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Pension Benefits & Executive Compensation: Periodicals

A guide for researching employee benefits issues through the Brooklyn Law School Library's home page

Westlaw Periodicals

Westlaw provides a database for searching law reviews, texts, American Jurisprudence 2d, CLE course materials, bar journals, and legal practice-oriented periodicals that relate to privately funded retirement plans and benefits for private- and public-sector employees:

Pension & Retirement Benefits: Texts & Periodicals. 

Westlaw also provides online access to the following benefits related newsletters and periodicals, among others:

401(k) Handbook Newsletter. A monthly newsletter providing the latest news and analysis of relevant congressional, Internal Revenue Service and Department of Labor activities.

Andrews Pension Fund Litigation Reporter. This publication of Andrews Publications covers recent developments in suits against employee benefit plan administrators and trustees alleging violations of ERISA. 

ERISA Litigation Reporter This bimonthly newsletter covers developments related to ERISA, including benefits claims, class actions, preemption, fiduciary responsibility, taxation, multi-employer plans, cash balance plans, disability and ADA claims, and health plan litigation.

Journal of Compensation & Benefits. Published six times a year, this journal examines major issues affecting compensation and benefits.

Journals & Periodicals: Other Databases

Benefits Law Journal.  New York, NY: Executive Enterprises (1988-). Available in ProQuest (1992-present)

Journal of Pension Benefits. New York, NY: Panel Publishers (1993-). Available in ProQuest (2002-present).

Journal of Pension Planning and Compliance.  Available in ProQuest.

Journal of Pension Economics & Finance.  Available in ProQuest

Benefits Quarterly.  Available in ProQuest.

Journal of Pension Planning & Compliance.  Available in ProQuest.

BLS E-Journals

If you are looking for journal articles on legal topics or on non-legal topics, you will need to use indexes and databases that specialize in those areas. We recommend that researchers use the Advanced Search feature when using these indexes.

  • Electronic Databases:  You can browse our complete database list on the Library's website for a complete list of all available databases, either alphabetically or by subject.

  • Academic Search Premier for the humanities or social sciences and Business Source Premier are good sources from which to locate non-legal articles. BLS Library also subscribes to JSTOR and ProQuest Central which are excellent sources for finding periodical articles in disciplines other than law.  

  • Legal Periodical Indexes: LegalTrac can be used to locate relevant resources.

  • Google Scholar: Google Scholar is another good resource for academic articles.