CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)
CLAT 2018 – NUALS Kochi (The National University of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi) conducted CLAT 2018 on May 13. The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2018) was held online across India in around 65 examination centres. The Common Law Admission Test, also called CLAT is one of the most popular law entrance examinations held annually for admissions to five-year integrated law programmes (BA LLB, B.Com LLB, B.Sc LLB and BBA LLB) in as many as 19 NLUs (National Law Universities) including MLNU Mumbai, MNLU Nagpur and MNLU Aurangabad, which have been added recently. The CLAT 2018 conducting NLU, NUALS Kochi published an official notification on the undergraduate law admission test on December 20, 2017, and began CLAT 2018 application process on January 1, 2018. Further to add more information on CLAT 2018, the NLU administered law admission test scores are utilised not only by the 19 NLUs participating in CLAT but around 25 other law schools for admissions into the five-year integrated UG law programmes. In addition to the undergraduate law programmes, CLAT was also conducted for admission into postgraduate law programmes including LLM. Candidates could read the below-detailed information on CLAT 2018 to know more on the law entrance exam including important dates, eligibility criteria, application form, admit card, syllabus, exam pattern, result, score card, cut off and counselling process.
Brief about the CLAT 2018
Exam name – Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)
Exam type – Undergraduate and Postgraduate
Exam level – National
Exam mode – Online
Conducting authority – National University of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi (NUALS Kochi)
Organising body – CLAT Committee
Total number of participating institutes – 19 NLUs
Total number of seats offered – 2400 for undergraduate programmes and 624 for postgraduate programmes (approx.)
Number of test takers – 40000 (approximately) for UG programmes and 5500 (approximately) for postgraduate programmes
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CLAT Important Dates 2018
CLAT 2018 important dates help candidates in knowing events of the common law admission test and their respective dates. NUALS Kochi had announced important dates of CLAT 2018 on December 20, 2017. However, Careers360 provides you CLAT 2018 important dates before the actual announcement. The law aspirants as of now can find an exam calendar of CLAT 2018 with its events and their dates below in the table-
CLAT 2018 Important Dates
Events
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Dates
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Exam notification
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December 20, 2017
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Application form begins
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January 1, 2018
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Application form ends
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March 31, 2018
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Issue of admit card
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April 26, 2018
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CLAT 2018 online exam
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May 13, 2018
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Provisional Answer Key
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May 15, 2018
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Challenge window
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May 16- May 18, 2018
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Final Answer Key
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May 26, 2018
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Declaration of result and score card
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May 31, 2018
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Counselling and seat allotment
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June 7-July 6, 2018
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CLAT Result 2018
NUALS Kochi has declared the result of CLAT 2018 on May 31. Candidates can check their scores as per CLAT 2018 results through their registered CLAT accounts. The CLAT result mention All India Rank (AIR), State Rank (SR) and Category Rank (CR) of the candidates besides the scores they have secured in Common Law Admission Test 2018.
CLAT Scores 2018
Candidates can find score of CLAT 2018 along with their answer keys and response-sheets of Common Law Admission Test. CLAT 2018 score is the marks obtained by candidate as per their responses marked in the online CLAT 2018. NUALS Kochi will calculate the CLAT scores in a defined formula by the number of correct answers marked as well as those responded incorrectly. The CLAT scores will be basis for preparing CLAT merit list (CLAT rank list) 2018, Moreover, the scores of CLAT 2018 will also be mentioned in the CLAT score card 2018 which will be provided along with CLAT results 2018.
CLAT Merit List (Rank List) 2018
NUALS Kochi has released merit list of CLAT 2018 along with the results on May 31. The CLAT merit list is also be considered as CLAT 2018 rank list as it mentions All India Ranks (AIRs) as well as the Category Rank (CR) of all the candidates appearing the common law admission test. CLAT 2018 merit list (rank list) specifies a total number of test takers, their scores, subject-wise marks and State Ranks (SRs) besides AIRs and CRs. It has been made practice from the year 2015 to issue CLAT merit list in public so as to maintain transparency in the examination system.
CLAT Cut off 2018
The examination committee will determine cutoff of CLAT 2018 after issuing merit lists. CLAT 2018 cut off is regarded as last rank secured by a candidate to be offered admission in the NLUs. The CLAT cut off will be determined by the exam committee in accordance with the result and merit list of the admission test. CLAT 2018 cut-off will also depend on various factors including total number of test takers, minimum marks, maximum marks and admitting seats. Candidates will be allowed to participate in the admission counselling, only of they meet CLAT cut off 2018.
