CLAT 2024

Common Law Admission Test
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Exam Dates: 3rd Dec 2023
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Updated on 01st December, 2023 | 12 min read

CLAT 2024 Latest Updates: CLAT 2024 Exam is scheduled to be held on December 3, 2023. Students who have registered can obtain their CLAT 2024 admit card from the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The examination will take place in 130 centers across India.

The CLAT Exam 2024 is set to occur from 2 pm to 4 pm and will be conducted in 130 CLAT Test Centers nationwide. It is anticipated that around 1 lakh candidates will participate in the CLAT exam this year. The consortium had previously released the revised CLAT Exam Pattern 2024, reducing the number of questions from 150 to 120 while maintaining the same syllabus as the previous year. The Consortium of NLUs has provided CLAT 2024 question papers for practice.

The Consortium of NLUs released the CLAT 2024 admit card online on November 21, 2023. Successfully registered candidates for CLAT 2024 can download their admit cards from the official website until December 3, 2023, until 1:30 PM. The CLAT admit card is essential for attending the examination.

Candidates can now download your CLAT 2024 Admit Card

What is CLAT Exam?

The Consortium of National Law Universities has released an official notification on its official website confirming its revised CLAT 2024 schedule. The eligibility required to take CLAT Exam is to have secured at least 45% marks in aggregate in 12th class exams. This is defined under CLAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria available on the official website of CNLU. As CLAT 2024 is going to be conducted after a month, so candidates are under pressure of performing well but they still have enough time to solve CLAT Previous Year Question Papers to be able to increase their efficiency of solving the paper. This will also help them get a better understanding of CLAT Exam Pattern, CLAT Syllabus and the difficulty level of the exam.

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CLAT 2024 Exam Highlights

Particular

Detail

Name of the exam

Common-Law Admission Test

Popularly known as

CLAT

Conducting body

The consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs)

What is new in CLAT?

There will be two CLAT exams in 2024.

- CLAT 2024 will be conducted on June 19, 2024 (rescheduled from May 8)

- CLAT 2023 exam will be conducted on December 18, 2024

Courses offered

5-year integrated LLB program

One-year LLM program

Exam fee

Rs 4,000 (General category)

Exam mode

Pen-and-paper exam

Exam duration

2 hours

CLAT 2024 exam date

June 19, 2024

Number of applications

70,277 (2021)

Number of test-takers

62,106 (2021)

Number of seats

UG courses - 2, 644

PG courses - 914

- Not including sponsored, supernumerary, NRI, and extra seats.

Counseling

Candidates will be shortlisted for counseling based on their CLAT 2024 scores.

- The number of candidates invited will be five times the number of available seats in each category.

Accepting colleges

The consortium has 22 participating NLUs that will only accept CLAT scores for admission to 5-year LLB and one-year LLB courses.

In addition, there are 61 affiliate colleges that will offer admission based on CLAT scores.

Top-ranked participating NLU

Here are top-ranking participating NLUs as per NIRF Ranking 2021

 

NLSIU Bengaluru - Rank 1

NALSAR - Rank 3

WBNUJS Kolkata - Rank 4

Exam helpdesk number

08047162020

Official website

https://clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in/

What is CLAT Exam?

The Common Law Admission Test which is widely known as CLAT exam is a national level online entrance examination for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programs offered by 22 law institutions across the country. The exam is conducted by the consortium of National Law Universities. Not only the National Law University but also various private and self-financed law institutes and colleges in India accept CLAT Score in order to shortlist candidates for admission.

CLAT Key Points

  • Exam will be conducted in offline mode i.e. Pen and Paper based format.
  • Total No. of questions in UG and PG exam will be 150 and 120 respectively.
  • There will be 5 sections in CLAT 2024 i.e. Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, English Language, and Current Affairs.
  • CLAT LLM Syllabus consists of law subjects such as Company Law, Constitutional Law, Family Law, and many more.

CLAT 2024 Exam Dates

Event

Dates

Start Date for CLAT 2024 Application 

July 1, 2023 

Last Date for CLAT 2024 Application Form 

November 10, 2023 

Last Date for CLAT 2024 Form Correction window

November 12, 2023

Release of CLAT 2024 Admit Card

November 21, 2023 

CLAT 2024 Exam Date

December 3, 2023

Release Date for CLAT Answer Key 

December 2023

Release Date for CLAT 2024 Result 

January 2024

CLAT 2024 Counselling

January 2024

CLAT Full Form

CLAT stands for Common Law Admission Test. Students who want to study law can apply for the CLAT exam after completing their class 12 from any recognized board. Furthermore, students with a Bachelor's degree in LLB may apply for the CLAT exam to pursue a PG course in law at any of the 24 NLUs.

