The Common Law Admission Test CLAT An Overview

What is CLAT?

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance test and only after being successful in this entrance examination, do applicants get admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses. The CLAT is conducted every year by the Consortium of the National Law Universities. This examination is conducted on a rotation basis by the different National Law universities.

Applicants can enroll in these courses through CLAT
After passing the CLAT entrance examination, applicants can enroll in LLB and LLM courses and applicants can enroll in the following courses.

BA LLB (Bachelor of Arts LLB)
BSC LLB (Bachelor of Science LLB)
BCom LLB (Bachelor of Commerce LLB)
BBA LLB (Bachelor of Business Administration LLB)
BSW LLB (Bachelor of Social Work LLB)
LLM (Master of Law)

After passing CLAT, applicants can enroll in any of these universities:

The West Bengal NU of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
National Law University, Jodhpur
Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala
National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi
National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Visakhapatnam
Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad
Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
National Law Institute University, Bhopal
Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow
Chanakya National Law University Patna
National Law University Odisha, Cuttack
National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam
The Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirapalli
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla
Dr B R Ambedkar NLU, Haryana

Exam Pattern for CLAT -
The Common Law Admission Test is based on objective-type questions. In this exam, questions are asked from the syllabus of classes 10th and 12th. The CLAT mainly tests the aptitude and skill of the candidates. This is necessary for the study of law and based on this, questions are prepared for the exam. CLAT is a 2-hour test. 150 multiple-choice questions are asked in the UG exam. For each correct answer, 1 mark will be given and for the wrong answer, 0.25 marks will be deducted.

CLAT Entrance Exam Schedule -
Normally, notification of CLAT is issued in December, the application process starts in January, the admit cards are issued in April, and the examination is conducted in the middle of May. After conducting the examination, its answer sheet is released after two days and the result is declared by the end of May. The cutoff and merit list are announced in June, after which the counseling process is started.

The Common Law Admission Test is organized for admission in the various National Law Universities of India. Apart from this, few private institutes also provide admission in undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law courses based on CLAT scores.

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