- The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national-level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate (UG) law programs offered by National Law Universities in India.
- It is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities,comprising representative universities.
- Several affiliate universities and organizations also use the CLAT exam for admissions and recruitment respectively.
Candidates must secure the following minimum percentage of marks in their qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 or an equivalent examination):
- Forty-five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories
- Forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
Candidates who may be appearing for their qualifying examination i.e 12 th Standard exam in the months of March/ April are also eligible to appear for the CLAT examination. However, they shall be required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
If more than one candidate secures an equal number of marks in the CLAT, the break of
the tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:
- Higher marks in the component/section on Legal Aptitude
- Higher age
- Computerised draw of lots
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120 Questions
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120 Minutes
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01 Mark For Right Answer
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-0.25 Negative Marking
Scheme :-
S.no. | Subjects | Number of Questions | Weightage |
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01 | English Language | 22-26 questions | 20% |
02 | Current Affairs, including General Knowledge | 28-32 questions | 25% |
03 | Legal Reasoning | 28-32 questions | 25% |
04 | Logical Reasoning | 22-26 questions | 20% |
05 | Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 questions | 10% |
Syllabus :-
In this section, one will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will be derived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing and would be of a standard that a 12 th standard student may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your comprehension and language skills, including your abilities to:
- Read and comprehend the main point discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpoints discussed or set out in the passage;
- Draw inferences and conclusions based on the passage;
- Summarise the passage;
- Compare and contrast the different arguments or viewpoints set out in the passage; and
- Understand the meaning of various words and phrases used in the passage.
Current Affairs Including General Knowledge:
In this section, you will be provided passages of up to 450 words each. The passages will be derived from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing. The questions
may include an examination of legal information or knowledge discussed in or related tothe passage, but would not require any additional knowledge of the law beyond the passage.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:
- Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
- Arts and culture;
- International affairs; and
- Historical events of continuing significance.
Legal Reasoning:
In this section, you will be expected to read passages of around 450 words each. The passages may relate to fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions, or moral philosophical inquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of the law. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues to better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.
Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:
- Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage;
- Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations; and
- Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.
Logical Reasoning:
The Logical Reasoning section will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:
- Recognize an argument, its premises and conclusions;
- Read and identify the arguments set out in the passage;
- Critically analyse patterns of reasoning, and assess how conclusions may depend on particular premises or evidence;
- Infer what follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations;
- Draw relationships and analogies, identify contradictions and equivalence, and assess the effectiveness of arguments.
Quantitative Techniques:
The Quantitative Techniques section will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial, or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from such passages, graphs, or other representations, and apply mathematical operations to such information.
The questions will require you to:
- Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages, graphs, or other representations; and
- Apply various 10 th -standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration, and statistical estimation.
S. No. | Colleges |
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1 | National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru |
2 | NALSAR University of Law (NALSAR), Hyderabad |
3 | The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal - B.A.LL.B (Hons.) |
4 | The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal - B.Sc. LL.B. (Hons.) [Cyber Security] |
5 | The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata |
6 | National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur |
7 | Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur |
8 | Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar |
9 | Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Silvassa |
10 | Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow |
11 | Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab |
12 | Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna - B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) |
13 | Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna - B.B.A., LL.B. (Hons.) |
14 | The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi |
15 | National Law University Odisha (NLUO) |
16 | National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi |
17 | National Law University and Judicial Academy (NLUJA), Assam |
18 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam |
19 | Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU), Tiruchirappalli - B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) |
20 | Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU), Tiruchirappalli - B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.) |
21 | Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Mumbai |
22 | Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Nagpur - B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) |
23 | Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Nagpur - B.B.A.LL.B. (Honours) |
24 | Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Aurangabad - B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) |
25 | Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Aurangabad - B.B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) |
26 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University (HPNLU), Shimla - B.A. LL.B (Hons) |
27 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University (HPNLU), Shimla - B.B.A. LL.B(Hons) |
28 | Dharmashastra National Law University (MPDNLU), Jabalpur |
29 | National Law University (DBRANLU), Sonepat |