CLAT 2025 - Common Law Admission Test : Application Form, Exam Date, Eligibility, Syllabus and Exam Pattern

For UG Courses

For PG Courses

• To be eligible to appear in CLAT the aspiring
  candidate should have obtained a Senior
  Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or
  its equivalent certificate from a recognized
  Board with not less than 45% marks in
  aggregate (40% in case of SC & ST
  candidates).

• Aspiring candidates should have obtained
  an LL.B/B.L. Degree or an equivalent
  degree from a recognized University
  with not less than 55% marks in
  aggregate (50% in the case of SC & ST
  candidates).

Age Limit 

• The candidates should be below 20 years of age as of 1st July 2021 (22 years in the case of SC and ST candidates).

• The candidates who are appearing or have appeared in the qualifying degree examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear in the test.

Note: Candidates who are appearing or have appeared in the 10+2 examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear in the test. However, such candidates are required to have passed the qualifying examination at the time of their admission and must be able to submit the proof in support of their claims. 

Note: The candidates who have passed the qualifying degree examination through supplementary/ compartment and repeat attempts are also eligible for appearing in the test and taking admission provided that such candidates will have to produce proof of having passed the qualifying examination with fifty-five/fifty percent marks, as the case may be, on the date of their admission or within the time allowed by the respective universities.

English Including Comprehension

General Knowledge & Current Affairs

The English section will test the candidates’ proficiency in English based on comprehension of passages and grammar.

• In the comprehension section, candidates will be assessed on their understanding of the passage given, its central theme, and meanings of the words used therein, etc.
• The grammar section will focus on the correction of incorrect grammatical sentences, filling in blanks in the given sentences with appropriate words, etc.

• As far as general knowledge is concerned; the candidates will be assessed on their general awareness including static general knowledge.
• Questions on current affairs will test a candidate’s knowledge of current affairs.

Quantitative Techniques

Logical Reasoning

• This section will test the candidate’s knowledge of elementary mathematics, i.e. mathematics taught up to Class X.

• The purpose of the logical reasoning section is to test the candidate’s ability to identify patterns, and logical links and rectify illogical arguments. It will include a wide variety of logical reasoning questions such as syllogisms, logical sequences, analogies, etc.
• However, visual reasoning will not be tested.

Legal Reasoning

• This section will test the candidate’s interest in the study of law, research aptitude, and problem-solving ability.
• Questions asked may comprise legal propositions/ principles and a set of facts to which the said proposition/ principle has to be applied to arrive at a most reasonable conclusion.
• Such propositions may or may not be ‘true in the real sense, yet the candidates will have to assume that the given propositions are true and answer the questions accordingly.
• An example of such a legal proposition may be that any person who speaks in a movie hall and disturbs others who are watching the movie will be banned from entering any movie theatre across India for one year.

Paper

No. of Questions

Marks

Duration

General English

2 Hours

General Knowledge / Current Affairs

Elementary Mathematics

Legal Aptitude

Logical Reasoning

Total

150

150

Subjects

No. of Questions

Marks

Duration

MCQs (For comprehension abilities)

100 (1 mark each)

100

2 Hours

Descriptive Essays

2

20

Total  

102

120

Category

For General / OBC / SAP Candidates

For SC / ST Candidates

Institutes Participating in CLAT Exam 

Private Law Colleges Accepting CLAT Scores

• National Law School of India University, Bangalore
• NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
• National Law Institute University, Bhopal 
• West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata 
• National Law University, Jodhpur 
• Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur 
• Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow
• Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Punjab
• Chanakya National Law University, Patna
• National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi
• National Law University, Cuttack
• National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi
• National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati
• Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU)
• Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS)
• Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai (MNLU)
• 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, Rai, Sonepat

• Amity University, Noida
• Asian Law College, Noida
• Alliance School of Law, Bangalore
• Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
• Disha Law College, Raipur
• Delhi Institute of Rural Development, Holambi, Delhi
• Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat
• Galgotias University, Greater Noida
• Harlal School of Law, Greater Noida
• IFIM Law College, Bengaluru
• Indore Institute of Law, Indore
• Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmadabad
• JECRC University, Jaipur
• Jagannath University, Jaipur
• JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus School of Law, Greater Noida
• Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida
• MATS University, Raipur
• Manipal University, Jaipur
• Mewar University, Chittorgarh
• Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur
• Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad
• NIMT Institute of Method & Law, Delhi NCR
• Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies, Mumbai
• Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore
• RNB Global University, Bikaner
• Renaissance Law College, Indore
• Ramaiah Institute of Legal Studies, Bengaluru
• SRM University, Haryana
• Siddhartha Law College, Dehradun
• Vivekanand Global University, Jaipur
• Shri Vaishnav Institute of Law, Indore
• School of Law, THE NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana

Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Accepting CLAT Scores

• GAIL India Limited
• Oil India Limited
• Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, Dehradun