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CLAT Notification 2025 | Common Law Admission Test | Eligibility Criteria | Apply Link

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 in India. CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities, comprising representative universities. Several affiliate universities and organisations also use the CLAT exam for admissions and recruitment respectively. 
 
CLAT 2025 Notification

All admissions to the 5-year integrated Ll.B. and Ll.M. programmes that commence in the Academic Year 2025-2026 shall be through the CLAT 2025. The Consortium of NLUs has released the CLAT 2025 application form from July 15th, 2024. The last date to fill the CLAT 2025 registration is October 15th, 2024. CLAT 2025 exam will be conducted on December 1st, 2024, in offline mode. 

CLAT Highlights


Name of exam: CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

Name of exam conducting body: The Consortium of NLUs

Date of exam: December 1st, 2024

Mode of application: Online

Mode of exam: Offline

Duration of exam: 2 Hours

Total marks of exam: 120 marks

Total number of questions:120 (MCQ Based)

Participating institutes: 24 NLUs and 61 affiliated colleges

Official website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in 

Helplines: clat@consortiumofnlus.ac.in | 08047162020

Eligibility Criteria of CLAT


The CLAT 2025 qualifying criteria for UG and PG Programmes are as mentioned below.

UG Programme:

Age Limit: There is be no upper age limit for candidates appearing for UG Programme through the CLAT 2025.

Educational Qualification: Candidates must secure the following minimum percentage of marks in their qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 or an equivalent examination):

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.

PG Programme:

Age Limit: There is be no upper age limit for candidates appearing for PG Programme through the CLAT 2025.

Educational Qualification: An Ll.B. Degree or an equivalent examination with a minimum of Fifty percent (50%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories and Forty-Five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
 

CLAT Application Fee 2025


Interested and eligible candidates have to pay an application fee of amount as mentioned below during online submission of CLAT application . The fee can be paid using a credit card/ debit card/ net banking/ e-challan/ UPI. 
  • General/ OBC: Rs 4000/-
  • SC/ ST: Rs 3500/-

How to Apply for CLAT Exam ?

 
Interested and eligible candidates who want to apply for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) may follow below mentioned steps .

a' Scroll down, go to Important Web-Link's section.
 
b) Next click on Online Application Form link and register yourself.
 
c)Then login through Online Application Form link.

d) Fill your all personal and educational details and upload necessary documents.

e) Make payment of application fee as per your category and submit the form.
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f) Take a print out of CLAT application form for future reference.

Imp Dates of CLAT Online Application 2025

  • Starting Date for Online Registration & Payment of Fee: July 15th, 2024
  • Last Date for Online Registration & Payment of Fee: October 15th, 2024
  • Date of CLAT 2025 Exam: 1st December, 2024

Important Web-Links of CLAT

 
Online Application Form: Click Here

Official Notification: Click Here

Participating University List: Click Here

Official Website: Click Here
 

About CLAT Exam 2025


Date of exam: 1st December, 2024

Timing of exam: 02:00 PM to 04:00 PM (Indian Standard Time)

Duration of exam: 120 minutes (02 hours )

Mode of exam: Pen & Paper-based Test

Type of questions: Multiple Choice Questions

No of MCQs: 120 MCQs

Full mark: 120 Marks

Negative marking: 1/4 mark will be deducted for each wrong answer. 

Syllabus of CLAT Exam


Candidates who want to appear for the CLAT 2025 examination must be aware about the exam syllabus. This section describes the syllabus of both CLAT UG and PG Syllabus.

CLAT UG Syllabus

 
The UG-CLAT 2025 would focus on evaluating the comprehension and reasoning skills and abilities of candidates. Overall, it is designed to be a test of aptitude and skills that are necessary for a legal education rather than prior knowledge, though prior knowledge occasionally may be useful to respond to questions in the Current Affairs including General Knowledge section. 

Subject AreaNo of questions
English LanguageRoughly 20% of the paper
Current Affairs, including
General Knowledge
Roughly 25% of the paper
Legal ReasoningRoughly 25% of the paper
Logical ReasoningRoughly 20% of the paper
Quantitative TechniquesRoughly 10% of the paper

CLAT PG Syllabus


The PG-CLAT 2025 will feature an emphasis on the comprehension abilities of the students.

The paper will be based on the mandatory subjects of the undergraduate program and include Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labour & Industrial Law. 

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