ɪt wʌzɐ jˈɛloʊkˈʌvɚd sˈɪkstiːnpˈeɪdʒ dʒˈɜːnəl dᵻpˈɪktɪŋ ɐn ˈeɪndʒəl wɪð ɐ tɹˈʌmpɪt ˌɔn ɪts kˈʌvɚ ænd sˈɜːvd æz mˈoːɹ əvə kˈɜːɹənt ɐfˈɛɹz mˌæɡɐzˈiːn ðˌænən ˌækədˈɛmɪk dʒˈɜːnəl, pˈʌblɪʃɪŋ ɹᵻpˈoːɹts ʌv mˈuːts ænd dɪskˈʌsɪŋ tˈɑːpɪkəl ˈɪʃuːz, wˌɪtʃ æt ðə tˈaɪm ɪŋklˈuːdᵻd ðə fjˈuːʒən ʌvðə tˈuː bɹˈæntʃᵻz ʌvðə vɪktˈoːɹiən lˈiːɡəl pɹəfˈɛʃən ænd ðɪ ɐdmˈɪʃən ʌv wˈɪmɪn.
It was a yellow-covered sixteen-page journal depicting an angel with a trumpet on its cover and served as more of a current affairs magazine than an academic journal, publishing reports of moots and discussing topical issues, which at the time included the fusion of the two branches of the Victorian legal profession and the admission of women.