All about CLAT and CLAT 2025
Every year, 22 prominent National legal Universities (NLUs) and other institutions in India administer the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), a national entrance exam, to candidates for admission to their undergraduate and graduate legal programs. Details below
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What is CLAT exam?
CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is an entrance test
that secures admission to the five-year undergraduate law program run by 24
NLU’s (National Law Universities) across India.
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What are the courses that students can opt for once they have got the
requisite scores in the CLAT exam?
Most of the NLU’s offer five B.
A LLB Hons while some NLU’s offer BBA LLB Hons and B. Com LLB Hons also.
Gandhinagar NLU for example offers - BA LLB Hons, BBA LLB Hons, BSc LLB Hons,
BSW LLB Hons, BCom LLB Hons.
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What are NLU’s and how are they run / administered?
National Law Universities are
India’s premier and most prestigious law universities offering the highest
level of legal professional education in India. The NLU’s offer integrated
honours under-graduate 5-year law degrees to its students.
The NLU’s are administered
under the aegis of Bar association of India and the High courts of India.
·
How many NLUs are there in India?
As of 2024, there are 24 NLUs
in India. Among them, 3400 CLAT seats are distributed.
Most of the states (not all)
have their own NLU.
NUALS (National University of Advanced Legal
Studies) Cochin is the NLU in Kerala.
The NLU Consortium or the CLAT
consortium was formed in 2018. The CLAT consortium functions as a joint
grouping of and for all the 24 NLUs in India. All decisions regarding CLAT
exams are taken by the Consortium.
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What is the eligibility to appear for CLAT?
45 % marks in plus two / 12th
exam or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC /
PWD / NRI / PIO, OCI categories.
40% marks or equivalent for
candidates belonging to SC / ST categories.
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Is there any upper age limit for CLAT?
No
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Does CLAT take into consideration plus 2 grade or marks of the student?
No.
The CLAT consortium considers
only a student’s CLAT score
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When is the CLAT qualifying exam for CLAT 2025 academic year slated to
happen?
The date as announced by the
CLAT consortium is December 1st 2024.
Details:
CLAT
consortium website: https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2024/
CLAT exam
registration fee: INR 4000
Application
opening date: July 2024 (most likely)
Application
closing date: November 2024 (most likely)
Exam time and
duration: 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm. 2 hours duration
Mode: Offline (pen marking on OMR - Optical Mark Recognition)
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What is CLAT exam pattern and syllabus CLAT exam pattern and syllabus?
MCQ - Multiple Choice Questions,
Objective type exam.
No of questions: 120
Score:
1 Mark for right answer
.25-mark deduction for wrong
answer
No mark deduction for
questions that are skipped.
Total, there are five sections
-
English, logical / critical reasoning,
Legal reasoning, current affairs, mental ability
Type of questions- All
sections are passage based. English, Logical and Legal sections place a high
emphasis on English language and vocabulary.
Section-wise question
distribution is approximately as follows (this may be subject to change and is
the discretion of the Consortium):
English
Language Comprehension - 26 to 30 Questions (20 %)
Logical /
Critical reasoning - 28 to 32 Questions (20 %)
Legal
reasoning - 29 to 35 Questions (25 %)
Current affairs
and general knowledge – 29 to 35 Questions (25 %)
Quantitate techniques
– 12 to 14 Questions (10 %)
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CLAT score and NLU admission- how does it happen?
There is no defined cut-off
score for CLAT. Score of each aspirant will be considered on a comparative
basis.
Going by 2024 results, 90
marks was considered as the cut-off to secure a NLU seat. This may vary year to year.
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Is there a ranking for NLUs?
Yes, the NLU’s are ranked by
NIRF – National Institute of Ranking Framework. NIRF comes under the ministry
of Education.
The top five NLU 2024 rankings
are as follows-
1. NLSIU – Bangalore
2.NALSAR – Hyderabad
3.NLU – Jodhpur
4. NLU – Bhopal
5. WBNUJS – Kolkata
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Can a student select the NLU of his or her choice?
The student can give his or
her preference in the CLAT application form. They will be given allotment or
admission call letter purely based on their scores.
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Is there any interview and group discussion round for CLAT final
selection?
No.
Only the CLAT score will be
considered.
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When is the CLAT result released?
Normally, 2 to 3 weeks after the exam. So, CLAT 2025
test results should be declared maximum by 3rd week of December
2024.
Consortium releases the answer key within 48 hours of
the exam.
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