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'''''The National Law Review''''' is an American [[law journal]] ({{ISSN|2161-3362)}}, legal [[news websites|news website]] and legal analysis [[news aggregator|content-aggregating]] database.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.americanbar.org/groups/departments_offices/legal_technology_resources/resources/free_journal_search.html| title=Free Full-Text Online Law Review /Journal Search| accessdate=2011-11-14 | work=[[American Bar Association]] | author=Legal Technology Resource Center}}</ref> The site offers news coverage and analysis of recent court decisions, regulatory changes and legislative actions and includes original content and content submitted by various professionals in the legal and business communities. The on-line version of the [http://www.natlawreview.com National Law Review] was first launched in 2008 to serve the needs of in-house attorneys and other professionals looking for legal information on the internet.

''The National Law Review'' on-line edition was foundeddeveloped in Chicago, Illinois by attorney Jennifer Schaller and other legal and internet professionals in Mayorder 2007,to provide an easily accessible and formallyreliable launcheddatabase inof 2008.articles analyzing legal news and trends. ''The National Law Review'' print edition startedwas founded in 1888 in Philadelphia by legal publishers Kay & Brother.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/national-law-review/oclc/70175466|title=The National Law Review|publisher=WorldCat.org|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref>

The print edition of the ''National Law Review'' was a monthly scholarly [[law review]] which included sections such as Current Legal News, a [[Book Review]] section, a Digest of Important Decisions which summarized recent judicial decisions in various states, and a section devoted to Current Legal Thought organized by legal topic.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.worldcat.org/title/national-law-review/oclc/70175466|title=The National Law Review|publisher=WorldCat.org|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> Historically, articles in law reviews were often considered a persuasive authority in American courts, though this influence is generally thought to be waning in recent years.<ref>[[Adam Liptak]]. [http://select.nytimes.com/2007/03/19/us/19bar.html When Rendering Decisions, Judges Are Finding Law Reviews Irrelevant]. [[The New York Times]]. 19 March 2007.</ref> The on-line edition of the ''National Law Review'' has been described as more straightforward, practical and practicalinformative than a traditional [[law review]], containing information of potential interest to both legal and business professionals<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news-releases.uiowa.edu/2011/april/042211at-a-glance.html|accessdate=2011-04-29 | author=The University of Iowa News Services}}</ref>

and servesit moreoften serves as a reference source to other [[legal periodicals]] <ref>{{cite news|work=American Bar Association Health Law Section|first=Jen |last=Johnson|title=Co-Management Agreements, Compensation & Compliance|url=http://www.americanbar.org/newsletter/publications/aba_health_esource_home/aba_health_law_esource_1106_johnson.html|accessdate=2011-08-16}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Trusts & Estates|title=Estate Planning After 2010:Resources, opinions and suggestions available on the Internet| url=http://trustsandestates.com/tech_center/Estate_Planning_2010_0511/|accessdate=2011-08-14}}</ref> and to main stream media.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[Thompson Reuters]] News & Insight|title=NLRB judge: Employees can bitch about their jobs on Facebook|url=http://newsandinsight.thomsonreuters.com/Legal/News/2011/09_-_September/NLRB_judge__Employees_can_bitch_about_their_jobs_on_Facebook/|publisher=Thompson Reuters News & Insight |accessdate=2011-09-16 }}</ref>