The Consortium of NLUs administers the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), a national-level law entrance test for admission to 5-year integrated LLB (UG) and 1-year LLM (PG) programs. The test is held for admission to 24 NLUs for undergraduate programs and 21 NLUs for graduate programs. Candidates must attempt questions on English, current events and general knowledge (GK), legal reasoning, logical reasoning, and quantitative mathematics for UG courses, as well as questions on constitutional law and other legal topics in the offline, pen-and-paper format of the exam.
Dates |
Upcoming Exam Dates |
1 July 2023 - 3 November 2023 |
Online Registrations |
December 2023 |
Exam |
December 2023 (TBA) |
Result |
December 2023 (TBA) |
Invite List Released |
December 2023(TBA) |
Counselling |
| Criteria | Requirements |
Qualification |
Class 12 or equivalent exam with at least 45% marks (40% for SC and ST categories) |
Age Limit |
No age limit |
Number of attempts |
No limit |
| Criteria | Requirements |
Qualifications |
The candidate must have passed the 5-year integrated or 3-year LLB exam |
Age Limit |
No age limit |
Minimum marks |
General - 50% |
Number of attempts |
No limit |
UG program |
PG program |
|
Duration |
2 hours |
2 hours |
Mode |
Offline |
Offline |
Type of Questions |
Objective-type, passage-based questions |
|
Number of Questions |
120 |
120 |
Subjects |
English Language, Current Affairs, including GK, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques |
Constitutional Law Other Law Subjects including Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence |
Total Marks |
120 marks |
120 marks |
Marking scheme |
+1 mark for a correct answer |
+1 mark for a correct answer |
