Road to CLAT

Road to CLAT

Road to CLAT

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized test conducted by participating National Law Universities respectively according to their year of establishment on 2nd Sunday of May every year for admission to 19 National Law Universities and dozens of other education institutes in India.

Not less than 40,000 law aspirants appeared in CLAT exam last year. CLAT 2018 is being was conducted by The National University of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi . Candidates need to clear CLAT in order to secure admission in BA LLB (Hons), BSc LLB (Hons), BBA LLB (Hons), BSW LLB (Hons), BCom LLB (Hons) and LLM programmes on offer at the NLUs. 19 NLUs accept CLAT scores to fill 632 LLM seats and 2352 LLB seats ,

National Law University	Location	No. of seats
National Law School of India University	Bangalore	80
NALSAR University of Law	Hyderabad	120
National Law Institute University	Bhopal	128
WB National University of Juridical Sciences	Kolkata	133
National Law University	Jodhpur	115
Hidayatullah National Law University	Raipur	187
Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	187
Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University	Lucknow	178
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	Patiala	196
Chankaya National Law University	Patna	140
National University of Advanced Legal Studies	Kochi	68
National Law University Odisha	Cuttack	180
National University of Study and Research in Law	Ranchi	120
National Law University and Judicial Academy	Guwahati	60
DamodaramSanjivayya National Law University	Vishakhapatnam	120
Tamil Nadu National Law School	Tiruchirappalli	110
Maharashtra National Law University	Mumbai	60
Maharashtra National Law University	Nagpur	60

Eligibility

Only Indian nationals and NRI’s can appear in the test. The foreign nationals desirous of taking admission to any course in any of the participating Law Universities may directly contact the concerned University having seats for foreign nationals.

The eligibility requirements are as follows:

UG Programme

There will be no upper age limit for UG Programme in CLAT 2018.
As regards minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2), the candidates must have secured:
- Forty five percent (45%) marks in case of candidates belonging to Unreserved/OBC/Specially Abled Persons (SAP) and other categories, and
- Forty Percent (40%) marks in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) categories.
Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April, 2018 are also eligible to appear in CLAT-2018 online examination. However, they shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
The result of the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of admission failing which the candidate shall be ineligible for admission to the Course.
In case of equal marks, the break of tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:
- Higher marks in the component /section on legal aptitude in the CLAT-2018 exam;
- Higher age;
- Computerised draw of lots.

PG Programme

The candidates must have minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination [i.e. LL.B./Five-Year Integrated LL.B. (Hons.)/any other equivalent exam] as under:
- Fifty five percent (55%) marks in case of candidates belonging to Unreserved/OBC/Specially Abled Persons (SAP) and other categories
- Fifty percent (50%) marks in case of candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) categories.
The candidate must have passed/appeared in the final semester/final year examination of the qualifying examination on the date of his/her admission.
In case of candidates who have appeared in the qualifying examination, he/she may submit his/her final result of qualifying examination within the time frame prescribed by the respective University/Institute. Till then such candidates may be given provisional admission.
In case of equal marks, the break of tie shall be by procedure and order as under:
- Higher age;
- Computerized draw of lots.

The Application Fees would be as follows:

General/OBC/Special Ability – INR 4000 SC/ST: INR 3500

The candidates can make the fee payment online through Credit/Debit Card or Net Banking.

This law entrance exam is of two hours duration. The CLAT question paper consists of 200 multiple choice questions. There are five sections in CLAT exam papers.

English including Comprehension
General Knowledge and current Affairs
Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)
Legal Aptitude
Logical Reasoning

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UG Programme

PG Programme

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