The Singapore Law Review (SLR), established in 1969, is Asia's oldest student-run legal publication. Managed exclusively by the students of the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law, it has spent more than five decades publishing serious legal writing and giving NUS Law students hands-on experience in editing, scholarship and publishing.
Its flagship is the annual Singapore Law Review Journal, currently at Volume 42. The latest edition can be accessed on LawNet and HeinOnline, and hard copies can be purchased on Amazon, while past volumes from Volume 7 (2015/16) through Volume 14 (2022/23) remain viewable on the Review's own website.
Alongside the Journal runs Juris Illuminae, the online supplement now in Volume 15. It features succinct, insightful articles penned by in-house editors, NUS Law students and distinguished guest writers, covering everything from climate resilience in Singapore's electricity system to arbitration, trusts, copyright and insolvency.
Beyond its publications, the Review organises the SLR Annual Lecture, profiles its past speakers online, and is supported by an Editorial Board and Board of Advisors. Readers and contributors can follow it on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram, write in via [email protected], or send paper correspondence to the Faculty of Law at 20 College Avenue West, #03-401, Singapore 138529.
Established in 1969, the Singapore Law Review — usually shortened to SLR — holds a distinction no other publication in the region can claim: it is Asia's oldest student-run legal publication. Every part of the operation is managed exclusively by students of the National University of Singapore's Faculty of Law, meaning the writing, editing and publishing decisions have been in student hands for more than five decades. That longevity has made the Review a familiar name in Singapore's legal community and a formative experience for the NUS Law students who serve on its Editorial Board.
The Review's flagship is the Singapore Law Review Journal, an annual publication of legal scholarship whose latest edition, Volume 42, has been released. Readers can access the Journal through LawNet and HeinOnline, the legal databases used widely by practitioners and academics, or purchase a hard copy online through Amazon. For those who want to trace the Review's recent history, past volumes — from Volume 7 (2015/16) through Volume 14 (2022/23) — remain viewable on the Review's website.
Alongside the Journal sits Juris Illuminae, the online supplement to the eponymous journal, now in its fifteenth volume. Where the Journal carries longer-form scholarship, Juris Illuminae is built for shorter reading: succinct, insightful articles penned by the Review's in-house editors, by NUS Law students, and by a number of distinguished guest writers. New entries appear on the site, and the full back catalogue of past Juris articles can be browsed there too.
The recent entries show how wide the Review's interests run. In January 2025 alone, contributors published pieces on building ecological resilience in Singapore's electricity system to adapt to climate change, and on the contractual capacity of minors in Pakistan. Earlier entries examined bailment and the carriage of goods, reviewed the Law Reform Committee's report on transnational issue estoppel, and unpacked how to determine the law governing an arbitration agreement in Anupam Mittal v Westbridge.
Other recent articles question the strength of protective clauses in wealth management contracts, ask whether copyright lasts too long in Singapore, assess the applicability of issue estoppel arising from a foreign enforcement judgment in international commercial arbitration, critique the 'but for' test in falsification within trust law, and consider the insolvency implications of diverting consideration towards related entities in Rothstar Group Ltd v Leow Quek Shiong. Public law, private law, commercial law and intellectual property all share the same pages — a useful snapshot of what Singapore's law students and guest writers are thinking about.
The Review is not only for reading. Its Write For Us page invites submissions to the Journal, and a separate Juris Submissions Policy governs contributions to Juris Illuminae, so aspiring authors can find both routes clearly set out on the site. Behind the scenes, an Editorial Board and a Board of Advisors — both introduced on the About pages — steer the publication, and the organisation's structure is explained under Our Organisation.
The Review also steps off the page with its SLR Annual Lecture, a flagship event whose past speakers are profiled on the website. For students, helping to stage the lecture is part of the SLR experience; for the wider public, it is a chance to hear from leading legal figures in a setting shaped by students.
The Review keeps in touch with readers and contributors on Facebook, LinkedIn and Instagram under the handle singaporelawreview. General enquiries go through the contact form on the website or by email to [email protected], and orders for the Journal are placed through the dedicated Order page. Paper correspondence is directed to the Singapore Law Review, Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, 20 College Avenue West, #03-401, Singapore 138529.
More than half a century after its founding, the Singapore Law Review remains what it set out to be: a student-run publication with a national platform. Whether you are a practitioner dipping into Volume 42, a student drafting a first Juris Illuminae piece, or a curious reader browsing the archive, the Review offers one of the most accessible windows into Singapore's legal writing — and it has been doing so, entirely under student stewardship, since 1969.