Common Law Admission Test Info

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national-level law entrance exam for admission to 22 national law universities and more than 70 affiliated colleges. The exam is conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) in offline, pen and paper format. Candidates who pass the examination will be eligible for admission to 5-year integrated LLB and LLM programmes offered by the participating national law universities.

CLAT 2025 Exam Dates

CLAT 2025 Eligibility Criteria

The aspirants who are looking to appear in CLAT and are keen to pursue LLB and LLM courses in the top law schools in India must look at the below-given eligibility criteria for admission.

Nationality

• An individual must be an Indian and must have Indian citizenship.

Age Criteria

• There is no age boundary to apply and appear for Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) Undergraduates (UG) and Postgraduates (PG) exam.

Number of Attempts

• As there are no age conditions and restrictions for CLAT, the students can appear for the exam as many times as they want.

Educational Qualification

For Undergraduate (UG) Programmes

• Qualifying Exam: An individual must have passed and cleared the Higher Secondary School (HSE)/Intermediate or equivalent examination from 10+2 standard from a recognized college and a board.
• Minimum Marks: The students must have scored a minimum of 45 per cent of total marks and if the candidate is belonging to the SC/ST category, they should have at least 40 per cent of aggregate marks.

For Postgraduate (PG) Programmes

• Qualifying Exam: The candidates must have done the Bachelor of Laws (LL. B) or 5-year Integrated Bachelor of Laws (BA.LLB, B.Com LLB, BBA LLB, BSc LLB, etc) degree from a recognized college/university as required by the participating universities.
• Minimum Marks: The aspirants must have scored a minimum of 50 per cent marks and 45 per cent in the case of SC/ST applicants.

Important Note: The students who are having supplementary exams can also appear for the CLAT exam, but they have to qualify for the supplementary exam and have to show valid proof of passing an exam.

Application Fees for CLAT 2025

• CLAT Application Fees must be paid through the online mode using their payment portal. 
• CLAT Application Fees are not refundable under any circumstances.
• In the below table, category-wise CLAT Application Fee 2022 is given.

CLAT 2025 Exam Pattern

• Based on CLAT 2025 Exam Pattern, for each question, there will be 1 mark for marking the correct answer. 
• As a negative marking, 0.25 will be deducted for each incorrect answer. 
• A total of 200 MCQ-type questions will be there in the test. 
• The duration of the CLAT Exam will be 2 hours. 
• In the below table, CLAT Exam Pattern 2025 for UG and PG programs is given. 

CLAT 2025 Syllabus

CLAT 2025 Syllabus for both UG and PG courses is mentioned below:

CLAT 2025 UG Syllabus

Given below are the topics covered for the CLAT 2025 UG Exam:

CLAT 2025 PG Syllabus

Given below are the topics covered for the CLAT 2025 PG Exam:

CLAT 2025 Preparation Books

In the below table, some of the best books are recommended. 

CLAT 2025 Participating Colleges

In the below table, a list of participating colleges in CLAT 2025 is given.

List of CLAT Participating Colleges

• 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