CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)
The full form of CLAT is the Common Law Admission Test. CLAT is a centralized national-level government entrance test for admissions to 22 national law universities in India. Most self-financed and private law schools in India also use these scores for admissions to the law.
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national-level law entrance exam organized by the Consortium of NLUs. It serves as the gateway for admission to 5-year integrated LLB (UG) and one-year LLM (PG) courses. The exam is conducted for entry into 24 NLUs for UG courses and 21 NLUs for PG courses.
The exam, administered in the offline, pen-and-paper format, assesses candidates in English, Current Affairs, and GK, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Mathematics for UG courses. For PG courses, topics include Constitutional Law and other law subjects like Jurisprudence, Torts, IPC, CrPC, CPC, Family Law, and IPR.
Notably, the CLAT 2024 Exam Pattern has been revised by the Consortium, reducing the total number of questions from 150 to 120 in the CLAT UG paper.
CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) Highlights
CLAT is conducted for admissions to law courses offered by 24 NLUs in India.
Therefore, candidates must know the key elements of the exam as given in the table below:
CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs)
Pen and paper exam
Two hours
24 participating NLUs, and 61 private law colleges
Here are top-ranking participating NLUs as per NIRF Ranking 2022
- NLSIU Bengaluru – Rank 1
- NALSAR – Rank 2
- WBNUJS Kolkata – Rank 3
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