What is the official website of CLAT?

The official website of CLAT is consortiumofnlus.ac.in. CLAT applications are only accepted online through the official website. Aside from that, other CLAT exam-related procedures, such as the publication of CLAT results, merit lists, and counseling, are carried out on the CLAT official website.

The NLU Consortium began CLAT 2024 Registration Procedure on 1st January 2024 and the last date to fill the application form has been extended till 9th May 2024. The CLAT Application Form has been made available through online mode and students interested in taking the exam can fill the application form by following the link given here. To register for the exam, candidates must possess a valid email id and a phone number. While registering for the exam, candidates must fill the various fields such as Name, DOB, Upload Documents, Educational Details, etc. They must also select Exam Center and process the payment of application fee while filling the form.

Below mentioned are the steps that students must follow to register themselves for the examination:

How to Apply for CLAT 2024 Exam?

Registration – Interested candidates will have to register by providing their personal and academic details. Besides, they must select and confirm a password for their newly created account.

Login – After the registration process is completed, candidates must log in to access their application form.

Select the Program – After logging in, choose the program you wish to take this exam for i.e. 5-year LLB or 1-year LLB.

Fill the Application Form – There are various fields in the exam form such as personal information, communication details, qualifying examination status, exam center preferences (THREE centers can be selected in the order of preference), and reservation.

Submit the Form – Once these exam details are completely filled, candidates must agree to the declaration and give their consent. After all this is done, candidates must submit the form.

Payment of Application Fee - This is the last step to fill CLAT 2024 Application Form. The payment of CLAT Application Fee must be done through online mode i.e. credit card, debit card or net banking. In addition to the exam fee, candidates will also be required to pay an additional amount of INR 500 if they wish to opt for previous years' question papers.

CLAT 2024 Application Fee

Category

CLAT Application Fee 2024

General/OBC/PwD/NRI/PIO/OCI

INR 4000

SC/ST/BPL

INR 3500

CLAT previous years' question papers fee

INR 500

  • CLAT Application Fee must be paid through online mode.
  • CLAT Application Fee will not be refundable in any circumstances.

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Documents Upload Guidelines

While filling the online CLAT Application Form, candidates must upload the required documents as per the format mentioned below:

Document

Size

Format

Photograph

500 kB

jpg or jpeg

Signature

100 kB

jpg or jpeg

State of Domicile Certificate

1.5 MB

PDG

CLAT 2024 Eligibility Criteria

As per the CLAT 2024 Eligibility defined by the Consortium of National Law Universities, the candidates with at least 45% marks in aggregate in their last qualifying examination will be considered eligible to take the national level entrance examination. Besides, 5% relaxation in the qualifying marks will be gives to candidates belonging to the reserved categories.

CLAT Eligibility Highlights

  • There is no age limit to apply or appear in CLAT Exam.
  • NRIs, OCIs, PIOs & Foreign Nationals can also apply or appear for CLAT. 

Parameter

Undergraduate Program

Postgraduate Program

Qualifying Exam

The candidate must have passed 10+2 or an equivalent exam

The candidate must have passed the 5-year integrated or 3-year LLB exam.

Minimum Marks

General - 45%

SC/ST - 40%

General - 50%

SC/ST - 45%

 

Age Limit

No upper age limit has been prescribed for UG courses.

There is no upper age limit for admission to PG courses.

CLAT 2024 Admit Card

CLAT 2024 Admit Card is made available on the official website i.e. https://clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in/. CLAT Admit Card is an essential document that students must carry on the date of examination. There are various details mentioned on admit card such as name, dob, exam center, exam time, exam date, type of exam, etc.

Below mentioned are the steps to download CLAT Admit Card 2024:

How to Download CLAT 2024 Admit Card?

  • Visit the official website of the National Law University Consortium.
  • Navigate to and click on ‘Click Here' tab.
  • Log in to the site using your login credentials such as your registered mobile number and password.
  • Download the admit card available on the screen.
  • Take a printout of admit card and save it for future reference.

