The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is the flagship student-edited, bi-annual, double-anonymous peer-reviewed law review published by National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru.

First published in 1988 under its erstwhile title, Student Advocate Journal, NLSIR adopted its current name in 2008 and is India's oldest student-edited double-blind peer reviewed law journal.

NLSIR occupies a distinctive place in Indian legal academia and has been cited by the Supreme Court of India on multiple occasions, including in K.S. Puttaswamy v. Union of India and AMU v. Naresh Agarwal.

Citations by the Supreme Court of India

• Gautam Bhatia, “State Surveillance and the Right to Privacy in India: A Constitutional Biography”, National Law School of India Review (2014), Vol. 26(2), at pages 138-139 has been cited in Para 64 of K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, (2017) 10 SCC 1.
• Arvind Datar, "Privilege, Police Power and Res Extra Commercium - Glaring Conceptual Errors", National Law School of India Review (2009), Vol. 21(1), at pages 133-145 has been cited in Para 59 of Unaided Private Schools of Delhi v. Director of Education, (2009) 10 SCC 1.
• Alok Prasanna, "For a Mess of Potage: The GST’s Promise of Increased Revenue to States Comes at the Cost of the Federal Structure of the Constitution", National Law School of India Review, Vol. 28, No. 2 (2016), at pages 97-113 has been cited in Page 75 of Union of India v. M/s Mohit Minerals, Civil Appeal No. 1390 of 2022.

Other Notable Citations

• Robert A. Hillman, Consumer Internet Standard Form Contracts in India: A Proposal, 29(1) National Law School of India Review (2017) at pages 70-86 has been cited in Page 52 of the Committee of Experts on a Data Protection Framework for India under the Chairmanship of Justice B.N. Srikrishna.
• Arvind Datar, "Privilege, Police Power and Res Extra Commercium - Glaring Conceptual Errors", National Law School of India Review (2009), Vol. 21(1), at pages 133-145 has been cited in Page 41 of Report No. 246 of the Law Commission of India on Legal Framework: Gambling and Sports Betting Including Cricket in India, released in July 2018.
• Avinash Govindjee and Sairam Bhat, Restrictive Covenants in Employment Contracts: A Comparison between the Legal Positions in India and South Africa, 20(1) National Law School of India Review at pages 46-61 has been cited in Para 19 of Arteflex (Pty) Ltd. v. Frans Pieters and Anr., decided by the High Court of South Africa, Case No. 2023-024313.

See the Aims and Scope for a complete coverage of the journal.