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CLAT 2025: Exam Date (OUT), Eligibility, Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Cut Off

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01 Dec 2024
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CLAT 2025 exam date has been released by the Consortium of NLUs. The candidates who will be taking the CLAT exam for the UG and PG courses should check the CLAT exam date as well as other important dates that has been shared in this post.

CLAT 2025: Exam Date (OUT), Eligibility, Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Cut Off

CLAT 2025 Exam 

The Common Law Admission Test is also known as CLAT. It is a national-level law entrance exam that is conducted by the Consortium of NLUs for admission to 5-year integrated LLB (UG) and one-year LLM (PG) courses. The exam is conducted for admission to 24 NLUs for UG courses and 21 NLUs for PG courses.

This law exam consists of questions from English, Current Affairs and GK, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Mathematics for UG course. On the other hand, questions from subjects such as Constitutional Law, and other law subjects like Jurisprudence, Torts, IPC, CrPC, CPC, Family Law, and IPR are asked. 

CLAT 2025 Exam Latest Updates

The Consortium of NLUs has released the CLAT 2025 exam date on its official website which is clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in. The exam will be held on 1st December 2024. The Consortium is expected to release the detailed CLAT 2025 notification anytime soon. The CLAT exam is an offline exam that is held once a year. The exam consists of objective questions based on subjects that include English, Legal aptitude, logical reasoning, maths and general knowledge including current affairs. There has been a revision in the CLAT UG exam pattern recently by the Consortium. Get the latest updates on CLAT 2025 exam, exam date, eligibility, exam pattern and other details on this page.

CLAT Exam Latest Updates

  • 13 May 2024: CLAT 2024 exam notification is expected to be announced anytime soon. 

CLAT 2025 Highlights

CLAT full form is the Common-Law Admission Test. This exam is conducted annually by the CLAT Consortium) for admission into the top NLU’s of India. The CLAT consortium is headquartered at NLSIU Bangalore. Check out the major highlights of CLAT 2024 exam are as follows:

CLAT 2025 Highlight

Particulars

Details

Name of the exam 

Common-Law Admission Test

Popularly known as 

CLAT

Conducting body

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) 

Exam duration

Two hours

Number of seats

For UG courses - 3, 213 and for PG courses - 1,217 (Not including sponsored, supernumerary, NRI, and extra seats.)

Accepting colleges

23 participating NLUs, and 61 private law colleges

Top-ranked participating NLU

As per NIRF Ranking 2022

  • NLSIU Bengaluru - Rank 1
  • NALSAR - Rank 3
  • WBNUJS Kolkata - Rank 4

Official website

clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in/ 

CLAT 2025 Exam Date Out

CLAT 2025 exam will be conducted by the Consortium of NLUs on 1st December 2024 in offline mode in across the country. The notification for CLAT exam is expected to be declared soon by the Consortium. Check the important dates related to CLAT exam in the following table.

CLAT 2025 Dates

CLAT 2025 Exam Events

Dates for CLAT 2025 Exam

CLAT 2025 notification release date

July 2024

CLAT application form link to be activated on 

July 2024

Last date to submit CLAT application form

To be notified

CLAT 2025 Admit Card Release Date

November 2024

CLAT 2025 exam date

1st December 2024

CLAT Answer Key

December 2024

CLAT Result Date

December 2024

CLAT counselling registration date

December 2024

CLAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria

CLAT 2025 eligibility criteria is notified on the official website which is consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The educational qualification and age limit to appear for CLAT are shared in the table below. 

CLAT Eligibility - Age, Qualification

Type of Exam

Eligibility Criteria

CLAT UG

  • Must have passed class 12th from a recognized institution
  • There is no upper age limit to appear for CLAT UG. 
  • Candidates must have secured at least 45% marks in the aggregate

CLAT PG

  • Must have passed LLB from a recognized institution
  • There is no upper age limit to appear for CLAT PG.
  • Must have secured at least 55% marks in the aggregate

CLAT 2025 Registration

All the candidates who are interested to apply for CLAT 2025 exam must register for it by visiting the CLAT website. The steps for CLAT 2025 registration are as follows: 

  • Visit the official website of the Consortium of NLUs.
  • Register for CLAT 2025 exam by completing the application procedure. 
  • Enter your email address and phone number for registration.
  • Log in to using the registered phone number and password.
  • Select your preferences amongst the 22 national law universities.
  • Pay the required amount of application fees.
  • Upload the required documents in the correct size and format.
  • Click on the Submit button and take a printout of the form for future reference.

CLAT 2025 Application Fees

All the candidates must ensure that they have paid the CLAT application fee as per their categories. You must note that these are the fee structure of the last year. In case any changes in the fee structure is made, then it will be updated here as well. The fee for CLAT exam is given below in the table. 

Category

Fees for CLAT exam

Gen/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI candidates

Rs. 4,000

SC/ST/BPL candidates

Rs. 3,500

Document to Upload in CLAT Form

The following is the list of documents that have to be uploaded by the candidates while filling out the application form. Make sure that all the documents are uploaded in the required format and size. 