CLAT 2024 Exam Pattern

The consortium released CLAT Exam Pattern along with its registration form on its official website. The details mentioned on it pertain to the structure and format of the paper including type of questions asked, marking scheme, and topics one would need to prepare for the examination.

Below mentioned are the different parameters of CLAT Exam Pattern:

Category

Undergraduate Program

Postgraduate Program

Duration of the Exam

2 hours

2 hours

Mode of Exam

Offline

Offline

Types of Questions

Objective-type, comprehension-based questions

Objective-type, comprehension-based questions

No. of Questions

150

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

150

120

Marking Scheme

+1 mark for a correct answer.

-0.25 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer.

+1 mark for a correct answer.

-0.25 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer.

CLAT 2024 Exam Pattern

Subjects

Marks Allotted

English

40

Current Affairs

50

Legal Reasoning

50

Logical Reasoning

40

Quantitative Techniques

20

CLAT 2024 Syllabus

CLAT Syllabus for Undergraduate and Postgraduate varies from each other as these contain different subjects. Current Affairs, Legal Reasoning, etc. are included in CLAT 2024 Syllabus for Undergraduate programs while CLAT PG Syllabus consists of Criminal Law and International Law topics. The details regarding the important topics of CLAT UG and CLAT PG syllabus are mentioned below:

CLAT 2024 Syllabus Weightage

Subjects

No. of Questions and Marks

Current Affairs & General Knowledge

35-39

English Language

28-32

Logical Reasoning

28-32

Quantitative Techniques

13-17

Legal Reasoning

35-39

Total

150

CLAT 2024 UG Syllabus

Subject

Topics Covered

CLAT English Syllabus

Passages, Reading, Comprehension, Inference, and Conclusion, Summary, Vocabulary, etc.

CLAT General Knowledge Syllabus

Contemporary Events of National and International Significance, Art and Culture, International Affairs, Historical Events of significance

CLAT Legal Reasoning Syllabus

Rules and Passages of Law, Application of the rules and passages, etc.

CLAT Logical Reasoning Syllabus

Argument - Premise and Conclusion, Inference, Relationships and Analogies, Contradictions and Equivalence, etc.

CLAT Quantitative Aptitude Syllabus

Basic Algebra, Mensuration, Statistical Estimation, Graphs, Numerical Information, Ratio and Proportion etc.

CLAT 2024 PG Syllabus

Subject

Topics Covered

Constitutional Law

Subject-wise and Judicial Power; Constitution of India: Framing, Doctrine, Executive Power; Constitutional Rights; Freedom Rights

Criminal Law

Elements of Crime, Group Liability, Abetment, Criminal Conspiracy, Exceptions, Attempt to Commit Offences, Offences Against Public Tranquility, Offences against Body

Torts

Classification of Torts, Trespass, Nuisance, Defamation, Liability for Misstatements, Negligence

International Law

Origin and Development of International Law and Bodies, International Law of Sea, Air, Land, Overview of International Law

Intellectual Property Rights

Nature, Definition and Scope of IPR, Trademarks Act 1999, Patents Act 1970, Copyright Act 1957, IPR in International Perspective

CLAT 2024 Preparation Books

Below mentioned are the important books for CLAT 2024 Exam to be held in June 2024:

Name of Book

Authors Name

A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning

R S Aggarwal

Analytical Reasoning (English)

MK Pandey

Fast Track Objective Arithmetic

Arihant Publications

Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations

Pearson's

CLAT 2024 Mock Test

To prepare for CLAT 2024, candidates need to practice a significant number of mock tests. There are several advantages to take the CLAT practice exam 2024: Mock tests contain similar types of questions to those asked in the exam. So, solving these problems will help candidates judge the difficultly level of CLAT 2024 and plan accordingly.

  • Mock test performance can reveal exam readiness or lack thereof. One might need to draw up their socks and work harder if they are not ready.
  • A candidate who performs well on mock tests will have more confidence going into the real examination.
  • The CLAT mock tests will educate the candidate time management techniques as well as how to get out of a tight situation by remaining calm.
  • By completing the CLAT mock test, you may develop the art of prioritizing questions effectively. Students who understand this technique will be able to answer all the questions that are a lock before going on to more challenging and uncertain ones.

CLAT Previous Year Papers

Additionally, candidates should complete all CLAT previous year papers, particularly those that follow the new exam format. Understanding the types of questions offered in the exam and the subjects that come up frequently in the test paper might also be aided by studying the papers from the previous year. Candidates may purchase the question papers during the CLAT registration process for Rs 500.