CLAT Counselling 2018
The examination committee is to begin counselling of CLAT 2018 on June 7 as it’ll declare CLAT 2018 counselling schedule in the month of May, soon after the CLAT results are declared. Candidates who qualify in the law admission test are to participate in CLAT 2018 counselling based on their AIRs or the State Ranks. The CLAT counselling process involves choice locking and seat allotment process. Candidates will be allotted seats based on their choices of locked seats in the participating 19 NLUs. After the seat allotment, candidates will need to accept the seat and deposit the fees within a given time; else the seat will be deemed to get cancelled automatically. Candidates will be offered three options during the CLAT 2018 counselling–lock, shift or withdrawal of seat. The exam committee then will be holding next round of counselling for CLAT admissions. Following the method, as many as four CLAT 2018 counselling rounds will be held till July 6, 2018, for offering admissions in the law programmes across the National Law Universities.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2018
Candidates are to be allotted seats in the participating NLUs as per CLAT 2018 seat allotment process, which forms an important part of CLAT 2018 admission counselling. If a candidate accepts the allotted seat, he/ she needs to deposit the requisite amount of fee within a given due date. The seat will be automatically forfeited, in case of non-deposition of fees. The exam committee will be issuing next seat allotment list only after the admission has been conducted based on the previous list. There will be as many as three such CLAT 2018 seat allotment lists published.
CLAT Participating Institutes 2018
A total of 19 National Law Universities are participating in CLAT 2018. The list of CLAT 2018 participating institutes also mention various law schools besides the NLUs which accept scores of the common law admission test. As per the CLAT participating institutes’ list, the 19th and the latest addition is Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Aurangabad and the 18th was Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Nagpur. Candidates appearing the law admission test vie for the NLUs including NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata and NLIU Bhopal which are the most preferred NLUs by the law aspirants and are the founding member of the CLAT committee.
CLAT Seats and Reservation 2018
The Common Law Admission Test is conducted for offering admissions to around 2400 seats in the undergraduate law programmes and 624 postgraduate programme seats. The admission committee follows government policy for reservation of CLAT 2018 seats. While some of the NLUs have seats reserved for candidates possessing state domicile, each of them have the other seats reserved for the distinctive categories- Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Find below the percentage of seats reserved for the categories.
- OBC – 27 per cent of total seats
- SC – 15 per cent of total seats
- ST – 7.5 per cent of total seats
CLAT Admission Process 2018
Aspirants seeking admission into five-year integrated undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes in the 19 NLUs need to appear for CLAT 2018. The admission process of CLAT 2018 begins with examination notification and availability of CLAT application form. The CLAT 2018 applicants next will have to appear for the NUALS Kochi administered common law admission test. The CLAT 2018 appearing candidates based on their admission test performance will secure All India Ranks (AIRs) and CLAT 2018 scores which will be accepted by various law schools including the participating 19 NLUs. The CLAT committee headed by NUALS Kochi will also organise CLAT 2018 counselling upon which the CLAT qualifying candidates will be allotted seats in different NLUs under a centralised counselling system.
CLAT Answer Key 2018
NUALS Kochi, the official conducting body of Common Law Admission Test has announced answer key of CLAT 2018 on May 26. The CLAT 2018 answer key (provisional) was published on May 15, 2018. The NLU has published the CLAT 2018 answer keys in as many as two phases. The first phase happens to be the provisional phase of CLAT answer key and afterwards the final CLAT answer key 2018. NUALS Kochi, as per the pattern has also released the CLAT 2018 official question papers along with CLAT 2018 answer keys. Additionally, candidates are to also receive their respective response sheets along with the CLAT answer keys and question papers. With the help of official CLAT answer keys 2018, law aspirants may know correct answers to the questions and also get probable scores in the common law admission test. In case of any discrepancy found in the official answer key of CLAT 2018, candidates can also report to CLAT committee for which the candidates will be allowed to submit their grievances regarding the CLAT discrepant questions or any of the answers within a stipulated time. For this, the candidates will be facilitated with a CLAT answer key challenge window in online mode. The CLAT 2018 committee headed by NUALS Kochi has issued the final answer key of CLAT 2018, after it has taken the CLAT 2018 objections into account and rectified the same.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates are required to read and understand eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018 as specified by the law examination committee. Knowing CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria is important because these are the prerequisite norms defined by CLAT 2018 Committee for the candidates who are appearing in the NUALS Kochi administered law admission test. The CLAT eligibility criteria mention minimum academic qualifications and the percentage of total marks beside age bar required for applying for the law programmes; undergraduate and postgraduate. Following common eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018, candidates appearing for UG law programmes need to qualify 12th board examination (Intermediate examination) of 10+2 educational system, scoring at least 45% marks in the aggregate of subjects studied at 10+2 level. Further according to the CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria, those who are appearing for PG law programmes need to have an LL.B degree with a minimum score of 55% marks in the final year of law degree examination. Moreover, as of now, there is no age bar for those applying for five-year undergraduate as well as postgraduate law programmes through CLAT 2018. However, as per an earlier CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria and change in admission policy after a BCI order (2016), candidates were needed to be equal to or less than 20 years of age if applying for the UG law programmes through common law admission test.