Document to upload in CLAT form

Image size (maximum)

Format

Photograph

500 KB

jpg/jpeg

Signature

100 KB

jpg/jpeg

State domicile certificate

2 MB

PDF

CLAT 2025 Exam Pattern Revised

CLAT exam pattern varies for CLAT UG and PG courses. The Consortium has made revisions to the CLAT UG exam pattern recently. The details regarding the CLAT exam pattern (new) is given in the table below. 

CLAT Exam Pattern

Particulars

CLAT UG program

CLAT PG program

Duration

2 hours

2 hours

Mode of Exam

Offline mode

Offline mode

Type of Questions

Objective-type, comprehension-based questions

Objective-type, comprehension-based questions

Number of Questions

120

120

Sections

  • English Language
  • Current Affairs, including GK
  • Legal Reasoning
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Quantitative Techniques
  • Constitutional Law
  • Other Law Subjects, including Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence.

Total Marks

120 marks

120

Marking scheme

+1 mark for a correct answer. -0.25 marks for incorrect answer.

+1 mark for a correct answer.

 -0.25 marks for incorrect answer.

CLAT 2025 Participating NLUs

All 26 NLUs participating in CLAT counselling and seat allotment process for UG and PG courses. Other than this other law colleges in India also accept CLAT scores. The list of all the participating NLUs for CLAT 2025 is given in the table below. 

List of NLUs for CLAT 2025

National Law School of India University

National University of Study and Research in Law

National Academy of Legal Studies and Research

National Law University and Judicial Academy

National Law Institute University

Tamil Nadu National Law School

West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University

National Law University Jodhpur

Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai

Hidayatullah National Law University

Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur

Gujarat National Law University

Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University

Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

National University of Advanced Legal Studies

Chanakya National Law University

National Law University Odisha

CLAT Colleges and Seat Intake 2024

All the National Law Universities (NLUs) in India (except NLU Delhi) accept CLAT 2024 scores of candidates for admission to five-year integrated LLB courses and LLM courses. Check out the list of courses offered through CLAT exam along with the total seat intake at the 23 participating NLUs:
CLAT Courses Total Seat Intake at NLUs

BA LLB (Hons) (Bachelor of Arts LLB Honours)

3,213 seats 

BSc LLB (Hons) (Bachelor of Science LLB Honours)

BCom LLB (Hons) (Bachelor of Commerce LLB Honours)

BBA LLB (Hons) (Bachelor of Business Administration LLB Honours)

BSW LLB (Bachelor of Social Work LLB Honours)

LLM (Master of Laws)

1, 217 seats 

CLAT 2025 Cut Off

CLAT 2025 cut off is by the Consortium for each round. The CLAT cut off depends upon various factors such as the number of seats offered, difficulty level of the paper, NLU preference of the student, etc. Each NLU releases the cut off as per the seats available in it. The CLAT cut off 2024 for NLU Bangalore for 1st and 2nd rounds is given below in the table. 

CLAT 2024 cut off - Round 1, Round 2 for NLSIU Bangalore 

CLAT 2024 cut off for NLSIU Bangalore is given below in the table for round 1 and round 2. You can check the category wise CLAT cut off 2024 here. 

NLSIU Bangalore Cut Off 2024 - Round 1, 2 cut off

Vertical Reservation

Horizontal Reservations

Opening Rank

Closing Rank Round 1

Closing rank Round - 2

EWS

-

129

510

-

EWS

EWS-KA

204

3126

-

EWS

W

373

452

-

EWS

W,EWS-KA*

947

3706

4485

EWS

PWD*

3699

-

-

EWS

PWD*,W

3744

-

-

General

-

1

107

108

General

W

6

104

-

General

W,GC-KA

12

201

-

General

GC-KA

23

190

-

General

PWD*

152

3067

4919

General

PWD*,W

1041

4827

-

General

PWD*,GC-KA

2956

-

-

OBC

-

171

841

-

OBC

W

179

849

-

OBC

OBC-KA

713

3051

-

OBC

W,OBC-KA

802

2658

3134

SC

-

181

2674

923

SC

W

881

2670

2732

SC

SC-KA

1691

5930

-

SC

W,SC-KA*

3520

6116

-

ST

ST-KA

974

7829

-

ST

W

1777

5001

-

ST

-

1781

4059

-

ST

W, ST-KA

2217

4922

-

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FAQs

  • When CLAT 2022 exam will be conducted?
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    The Consortium of National Law Universities has rescheduled the CLAT exam for 2022. It will now be conducted on June 19, 2022, in an offline mode.
  • What is the full form of CLAT exam?
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    The exam is called Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). It is conducted every year for the admission to national law universities in India.
  • What law courses are offered via CLAT exam?
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    By cracking CLAT 2022, the students can take admission in various UG and PG law courses including- BA LLB, BBA LLB, BSc LLB, BCom LLB, LLM specialization etc.
  • When the authorities will release CLAT 2022 Answer keys?
    +
    CLAT Answer Keys will be released by the examination authorities soon after the CLAT exam is conducted.

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