. L.M. Environmental Law Monthly
Env. L.R. Environmental Law Review
Eur. Access European access
Eur. T.L. European Transport Law
Euro.L.M. Europan Law Monitor

F

F Supp. Federal Supplement (USA)
F. Federal reporter (USA)
F.C.R. Family Court reporter or Federal Court reports (Australia) or
F.L.R. Family law reports or Federal law reports (Australia)
F.S.R. Fleet Street reports
F.T.L.R. Financial Times law reports
Fam.   Family Division
Fam. L.Q. Family Law Quarterly
Fam.Law Family law
Federal Court reports (Canada)
Fem.L.S.  Feminist Legal Studies
Fin.L.R. Financial law reports

G

G.W.D. Green's weekly digest

H

H.L.  House of Lords
H.L.R. Housing law reports or Harvard Law Review
H.R.J. Human rights journal (shelved as Revue des droits de l'homme)
H.R.L.J. Human rights law journal
H.R.Q. Human rights quarterly
Harv.L.R. Harvard law review
Howard Journal Howard journal of criminal justice

I

I.B.L. International business lawyer
I.Bull. Interights bulletin
I.C.C.L.R. International company and commercial law review
I.C.J. International Court of Justice. Reports of judgments...
I.C.L.Q. International and comparative law quarterly
I.C.L.R. International construction law review
I.C.L.Y.B.  International Law Commission Year Book
I.C.R. Industrial cases reports
I.F.L.Rev. International financial law review
I.I.C. International review of industrial property and copyright law
I.J.E.C.L. International journal of estuarine and coastal law
I.J.L.F.  International Journal of Law and the Family
I.L. & P. Insolvency law and practice
I.L.J. Industrial law journal
I.L.M. International legal materials
I.L.P. Index to Legal Periodicals or International legal practitioner
I.L.R. International labour review or International law reports
I.L.R.M. Irish law reports monthly
I.L.T. Irish law times
I.M.L. International media law
I.P.D. Intellectual property decisions
I.P.Q. Intellectual property quarterly
I.P.R. Intellectual property reports
I.R. Irish reports (Eire)
I.R.L.I.B. Industrial relations legal information bulletin
I.R.L.R. Industrial relations law reports
I.T.E.L.R. International trust and estate law reports
I.T.R. Industrial tribunal reports
IALS Bull. Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. Bulletin
Imm. and Nat.L.& P. Immigration and nationality law and practice
Imm.A.R. Immigration appeals reports
Ind.L.J. Industrial Law Journal
Ind.Prop. Industrial Property
Ind.Sol. Independent solicitor
Ins.L.& P. Insolvency law and practice or Insurance law and practice
Int.J. Law & Fam. International journal of law and the family
Int.J.Comp.L.L.I.R. International journal of comparative law and industrial relations
Int.J.Soc.L. International journal of the sociology of law
Int.L.  International Lawyer
Int.Rel. International relations
Ir.Jur. Irish jurist
Ir.Jur.Rep. Irish jurist reports

J

J. Crim.L. Journal of Criminal Law
J.A.L. Journal of African law
J.A.L.T. Journal of the Association of Law Teachers
J.B.F.L.& P.  Journal of Banking and Finance Law and Practice
J.B.L. Journal of business law
J.C.L. & Crim. Journal of criminal law and criminology
J.C.L. Journal of child law or Journal of contract law or
J.C.M.S. Journal of Common Market studies
J.Ch.L. Journal of child law
J.E.R.L. Journal of energy and natural resources law
J.Env.L. Journal of environmental law
J.I.B.L. Journal of international banking law
J.I.C.J. Journal of the International Commission of Jurists
J.I.F.D.L. Journal of international franchising and distribution law
J.I.L.T. Journal of Information Law & Technology
J.J. Jersey judgments
J.L.H. Journal of legal history
J.L.I.S. Journal of law and information science
J.L.S.S. Journal of the Law Society of Scotland
J.Law & Soc. Journal of law and society
J.Leg.Hist. Journal of legal history
J.M.L. & P. Journal of media law and practice
J.M.L.C. Journal of maritime law and commerce
J.P. Justice of the peace reports
J.P.E.L. Journal of planning and environment law
J.P.L. Journal of Planning Law
J.P.N. Justice of the peace journal
J.R. Juridical review
J.W.T. Journal of world trade


K

K.B. King's Bench (see Library guide no 4 Finding Law Reports +
K.C.L.J. Kings College law journal
K.I.R. Knight's industrial reports
Kingston L.R. Kingston law review