CLAT Counselling 2018
The examination committee is to begin counselling of CLAT 2018 on June 7 as it’ll declare CLAT 2018 counselling schedule in the month of May, soon after the CLAT results are declared. Candidates who qualify in the law admission test are to participate in CLAT 2018 counselling based on their AIRs or the State Ranks. The CLAT counselling process involves choice locking and seat allotment process. Candidates will be allotted seats based on their choices of locked seats in the participating 19 NLUs. After the seat allotment, candidates will need to accept the seat and deposit the fees within a given time; else the seat will be deemed to get cancelled automatically. Candidates will be offered three options during the CLAT 2018 counselling–lock, shift or withdrawal of seat. The exam committee then will be holding next round of counselling for CLAT admissions. Following the method, as many as four CLAT 2018 counselling rounds will be held till July 6, 2018, for offering admissions in the law programmes across the National Law Universities.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2018
Candidates are to be allotted seats in the participating NLUs as per CLAT 2018 seat allotment process, which forms an important part of CLAT 2018 admission counselling. If a candidate accepts the allotted seat, he/ she needs to deposit the requisite amount of fee within a given due date. The seat will be automatically forfeited, in case of non-deposition of fees. The exam committee will be issuing next seat allotment list only after the admission has been conducted based on the previous list. There will be as many as three such CLAT 2018 seat allotment lists published.
CLAT Participating Institutes 2018
A total of 19 National Law Universities are participating in CLAT 2018. The list of CLAT 2018 participating institutes also mention various law schools besides the NLUs which accept scores of the common law admission test. As per the CLAT participating institutes’ list, the 19th and the latest addition is Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Aurangabad and the 18th was Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Nagpur. Candidates appearing the law admission test vie for the NLUs including NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata and NLIU Bhopal which are the most preferred NLUs by the law aspirants and are the founding member of the CLAT committee.
CLAT Seats and Reservation 2018
The Common Law Admission Test is conducted for offering admissions to around 2400 seats in the undergraduate law programmes and 624 postgraduate programme seats. The admission committee follows government policy for reservation of CLAT 2018 seats. While some of the NLUs have seats reserved for candidates possessing state domicile, each of them have the other seats reserved for the distinctive categories- Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Find below the percentage of seats reserved for the categories.
- OBC – 27 per cent of total seats
- SC – 15 per cent of total seats
- ST – 7.5 per cent of total seats
CLAT Admission Process 2018
Aspirants seeking admission into five-year integrated undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes in the 19 NLUs need to appear for CLAT 2018. The admission process of CLAT 2018 begins with examination notification and availability of CLAT application form. The CLAT 2018 applicants next will have to appear for the NUALS Kochi administered common law admission test. The CLAT 2018 appearing candidates based on their admission test performance will secure All India Ranks (AIRs) and CLAT 2018 scores which will be accepted by various law schools including the participating 19 NLUs. The CLAT committee headed by NUALS Kochi will also organise CLAT 2018 counselling upon which the CLAT qualifying candidates will be allotted seats in different NLUs under a centralised counselling system.
