Clat

The CLAT scores are used by other private law colleges across the country and Public Sector Undertakings for admissions and recruitment respectively. It is a Computer Based Standardised Test.

The top NLUs in India the order of their year of establishment are:

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

Eligibility :

Under-Graduate Courses:

Senior Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent certificate from a recognised Board with not less than 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of SC and ST candidates). Students whose results are awaited can also appear in the test.

Post-Graduate Courses:

As per the status of respective participating university. Detail may be seen in the prospectus of the respective participating university

Syllabus for CLAT :

English including comprehension:
The English section will test the candidates’ proficiency in English based on comprehension passages and grammer. In the comprehension section, candidates will be questioned on their understanding of the passage and its central theme, meanings of words used therein, etc. The grammer section requires correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling of blanks in sentences with appropriate words, etc

General Knowledge and Currents Affairs:

The General knowledge will be tested on the general awareness including static general knowledge. Questions on current affairs will test candidates on their knowledge of national and international current affairs.

Elementary Maths :

Test the Proficiency of students up to Xth class Maths etc.

Legal Aptitude: 

This section will test candidate’s interest towards study of law, research aptitude and problem solving abilities. Questions will be framed with the help of legal propositions (described in the paper), and a set of facts to which the said proposition has to be applied. Some propositions may not be “true” in the real sense (e.g. the legal proposition may be that any person who speaks in a movie hall and disturbs others that are watching the movie will be banned from entering any movie theater across India for one year). Candidates will have to assume the “truth” of these propositions and answer the questions accordingly.

Logical Reasoning:

The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate’s ability to identify patterns, logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include a wide variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc.

Exam Pattern:

Exam Pattern of CLAT  (Under-Graduate Programme) :

Subject wise Marks and Duration

English Language- Marks @ 22-26 / Questions 22-26 / Weightage – 20%

General Knowledge/Current Affairs- Marks @ 28-32 / Questions 28-32 / Weightage – 25%

Elementary Mathematics- Marks @ 10-14 / Questions 10-14 / Weightage – 10%

Legal Aptitude- Marks @ 28-32 / Questions 28-32 / Weightage – 25%

Logical Reasoning – Marks @ 22-26 / Questions 22-26 / Weightage – 20%

Total Marks @ 120

Total Time @ 2hrs

Multiple Choice Questions

Each Question carries 1 Mark

Note : There shall be a system of Negative Marking wherein 0.25 marks will be deducted for each of the wrong answer.