Journal of Law & Medicine

All members of the College receive an online subscription to the Journal of Law and Medicine as part of their membership benefits, except for Student and Honorary members.

The Journal is published by ThomsonReuters, and access to the online version is via the WestLaw platform. ACLM manages our members' subscriptions to the Journal.

The online subscription includes access to a wide range of additional resources, such as:

• Alert 24 - General Practice
• Alert 24 - Press Gallery
• Australian Legal Journals Index (ALJI)
• Commonwealth Statutes Annotations
• Comparable Verdicts in Personal Injury Claims
• Dust Diseases and Compensation Reports (DDCR)
• Industrial Reports
• Journal of Law and Medicine
• Lawyers Practice Manual NSW
• Lawyers Practice Manual Qld
• Lawyers Practice Manual Vic
• Lawyers Practice Manual WA
• Legislation
• Melbourne Journal of International Law
• Melbourne University Law Review
• NSW precedents - Personal Injury
• Personal Injury Law Manual NSW
• Personal Injury Law Manual Qld
• Property Law Review
• Sydney Law Review
• The Laws of Australia
• Tort Law Review
• Unreported Judgments Cases
• Personal Injury & Accident Compensation (eBooks):
  • Annotated Civil Liability Act NSW
  • Disability & the Queensland Criminal Justice System
  • Fleming's The Law of Torts, 11th edition
  • Health Law in Australia, 4th edition (ACLM Law Intensive & Exam preparation resource)
  • Tort Liability for Mental Harm, 3rd Edition Commonwealth Statutes Annotations

Members who do not activate their online Westlaw access by 15 May each year will be deleted from the system. You may contact ACLM to request to have your subscription restored at any time. 

Please also contact us if you no longer require access. This helps the College avoid paying for unused accounts.

When you become a member, you will receive a "Welcome to Westlaw" email prompting you to set up your online access by creating a login. Once set up, please follow these steps to find the Journal of Law & Medicine:

1. Log in here - Westlaw Australia Sign on
2. Once you log in, enter any text in "Client ID" field
3. Click "Start a new session"
4. Click the top right person icon 
5. Click "Subscription". This will take you to the areas that are accessible in your subscription, including the Journal of Law & Medicine located under "J"

If you have technical difficulties, please contact ThomsonReuters Technical Customer Care on:

Phone (Australia) - 1800 020 548
Phone (New Zealand) - 0800 10 60 25
Email: TechCare.ANZ@tr.com

Quote your full name, email address, and that your subscription is managed via the Australasian College of Legal Medicine.

ACLM is not the publisher of the Journal of Law & Medicine. It is published by Thomson Reuters. 

For submission information: https://sites.thomsonreuters.com.au/journals/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2017/08/JLM-1.pdf

Contributions can be sent to: Professor Ian Freckelton AO KC, Editor, JLM.