CLAT Exam 2020: LAT 2020 has been postponed again till further notice, Prof Balraj Chouhan, Convenor of this year's CLAT and also Vice-Chancellor of Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur. This year's Common Law Admission Test or CLAT , the entrance test being held for admission to law courses in premier law universities in the country, has been deferred again due to COVID-19 situation in the country. The application deadline has also been extended to July 10. 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. CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities consisting of the representative universities.

 

The Consortium of National Law Universities was established on 19th August, 2017 with the aim of improving the standard of legal education in the country and justice system through legal education with Prof. R. Venkata Rao, erstwhile Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU as President and Prof. Faizan Mustafa, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR, as Vice-President. NLUs were created on the pattern of IIMs and IITs. NLUs have changed the face of legal education in India. Infact, India, is the only country in the world which has Universities for legal discipline alone. Today, we have 23 NLUs out of which 22 are admitting students through Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) (National Law University, Delhi having its own separate test).From 1987 to 2007, there were only seven NLUs each having its own test. You can also check Question Paper Format

 

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Important Dates

Event	Dates
Applications Open	Jan 01, 2020
Application Deadline	Jul 10 (Extended Till Apr 25, 2020)
CLAT 2020 Examination	Postponed
Uploading of Answer Keys	N.A
Result Date	N.A
Application fees for Application fee for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI	INR 4000
Application fee for SC/ST/BPL	INR 3500
The cost of previous years' question papers	INR 500

 

Eligibility

Under Graduate (UG):

1. There will be no upper age limit for UG Programme in CLAT 2020.
2. As regards minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 or an equivalent examination), the candidates must have secured:
   1. Forty five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories
   2. Forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
3. Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April, 2020 are also eligible to appear in CLAT 2020 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.
4. 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.
5. In case of equal marks, the break of tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:
   1. Higher marks in the component / section on legal aptitude in the CLAT 2020 exam;
   2. Higher age;
   3. Computerised draw of lots.

Post Graduate (PG):

1. An LL.B Degree or an equivalent examination with a minimum of Fifty percent (50%) of marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories and Forty-Five percent (45%) of marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
2. Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination in April/May 2020 are also eligible to apply.
3. No upper age limit is prescribed for appearing in CLAT 2020.

Question Paper Format

 

Event	UG	PG
Maximum Marks	150	150
Duration of CLAT 2020 Exam	120 Minute	120 Minute
Multiple-Choice Questions	150	100
Negative Marking	0.25 Mark for each wrong ans	0.25 Mark for each wrong ans
Subject Areas	weightage	50 Q
English	28-32 Q
Current Affairs, including GK	35-39 Q
Legal Reasoning	35-39 Q
Logical Reasoning	28-32 Q
Quantitative Techniques	13-17 Q

 

Syllabus:

1. Constitutional Law.
2. Other areas of law such as 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.

**Only candidates who secure 40% (35% in case of SC, ST, and PWD) marks in the objective section will qualify for the evaluation of their answers in the descriptive section.