CLAT 2024 Result

The Consortium has declared the result of CLAT 2024 in online mode on June 24, 2024. Candidates can access CLAT result 2024 by logging in using their registration/application number and date of birth. The result contains important details like sectional and overall marks, and open and category (if applicable) rank obtained in the exam. 

  • Visit the official website of CLAT and click on ‘Result' link.
  • Navigate to and click on ‘View Result'.
  • Enter your login credentials and click on submit.
  • After CLAT Result 2024 is declared, candidates will receive a provisional admission to an NLU based on their merit rank secured in CLAT 2024 Exam.
  • A merit list containing the name of the colleges will be released on the official website. Candidates can check it from there only.

The Consortium has declared the result of CLAT 2024 in online mode on June 24, 2024. Candidates can access CLAT result 2024 by logging in using their registration/application number and date of birth. The result contains important details like sectional and overall marks, and open and category (if applicable) rank obtained in the exam. 

How to Download CLAT result 2024?

  • Click on the result link (or Click here)
  • In the CLAT login window, enter the registration/application number and date of birth
  • The CLAT result 2024 would be displayed on the screen
  • Download and take a printout of the result

Details mentioned on the CLAT 2024 result

  • Name of the candidate
  • Roll number
  • Category under which admission is sought
  • Program of study (UG / PG)
  • CLAT score 2024
  • CLAT All India Rank (AIR)
  • CLAT 2024 category rank (CR)

CLAT 2024 Merit List

Based on the results of the entrance exam, the exam officials will create and release the CLAT 2024 merit list. The CLAT merit list 2024 places candidates in order of their test scores. The tiebreaker, however, is employed to determine the merit rank when two or more candidates receive the same ranks.

CLAT Merit List 2024 - Tie-breaking procedure

  • The candidate with the highest score in the "Legal Aptitude" segment of CLAT 2024 will be put higher in the merit list.
  •  If this step is taken, the candidate who is older will receive a higher rank.
  • If there is still a tie, the merit rank of these applicants will be established by a computerized draw of lots.

CLAT 2024 Counseling

Below mentioned are the steps to register for CLAT Counseling after qualifying CLAT Exam.

Step 1 – Visit the official website and check the merit list of shortlisted candidates.

Step 2 – Enter your preferences for NLU and choose up to 6 NLU.

Step 3 – Process the payment of prescribed application fee online at the portal.

After the completion, seat allotment results will be announced by the concerned authority and after it, all the shortlisted candidates will be advised to confirm their seat for admission to their desired colleges. Shortlisted candidates will have 3 options:

  • Accept or Lock the seat
  • After accepting/locking the seat, upload the required documents to proceed further.
  • Process the payment of admission fee to the allotted college.
  • Submit all the important documents and process the requisite amount to the NLU.
  • Exit admission process.

 

CLAT Colleges and Seat Intake

Except for NLU Delhi, all of India's National Law Universities (NLUs) accept CLAT scores from applicants for admission to their five-year integrated LLB and LLM programmes. See the list of courses available through the CLAT exam as well as the total number of seats at the 22 participating NLUs:

CLAT Courses

Total Seat Intake at National Law Universities (NLUs)

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

2,644

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)

914

 

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CLAT 2021 Cutoff

Colleges

CLAT Cut Off 2021

CLAT Cut Off 2020

National Law School of India University

59-66

119.5 - 120.5

National Academy of Legal Studies and Research

130-135

114 - 115

National Law Institute University

351-386

107 - 108

West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences

213-260

112 - 113

National Law University Jodhpur

343-376

109 - 111

Hidayatullah National Law University

574-657

103 - 104

Gujarat National Law University

453-494

106 - 107

Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University

627-668

100 - 102

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law

801-924

99 - 100

Chanakya National Law University

909-1186

95 - 96

National University of Advanced Legal Studies

826-928

99 - 100

National Law University Odisha

1023-1167

97 - 98

National University of Study and Research in Law

1051-1255

94 - 95

National Law University and Judicial Academy

1124-1556

93 - 94

Tamil Nadu National Law School

1151-1571

92 - 93

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University

1180-1432

92 - 93

Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai

478-503

105 - 106

Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur

1126-1532

91 - 92

Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad

-

91 - 92

Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur

-

87 - 88

MPDNLU, Jabalpur

-

90 - 91

HPNLU, Shimla

-

89 - 90

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