About the Journal

Hawassa University Journal of Law (HUJL) aspires to foster legal scholarship in Ethiopia, the Horn and the African context, advancing peer review and publication of outcomes research and inquiry into contemporary legal problems and law-related issues. It publishes scholarly works on law-related issues, policies, theories and problems relevant to Ethiopia, having not only an international, national or local focus but also relevant and comparable regional legal scholarship of the Horn or African issues, in the form of articles, reflections, comments on court judicial, legislative and administrative laws and decisions, and book reviews.

HUJL is a Diamond Open Access journal, serving as an unlimited and accessible forum for knowledge production and dissemination among legal scholars, practitioners, government officials, and graduate and postgraduate students. The Journal employs a structured and rigorous double-blind peer-review system, involving an internal reviewer and two external reviewers to ensure the quality and integrity of published articles. Accordingly, it has been publishing original, high-quality scholarly works annually since July 2017. 

HUJL is an initiative of the School of Law at the College of Law and Governance, Hawassa University, established in July 2017, with the primary aim of advancing legal scholarship in Ethiopia. It has been accredited and recognised as a reputable journal by the FDRE Ministry of Education first in March 2022, and again in March 2025. The journal has maintained its high standards of quality, ensured uninterrupted periodic publication, and upheld its reputation in legal scholarship across its volumes.

The Journal is indexed in AJOL, EuroPub, and Heni Online.