Law
CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)
Last updated 17 Oct 2026
National entrance test for admission to the integrated and postgraduate law programmes at most National Law Universities.
About the Exam
CLAT is used by most National Law Universities (NLUs) for admission to their 5-year integrated undergraduate law programmes and their postgraduate (LLM) programmes — NLU Delhi is a notable exception that conducts its own separate test (AILET).
Eligibility (illustrative)
- •12th standard in any stream for the undergraduate test
- •LLB/Bachelor's in Law for the postgraduate test
Exam Pattern
- Format
- Pen-and-paper, objective
- Sections
- English, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques, Current Affairs/GK
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