Laavanya Tewari

About

Law student at NLSIU, Bengaluru with experience in legal research, policy analysis, editorial work, and academic writing. Interested in disputes, arbitration, commercial courts, and law and technology.

Experience

• Deputy Editor-in-Chief
  Indian Journal of International Economic Law
  Oct 2026 – Present

  Managed day-to-day operations and peer-review workflows, supervised the editorial board, and oversaw manuscript selection for publication.

• Editor
  New Delhi Review of Books
  Aug 2026 – Oct 2026

  Reviewed academic books and produced published critical reviews for a general readership.

• Intern
  Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited · New Delhi
  Jun 2026 – —

  Reviewed petitions, legal deeds, and contractual documents relating to vendor and supply/works contract disputes, identified drafting errors and legal deficiencies, assisted with research on arbitration proceedings, and prepared case status reports.

• Research Intern for IJR Cities Project: Commercial Courts Vertical
  India Justice Report
  Nov 2025 – —

  Extracted and coded case-level data from commercial court cases in Karnataka and structured datasets to support quantitative analysis of commercial court performance.

• Disputes Team Intern
  Hemant Sahai Associates · New Delhi
  Oct 2025 – —

  Drafted research notes on arbitrability, limitation periods, and restrictive covenants; assisted on contractual and tender disputes; prepared case digests and internal research notes.

• Research Intern for Stakeholder Consultations on the Draft Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2025
  Unknown
  Oct 2025 – —

  Authored a note on Rule 24’s refund mechanism and assisted in legal and policy research on the Draft Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Rules, 2025.

• Research Assistant for Indian Legal Scholarship Indexing Project
  NLSIU
  Sep 2025 – —

  Assisted in coding metadata for legal journals and used Google AI Studio to synthesise and structure coded metadata for empirical mapping of Indian legal scholarship.

• Volunteer
  Teach for India
  Mar 2025 – —

  Taught English and Mathematics to elementary school students in government schools as part of the volunteer programme.

• Editor
  Law School Policy Review
  Nov 2024 – Sep 2025

  Reviewed and edited scholarly articles on criminal and constitutional law and contemporary justice policy; collaborated with practitioners and academics to commission and refine contributions.

• Intern
  Chambers of Sr. Adv. Parag Tripathi · New Delhi
  Oct 2024 – —

  Drafted interlocutory and exemption applications, verified typed copies against case records, researched writ jurisdiction and parallel proceedings, reviewed an auction notice, assisted with tax-related research, and attended court and tribunal hearings.

• Intern to Hon. Mr. Justice S. Sunil Dutt Yadav
  Karnataka High Court
  Jul 2024 – —

  Conducted in-depth research on criminal law jurisprudence with a focus on the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015, and studied its implications for marginalised communities.

• Rapporteur
  National Law School of India Review
  2024 – 2024

  Prepared a rapporteur report for the XVI NLSIR Symposium on TWAIL approaches to jurisdiction.

Education

• Class 12
  Amity International School
  Humanities · 2023
• BA LLB
  National Law School of India University
  Law · Jul 2023

Skills

🏆 Achievements & awards

• 4th Vox Anatolis National Moot Court Competition, Runners-Up · 2025
• National IDIA Karnataka–Khaitan & Co Essay Competition, Top 5 Entries · 2025

⚽ Extracurricular activities

• Convenor, Law and Technology Committee

  Leads the committee’s organisation of events and initiatives at the intersection of law and technology; manages budget and liaises with faculty and external organizations.

• Founder, Law and Political Economy Chapter at NLS

  Founded and leads NLS’s chapter of the Yale Law & Political Economy Project, organising academic discussions on law, political economy, and institutional power.

• Mentor, IDIA Student Mentorship Programme

  Mentored underprivileged students preparing for CLAT under IDIA’s access-to-legal-education initiative, focusing on logical reasoning.

• Course Facilitator, Political Science-II, NLSIU

  Selected as Course Facilitator on the basis of academic performance to assist peers preparing for the repeat examination.

📚 Publications

• Interrogating Modernity: India’s Path of Alternative Political Evolution · 2025
• Levelling the Playing Field: Intellectual Property Challenges in E-Sports in the Global South · 2025
• The Law Wasn’t Written for Everyone · 2026
• XVI NLSIR Symposium: TWAIL Approaches to Jurisdiction · 2024

🤝 Volunteering

• Teach for India · Volunteer · 2025

  Taught English and Mathematics to elementary school students in government schools as part of the volunteer programme.