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Sl No	Law Colleges	University Name	City	Exam Accepted	Cources
1	NLSIU	NLSIU, Bangalore	Bangalore	CLAT	BA LLB/ LLM
2	Nalsar University of Law	Nalsar University of Law	Hyderabad	CLAT/GMAT/GRE/CAT	MBA/ LLB/ LLM
3	National Law Institute University	National Law Institute University	Bhopal	CLAT	BA LLB/ LLM
4	West Bengal National University	West Bengal National University	Kolkata	CLAT	BA LLB/ BSc LLB/ LLM
5	National Law University, Jodhpur	National Law University, Jodhpur	Jodhpur	CLAT	B.B.A., LL.B/ BA LLB/ MS(Insurance)/ MBA in Insurance
6	VIT School of Law	VIT University	Chennai	CLAT/LSAT	BBA LLB/ BCA LLB
7	School of Law	Presidency University	Bangalore	CLAT / LSAT / PUEET/PULAT	B.A LLB/BA LLB/B.Com LLB
8	Gujarat National Law University	Gujarat National Law University	Gandhinagar	CLAT	BSW LL.B/BA LLB/ MBA in Financial Mgnt/ Business Law
9	ILS Law College	University of Pune	Pune	MH CET	BA LLB/ LLB/ LLM/ D.L.L.&L.W
10	Symbiosis Law School	Symbiosis International University	Pune	Self Test	BA LL.B / BBA. LL.B/LLM
11	New Law College(Pune)	Bharati Vidyapeeth	Pune	MH CET	LLB/BA LLB/BBA LLB/LLM
12	Amity Law School	Amity university	Noida	CLAT and Self Test	LLB/BA LLB/BBA LLB/LLM
13	Faculty of Law	University of Delhi	Delhi	CLAT	LLB/BA LLB/BBA LLB/LLM
14	Faculty of Law	Banaras Hindu University	Varanasi	CLAT	LLB/BA LLB/LLM
15	Hidayatullah National Law University	Hidayatullah National Law University	New Raipur	CLAT	BA LLB/LLM
16	College of Law	Osmania University	Hyderabad	LAWCET	LLB/BA LLB/LLM
17	M. S. Ramaiah College of law	Karnataka State Law University	Bengaluru	K TEST	B.A. LL. B
18	Faculty of Law	Aligarh Muslim University	Aligarh	CLAT	B. A LLB/LLM
19	School of Law	Christ University	Bangalore	Self Test	BBA-LLB
20	University School of Law and Legal Studies	Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University	Delhi	CLAT	BBA LLB/BA LLB/LLM
21	Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	Patiala	CLAT	B.A.LL.B/LLM
22	Army Institute of Law	Army Institute of Law	Mohali	CLAT	B.A.LL.B/LLM
23	Government Law College, Mumbai	University of Mumbai	Mumbai	MH CET	B.A LLB
24	Indian Institute of Legal Studies	North Bengal University	Siliguri	CLAT	LLB/BA.LLB/M.COM LLB/BBA LLB
25	Faculty of Law	University of Calcutta	Kolkata	Self Test	B.A LLB/LLM
26	Institute of Law	Kurukshetra University	Kurukshetra	Self Test	B. A. LL. B
27	Faculty of Law	Jamia Millia Islamia	Delhi	Self Test	B.A LLB/LLM
28	ICFAI Law School, Dehradun	ICFAI University, Dehradun	Dehradun	Self Test
29	Bangalore Institute of Legal Studies	Karnataka State Law University	Bangalore	Direct Admission	B. A. LL. B
30	Siddharth College of Law, Mumbai	University of Mumbai	Mumbai	CLAT	B. A. LL. B
31	B.R Ambedkar Law College	Osmania University	Hyderabad	CLAT	BA LLB/LLM
32	Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University	Tamil Nadu Dr. Ambedkar Law University	Chennai	CLAT	B.A.B.L./B.A.LL.B/B.COM.B.L./LL.B
33	Department of Law	Allahabad University	Allahabad	CLAT	BA LLB/LLM
34	National University of Advanced Legal Studies	National University of Advanced Legal Studies	Cochin	CLAT	BA LLB/LLM
35	Faculty of Law	Lucknow University	Lucknow	CLAT	LLM/BA.LLB/BBA LLB
36	KLE Law College	Karnataka State Law University	Bangalore	LSAT	LLM/BA.LLB/BBA LLB
37	School of Legal Studies	Cochin University of Science and Technology	Cochin	Self Test	LLM/BA.LLB/BBA LLB
38	CMR Law School	Karnataka State Law University	Bangalore	Self Test	LLB/BA. LLB/BBA LLB
39	K C Law College, Mumbai	University of Mumbai	Mumbai	CLAT	LLB
40	National Law University, Delhi	National Law University, Delhi	Delhi	AILET	B.A.LL.B
41	Jindal Global Law School	O. P. Jindal Global University	Sonipat	LSAT— India	LLM/BA.LLB/BBA LLB
42	Faculty of Law	Nirma University of Science and Technology	Ahmedabad	Self Test	LLM/BA LLB
43	School of Law	NMIMS University	Mumbai	CLAT	LLM/BA.LLB/BBA LLB
44	Llyod Low College	C.C.S. University	Noida	CLAT & DULLB	LLB/BA LLB
45	Janhit College of Law	C.C.S. University	Noida	Direct Admission	LLB/ BA LLB
46	School of Law	Sharda university	Noida	CLAT/ Self test	LLB/ BA LLB
47	Harlal School of Law	C.C.S. University	Noida	Direct Admission	LLB/ BA LLB
48	Chanakya National Law University	Chanakya National Law University	Patna	CLAT	BA.LLB/BBA LLB
49	Ram Manohar Lohia National Low University	Ram Manohar Lohia National Low University	Lucknow	CLAT	LLM/B.A. LL.B
50	National Law University	NLU Odisha	Cuttak	CLAT	LLM/B.A. LL.B
51	National Law University	NLU Assam	Guwahati	CLAT	LLM/B.A. LL.B