National Law School of India Review

What National Law School of India Review does

NLSIR is India's oldest student-edited, peer-reviewed law review, founded in 1988 and published bi-annually by the Student Advocate Committee at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru. The journal publishes scholarship across all areas of Indian law — including long articles, essays, book reviews, case notes, and legislative comments — under a double-blind peer-review process overseen by a Faculty Board of seven NLSIU professors. Its second issue each year is the symposium-themed issue derived from the annual NLSIR Symposium, the organization's flagship engagement event bringing together academics, practitioners, policy researchers, and students around a topical legal question. The journal's scholarship has been cited three times by the Supreme Court of India (in K.S. Puttuswamy v. Union of India, Unaided Private Schools of Delhi v. Director of Education, and Union of India v. M/s Mohit Minerals), and has informed national policy including the Srikrishna Committee Data Protection report and 21st Law Commission outputs.

The core product is the bi-annual print journal, distributed via subscription through the EBC Webstore. In 2018, NLSIR extended into digital with NLSIR Online, a companion platform publishing shorter commentary on contemporary legal developments, advance articles, and symposium materials — all open access. The technology stack is a Wix-based website with digital archiving; there is no proprietary technology, no API, and no AI/ML capability. Operations are supported by a ~15-person editorial team (predominantly student editors) under faculty oversight, with no disclosed revenue, no funding rounds, and no commercial pricing model beyond print subscriptions. As an institutional publication, NLSIR functions primarily as a scholarly credentialing and discourse platform rather than a commercial enterprise, with subscriber revenue supplemented by NLSIU institutional support.

Name

National Law School of India Review

Legal name

National Law School of India Review

Website

https://nlsir.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

NLSIR is India's oldest student-edited, peer-reviewed law review, founded in 1988 at NLSIU Bengaluru, publishing a bi-annual print journal and online commentary on Indian law, and cited by the Supreme Court of India.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Bengaluru

HQ country

India

HQ region

Asia

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Print Journal Subscriptions: Bi-annual print journal published and distributed to subscribers. Readers can subscribe via EBC Webstore.
2. Open Access Online Content: NLSIR Online publishes content that is freely available to everyone, with all issues open access through digital archiving partnerships

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Core offering

NLSIR is a bi-annual, student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal that publishes original legal scholarship across all areas of Indian law, including long articles, essays, book reviews, case notes, and legislative comments. It also operates NLSIR Online, a digital platform launched in 2018 that publishes shorter commentary on current legal developments, advance articles, and symposium materials, with print distribution handled via subscriptions through the EBC Webstore and online content made openly accessible.

Product overview

The National Law School of India Review (NLSIR) is a law journal and online publication platform comprising two core products: the print journal (bi-annual, peer-reviewed academic publication since 1988) and NLSIR Online (digital commentary platform launched in 2018). The print journal publishes two issues annually—a General Issue accepting submissions on any area of Indian law, and a Symposium Issue featuring scholarship from the annual NLSIR Symposium. NLSIR Online provides shorter contemporary commentary, advance articles, and blog posts on current legal developments. The publication has been cited three times by the Supreme Court of India and by High Courts across the country.

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Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• NLSIR Online: Online platform for shorter commentary on current legal developments, launched in 2018.

Products and services

• NLSIR Print Journal A bi-annual, student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal published since 1988 by the Student Advocate Committee at NLSIU Bengaluru. It publishes original scholarship across all areas of Indian law, accepting long articles, essays, book reviews, case notes, and legislative comments, with the second annual issue dedicated to symposium-themed scholarship. Print subscriptions are distributed through the EBC Webstore, and the journal has been cited three times by the Supreme Court of India.
• NLSIR Online An online publication platform launched in 2018 that publishes shorter commentary on current legal developments alongside the print journal, featuring advance articles, symposium materials, submission guidelines, and policy documents. It accepts external submissions and NLSIU student submissions via dedicated Google Forms and provides open access to all content, serving academics, practitioners, policy researchers, students, and the wider legal community.
• NLSIR Symposium Issue The second issue in each annual volume of the NLSIR Print Journal, dedicated to scholarship generated from the annual NLSIR Symposium. The Symposium is the Committee's flagship event on a topical legal question, bringing together academics, practitioners, policy researchers, and students for structured dialogue, with the resulting scholarship forming this symposium-themed issue.

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Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• National Law School of India University (NLSIU)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerNLSIR is published by the Student Advocate Committee at NLSIU, Bengaluru. The university provides institutional support, faculty oversight through the Faculty Board (including Dr. Chandrabhan P. Yadav, Dr. Rinku Lamba, Dr. Sarasu E. Thomas, and others), and physical infrastructure for the journal's operations.
• Student Advocate CommitteecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Student Advocate Committee at NLSIU serves as the publishing body of NLSIR, providing student leadership and editorial management for the journal. Students from NLSIU serve as editors and manage day-to-day operations.
• EBC WebstoreminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorEBC Webstore serves as the subscription distribution channel for NLSIR print journals, enabling readers to subscribe to the publication.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

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Broad incumbents

• SCC Online (Eastern Book Company): Major Indian legal publisher and database operator offering case law, journals, and commentary. Directly comparable to NLSIR as a publisher of legal scholarship in India, though commercially scaled and professionally managed rather than student-edited.
• Harvard Law Review: Premier US student-edited law journal with the same editorial model as NLSIR (student-edited, peer-reviewed, double-blind), operating at much greater scale and prestige in the global legal academy as the global benchmark for student-edited law reviews.
• Manupatra Legal Database: India's leading commercial legal database and publishing platform providing access to case law, legislation, and legal commentary. Both serve the Indian legal research community, though Manupatra is a commercially-scaled, professionally-managed operation with broader content coverage and a paid subscriber base.

Direct peers

• Indian Law Review (Taylor & Francis): Peer-reviewed academic journal publishing scholarship on Indian law, professionally edited and distributed via Taylor & Francis. Comparable to NLSIR's content focus on Indian law with international authorship, though commercially managed and globally indexed.
• Bar and Bench: Leading Indian legal news and commentary platform, comparable to NLSIR Online as a digital platform for legal analysis and discourse, with a focus on commentary on current legal developments rather than long-form scholarship.
• Journal of the Indian Law Institute: Established peer-reviewed legal journal published by the Indian Law Institute. Comparable to NLSIR as a venue for rigorous Indian legal scholarship, though institute-published rather than student-edited and with longer institutional history.
• NLIU Law Review: Student-edited law journal from the National Law Institute University, Bhopal. Direct peer competing for high-quality Indian legal scholarship submissions from the same pool of legal academics and doctoral researchers.
• NUJS Law Review: Student-edited, peer-reviewed law journal from the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences. Most directly comparable to NLSIR as another leading Indian student-edited law review competing for similar authors, submissions, and readership.

Market position

Strengths5 records

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Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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