CLAT Exam 2021: CLAT 2021 to be held On May 9 In Offline Mode. Online applications for the exam will be available from Jan 1, 2021 and the last date for submission of online applications is March 31, 2021. Those students who secured 45% marks or higher in their 10+2 exams will be eligible to appear for CLAT 2021. The cut-off is 40% for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe candidates. As announced earlier, Prof (Dr.) Vijender Kumar, Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur is the Convener for CLAT 2021. Prof (Dr.) Faizan Mustafa, Vice Chancellor at NALSAR, Hyderabad as unanimously elected as President of the Governing Body of Consortium of National Law Universities.
About CLAT Exam: 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
This year, the examination was earlier scheduled to be conducted on 7th September, 2020. However, the same stood postponed on assessment of the prevailing lockdown situation in various parts of the country, particularly the lockdown announced in the state of West Bengal for 7th September and continued
lockdown in the state of Bihar until 6th September. The CLAT 2020 examination for both UG and PG candidates was finally held on 28th September, 2020 from 2 to 4 PM.
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Event | Dates |
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Applications Open | Jan 01, 2021 |
Application Deadline | Mar 31, 2021 |
CLAT 2021 Examination | May 09, 2021 |
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):
Post Graduate (PG):
Event | UG | PG |
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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 |
wdt_ID | Sl No | Law Colleges | University Name | City | Exam Accepted | Cources |
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1 | 1 | NLSIU | NLSIU, Bangalore | Bangalore | CLAT | BA LLB/ LLM |
2 | 2 | Nalsar University of Law | Nalsar University of Law | Hyderabad | CLAT/GMAT/GRE/CAT | MBA/ LLB/ LLM |
3 | 3 | National Law Institute University | National Law Institute University | Bhopal | CLAT | BA LLB/ LLM |
4 | 4 | West Bengal National University | West Bengal National University | Kolkata | CLAT | BA LLB/ BSc LLB/ LLM |
5 | 5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | National Law University, Jodhpur | Jodhpur | CLAT | B.B.A., LL.B/ BA LLB/ MS(Insurance)/ |
6 | MBA in Insurance | |||||
7 | 6 | VIT School of Law | VIT University | Chennai | CLAT/LSAT | BBA LLB/ BCA LLB |
8 | 7 | School of Law | Presidency University | Bangalore | CLAT / LSAT / PUEET/PULAT | B.A LLB/BA LLB/B.Com LLB |
9 | 8 | Gujarat National Law University | Gujarat National Law University | Gandhinagar | CLAT | BSW LL.B/BA LLB/ MBA in Financial Mgnt/ Business Law |
10 | 9 | ILS Law College | University of Pune | Pune | MH CET | BA LLB/ LLB/ LLM/ D.L.L.&L.W |
Sl No | Law Colleges | University Name | City | Exam Accepted | Cources |
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