L

L.C. Lord Chancellor
L.C. News Law centres news
L.C.P. Law and contemporary problems
L.Ed. United States Supreme Court reports (Lawyers' Edition)
L.Exec. Legal executive
L.G.R. Knight's Local Govt. Reports
L.G.Rev. Local government review
L.I.E.I. Legal issues of European integration
L.J. Law journal (each vol. divided into Ch., Ex., K.B. etc.)
L.J.I.  Legal Journals Index
L.J.O.S. Law Journal Reports: Old Series
L.J.R. Law journal reports
L.L.J. Law Library Journal
L.M.C.L.Q. Lloyds maritime and commercial law quarterly
L.Q.R. Law quarterly review
L.R.  Eq. Law Reports - Equity
L.R.  Exch. Law Reports - Exchequer
L.R. A.& E.  Law reports - Admiralty and Ecclesiastical
L.R. C.C.R. Law Reports - Crown Cases Reserved
L.R. H.L. Law Reports - English & Irish Appeal 1865 - 75
L.R. Ir. Law Reports - Ireland 1878 - 1903
L.R. P.& D.  Law Reports - Probate and Divorce
L.R. P.C. - Law Reports - Privy Council
L.R. Q.B. Law Reports - Queen's Bench
L.R.C. (Comm.)  Law Reports of the Commonwealth
L.R.C.P. Law Reports - Common Pleas
L.R.Dig.  Law Reports - Digest of cases
L.R.R.P. Reports of restrictive practices cases
L.R.Stat.  Law Reports Statutes
L.S. Legal studies
L.S.G. Law Society's gazette
L.T. Law times
L.T.J.  Law Technology Journal
L.T.R.  Law Times Reports
L.Teach. Law teacher
Law & Just. Or  L.& J.  Law and justice
Law & Pol. Law and policy
Law Lib. Law librarian
Lit. Litigation
Liverpool L.R. Liverpool law review
Ll. L. Rep. Lloyd's list reports (before 1951)
Lloyd's Rep. Lloyd's list reports (after 1951)
Lloyds's Rep.Med.  Lloyd's Reports: Medical


M

M.L.B. Manx law bulletin
M.L.J. Malayan law journal
M.L.R. Modern law review
M.L.R. Modern Law Review
Mag.  Magistrate
Mal.L.R. Malaya law review
Man.L. Managerial Law
Marpol Marine pollution conventions
McGill L.J. McGill law journal
Med.L.I.  Medical Law International
Med.L.R.  Medical Law Reports
Med.L.Rev.  Medical Law Review
Med.Leg.J. Medico-legal journal
Med.Sci.Law Medicine, science and law
Mel.L.J. Melanesian law journal
Milit.L.R. Military Law Review


N

N.I. Northern Ireland Law Reports
N.I.J.B. Northern Ireland Judgments Bulletin
N.I.L.Q. Northern Ireland legal quarterly
N.L.J.  New Law Journal
N.W. North western reporter (USA)
N.Y.S. New York supplement
N.Z.C.L.C. New Zealand company law cases
N.Z.L.R. New Zealand law reports
New L.J. New law journal
Nig.L.J. Nigerian law journal


O

O.D.I.L. Ocean development and international law
O.F.L.R. Offshore financial law reports
O.G.L.T.R. Oil and gas law and taxation review
O.J. Official journal of the European Communities
O.J.L.S. Oxford journal of legal studies
P.  Probate Division
P. & C.R. Property and compensation reports
P.A.D. Planning appeal decisions
P.C.C. Palmer's company cases
P.C.I.J. Permanent Court of International Justice
P.D. Law Reports - Probate
P.L.I. Product Liability International
P.L.R. Planning law reports
P.N. Professional negligence
Parl.Aff. Parliamentary affairs
Pol.J. Police journal
Prison Serv.J. Prison service journal
Probat.J. Probation journal
Proc A.S.I.L. Proceedings of the American Society of International Law
Pub.L. Public law


Q

Q.B. Queen's Bench Division


R

R.A. Rating appeals
R.A.D.I.C. African journal of international and comparative law
R.C.A.D.I. Recueil des cours. Hague Academy of International law
R.F.D.A. Revue francaise de droit aérien et spatial
R.I.A.A. Reports of international arbitral awards
R.I.D.A. Revue internationale du droit d'auteur
R.M.C. Revue du Marché commun
R.P.C. Reports of patent, design and trade mark cases
R.P.R. Real property reports (Canada)
R.T.R. Road traffic reports
R.V.R. Rating and valuation reporter
Res.B. Home Office research bulletin


S

S.C. Session cases (Scotland)
S.C.C.R. Scottish criminal case reports
S.C.L.R. Scottish civil law reports
S.C.R. Supreme Court reports (Canada)
S.E. South eastern reporter (USA)
S.I. Statutory instrument
S.J or Sol.J Solicitors' journal
S.L.G. Scottish law gazette
S.L.R. Student's Law Review
S.L.T. Scots law times
S.P.L.P. Scottish planning law and practice
S.T.C. Simon's tax cases
S.W. South western reporter (USA)
Sol.L. Socialist lawyer
Stat.L.R. Statute law review


T

T.L.R. Times law reports
Tas.S.R. Tasmanian state reports
Tax Taxation
Tax.Int. Taxation international
Top.L. Topical law
Tr. & Est. Trusts and estates
Tr.L. Trading law
Traf.Case.  Traffic Cases
Trent L.J. Trent law journal
Tru.L.I. Trust law international


U

U.G.L.J. University of Ghana law journal
U.K.H.L.  House of Lords (United Kingdom)
U.K.T.S.  United Kingdom Treaty Series
U.L.R. Utilities law review
U.S. United States Supreme Court reports (OFFICIAL series)
U.T.L.J. University of Toronto law journal


V

V.A.T.T.R. Value Added Tax tribunal reports
V.L.R. Victorian law reports


W

W.L.R.  Weekly Law Report
W.N.  Weekly Notes
Web J.C.L.I.  Web Journal of Current Legal Issues

X


Y

Y.B. Eur. Or  Y.E.L  Yearbook of European Law
Y.B.E.C.H.R.  Yearbook of the European Commission of Human Rights
Y.B.I.L.C. Yearbook of International Law Commission
Y.L.C.T.  Yearbook of Law Computers and Technology


Z
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