The Tsinghua China Law Review was founded as an organization in 2008, with the goal of beginning publication in May, 2009. The TCLR is a student-edited, English-language journal covering topics related to Chinese law and intended for a global audience.

The TCLR Board of Editors will be composed of students at the Tsinghua University School of Law, both Chinese law students and foreign students in the LLM Program in Chinese Law. The Board of Editors will collaborate on publication decisions with a group of Tsinghua School of Law Faculty, the TCLR Faculty Advisory Board.

The format of the TCLR will be similar to U.S. law reviews and follow the Bluebook rules for legal citation. The TCLR will be printed in the United States and distributed to law libraries, legal scholars, and other subscribers in the U.S., China, and around the world. In the future, the TCLR aims to be available on the internet through services such as Westlaw, LexisNexis, and HeinOnline.

The TCLR Mission Statement:

“The Tsinghua China Law Review seeks to be a publication of the highest quality, publishing scholarly articles on legal issues affecting China. We seek to reach out to legal scholars, judges, lawyers, law students and others interested in China's legal system throughout the world in order to deepen the understanding of China's laws and society. Our goals are to increase the level of legal scholarship in China, to support the development of China's legal system as a system of rule of law, and elevate the reputation of the Tsinghua School of Law as a world-class institution of higher learning for the study of law.”