The CLAT, also known as Common Law Admission Test, is a standardized test which will test your capability to exceed expectations in a LAW School.
Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized test for admission to 21 National Law Universities in India. 43 other education institutes and two public sector institutes are also eligible to use these scores. The test is conducted by the 21 participating law schools in rotation, in the order of their establishment, starting with National Law School of India University (which conducted CLAT-2008) and now up to National Law University Odisha which conducted CLAT-2019.
The test is taken after the Higher Secondary Examination or the 12th grade for admission to integrated under graduation programs in Law and after Graduation in Law for Master of Laws(LL.M) programs conducted by these law universities.
These include the top National Law Schools like:
Students are tested on the following abilities:
Students appearing for CLAT are given a duration of 120 minutes to attempt the exam . The CLAT question paper consists of 150 multiple choice questions. There are five sections in CLAT exam paper wherein students need to answer questions from subjects such as:
The break up of marks is generally as follows –
| English 28-32 questions |
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| Mathematics 13-17 questions |
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| Logical Reasoning 28-32 questions |
Logical and Analytical reasoning skills |
| Legal Aptitude 35-39 questions |
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| General Knowledge & Current Affairs 35-39 questions |
Static general knowledge including History, Polity, Geography, Environment, etc. Current affairs- national of national and international importance, sports, new appointments, awards and honours etc. |
| Full Marks | 150 |
Break up of marks for 2020 is yet to be decided. The Marking Scheme for every correct answer is one mark and for each wrong answer 0.25 marks are deducted from their total score of the aspirants attempt.
The first CLAT Core Committee consisting of Vice-Chancellors of the seven participating NLUs at that time decided that the test should be conducted by rotation in the order of their establishment. Accordingly, the first CLAT was conducted in 2008 by the National Law School of India University.
Subsequently, CLAT-2009, CLAT-2010, CLAT-2011, CLAT-2012, CLAT-2013, CLAT-2014, CLAT-2015, CLAT-2016, CLAT-2017, CLAT-2018 and CLAT-2019 have been conducted by the following institutes respectively:
