Prior to the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), National Law Universities conducted separate entrance tests, adding to the candidates’ preparation and examination burden. Later, Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) emerged as a common entrance exam.
CLAT is a national-level entrance test for admissions to most National Law Universities, except NLU Delhi which conducts its own entrance test. It is a highly competitive entrance examination in India for undergraduate and postgraduate law programs.
Students can take the CLAT erxam after completing their Higher Secondary Examination or 12th standard to pursue integrated undergraduate degrees in Law (BA/BBA/B.COM/B.SC/BSW LLB), and after completing their Graduation in Law to pursue Master of Laws (LL.M) programs at these law schools.
AGE LIMIT
There is no upper age limit for appearing in the CLAT examination.
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
CLAT UG
CLAT PG
DURATION
120 minutes
TOTAL MARKS
120
MODE OF EXAMINATION
Offline
QUESTION TYPE
Multiple choice type questions from comprehension paragraph
LANGUAGE
English
NUMBER OF QUESTIONS
CLAT UG – 120
CLAT PG – 120
MARKING CRITERIA
+1 for each correct answer
NEGATIVE MARKING
-0.25 for each incorrect response
OFFICIAL WEBSITE
https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/
CLAT UG
Subject Areas | Approximate number of questions | Weightage (%) |
English Language | 22-36 questions | 20% |
Current Affairs, including | 28-32 questions | 25% |
Legal Reasoning | 28-32 questions | 25% |
Logical Reasoning | 22-26 questions | 20% |
Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 questions | 10% |
NOTE: The exam pattern for CLAT PG is not yet notified on the official website.
CLAT 2024 APPLICATION FORM RELEASE DATE
Last week of July/First week of August 2023
CLAT 2024 REGISTRATION LAST DATE
November 2023
CLAT 2024 ADMIT CARD DATE
November 2023
CLAT 2024 EXAM DATE
December 2023
CLAT 2024 RESULT DECLARATION DATE
To be notified
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