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COMMON LAW ADMISSION TEST (CLAT)

CLAT is an all India entrance examination conducted on rotation by 18 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admissions to their under-graduate and post-graduate degree programs (LL.B. & LL.M.). Some of the NLUs that consider CLAT scores for admissions are NALSAR, NLSIU, WBNUJS, NLU, NLIU and GNLU

Common Law Admission Test is conducted every year for students who have either completed XII or are currently in XII (in any stream) and want to secure a position at a Law university and pursue a career in Law.

Courses Offered:

UG Programme(LLB)

PG Programme(LLM)

NOTIFICATION OF CLAT

Admission Notification Release: December
Application Form Availability: January
Last date for form submission : March
Downloading of Admit Card Starts: April
Date of CLAT Entrance Exam: May
Answer Key Release: May
Representation of questions or key: May
Uploading of amended answer key : May
Result/Merit List Declaration: May

Eligibility:

Courses

Qualification

Marks required

AGE LIMIT

UG Programme(LLB)

10+2

• 45%marks(Unreserved/OBC/SAP)

• 40%marks for SC/ST

No upper age limit for UG Programme in CLAT

PG Programme(LLM)

(LL.B./Five-Year Integrated LL.B. (Hons.))

• 55%marks(Unreserved/OBC/SAP)

• 50%marks for SC/ST

No upper age limit is prescribed for appearing in CLAT

Syllabus & Exam Pattern for CLAT UG Programme

1. MODE		ONLINE
(a)	Maximum Marks	200
(b)	Duration of CLAT-2018 Exam	02:00 Hours
(c)	Multiple-Choice Questions	200 questions of one mark each
(d)	Subject areas with weight-age:
1. English including comprehension		40 Marks
2. General Knowledge and Current Affairs		50 Marks
3. Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)		20 Marks
4. Legal Aptitude		50 Marks
5. Logical Reasoning		40 Marks
(e)	Negative Marking	0.25 Mark for each wrong answer

Syllabus & Exam Pattern for CLAT PG Programme

1. MODE		ONLINE
(a)	Maximum Marks	150
(b)	Duration of CLAT-2018 Exam	02:00 Hours
(c)	Multiple-Choice Questions	150 questions of one mark each
(d)	Syllabus	Questions will be asked from the following areas of Law:
1. Constitutional Law		50 Marks
2. Jurisprudence		50 Marks
3. Other Law Subjects such as Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR etc.		50 Marks
(e)	Negative Marking	0.25 Mark will be deducted for each wrong answer