What is CLAT?
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The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programmes offered by 22 National Law Universities around the country. i.e Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Bhopal, Kolkata, Jodhpur, Raipur, Gandhinagar, Lucknow, Punjab, Patna, Kochi, Odisha, Ranchi, Assam, Visakhapatanam, Tiruchirappalli, Mumbai, Nagpur, Aurangabad, Shimla, Jabalpur, Haryana.
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CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities consisting of the representative universities.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria:
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There will be no upper age limit for UG Programme in CLAT.
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As regards minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 or an equivalent examination), the candidates must have secured:
(i) Forty five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories
(ii) Forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
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Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April, 2021 are also eligible to appear in CLAT examination. However, they shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
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The result of the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of admission failing which the candidate shall be ineligible for admission to the Course.
Mode of Application: Online
Application Fee:
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for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI: Rs.4,000/-
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for SC/ST/BPL: 3,500/-
Mode of Exam: Offline
Test Pattern:
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The UG-CLAT 2021 shall be a 2-hour test, with 150 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall be negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. These questions would be divided across the following 5 subjects:
English Language
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge
Legal Reasoning
Logical Reasoning
Quantitative Techniques
Important Dates:
Applications Open |
01st Jan, 2021 |
Application Deadline |
15th June, 2021 |
CLAT 2021 Examination |
23rd July, from 2 PM to 4 PM |
Uploading of Answer Keys |
To be declared |
Inviting Objections |
To be declared |
Declaration of the final results |
To be declared |
For complete information about CLAT 2021 Notification and for Register online, Visit https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/