CLAT Answer Key 2018
NUALS Kochi, the official conducting body of Common Law Admission Test has announced answer key of CLAT 2018 on May 26. The CLAT 2018 answer key (provisional) was published on May 15, 2018. The NLU has published the CLAT 2018 answer keys in as many as two phases. The first phase happens to be the provisional phase of CLAT answer key and afterwards the final CLAT answer key 2018. NUALS Kochi, as per the pattern has also released the CLAT 2018 official question papers along with CLAT 2018 answer keys. Additionally, candidates are to also receive their respective response sheets along with the CLAT answer keys and question papers. With the help of official CLAT answer keys 2018, law aspirants may know correct answers to the questions and also get probable scores in the common law admission test. In case of any discrepancy found in the official answer key of CLAT 2018, candidates can also report to CLAT committee for which the candidates will be allowed to submit their grievances regarding the CLAT discrepant questions or any of the answers within a stipulated time. For this, the candidates will be facilitated with a CLAT answer key challenge window in online mode. The CLAT 2018 committee headed by NUALS Kochi has issued the final answer key of CLAT 2018, after it has taken the CLAT 2018 objections into account and rectified the same.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates are required to read and understand eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018 as specified by the law examination committee. Knowing CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria is important because these are the prerequisite norms defined by CLAT 2018 Committee for the candidates who are appearing in the NUALS Kochi administered law admission test. The CLAT eligibility criteria mention minimum academic qualifications and the percentage of total marks beside age bar required for applying for the law programmes; undergraduate and postgraduate. Following common eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018, candidates appearing for UG law programmes need to qualify 12th board examination (Intermediate examination) of 10+2 educational system, scoring at least 45% marks in the aggregate of subjects studied at 10+2 level. Further according to the CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria, those who are appearing for PG law programmes need to have an LL.B degree with a minimum score of 55% marks in the final year of law degree examination. Moreover, as of now, there is no age bar for those applying for five-year undergraduate as well as postgraduate law programmes through CLAT 2018. However, as per an earlier CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria and change in admission policy after a BCI order (2016), candidates were needed to be equal to or less than 20 years of age if applying for the UG law programmes through common law admission test.
CLAT Counselling 2018
The examination committee is to begin counselling of CLAT 2018 on June 7 as it’ll declare CLAT 2018 counselling schedule in the month of May, soon after the CLAT results are declared. Candidates who qualify in the law admission test are to participate in CLAT 2018 counselling based on their AIRs or the State Ranks. The CLAT counselling process involves choice locking and seat allotment process. Candidates will be allotted seats based on their choices of locked seats in the participating 19 NLUs. After the seat allotment, candidates will need to accept the seat and deposit the fees within a given time; else the seat will be deemed to get cancelled automatically. Candidates will be offered three options during the CLAT 2018 counselling–lock, shift or withdrawal of seat. The exam committee then will be holding next round of counselling for CLAT admissions. Following the method, as many as four CLAT 2018 counselling rounds will be held till July 6, 2018, for offering admissions in the law programmes across the National Law Universities.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2018
Candidates are to be allotted seats in the participating NLUs as per CLAT 2018 seat allotment process, which forms an important part of CLAT 2018 admission counselling. If a candidate accepts the allotted seat, he/ she needs to deposit the requisite amount of fee within a given due date. The seat will be automatically forfeited, in case of non-deposition of fees. The exam committee will be issuing next seat allotment list only after the admission has been conducted based on the previous list. There will be as many as three such CLAT 2018 seat allotment lists published.
CLAT Participating Institutes 2018
A total of 19 National Law Universities are participating in CLAT 2018. The list of CLAT 2018 participating institutes also mention various law schools besides the NLUs which accept scores of the common law admission test. As per the CLAT participating institutes’ list, the 19th and the latest addition is Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Aurangabad and the 18th was Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Nagpur. Candidates appearing the law admission test vie for the NLUs including NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata and NLIU Bhopal which are the most preferred NLUs by the law aspirants and are the founding member of the CLAT committee.
CLAT Seats and Reservation 2018
The Common Law Admission Test is conducted for offering admissions to around 2400 seats in the undergraduate law programmes and 624 postgraduate programme seats. The admission committee follows government policy for reservation of CLAT 2018 seats. While some of the NLUs have seats reserved for candidates possessing state domicile, each of them have the other seats reserved for the distinctive categories- Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Find below the percentage of seats reserved for the categories.
- OBC – 27 per cent of total seats
- SC – 15 per cent of total seats
- ST – 7.5 per cent of total seats
CLAT Admission Process 2018
Aspirants seeking admission into five-year integrated undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes in the 19 NLUs need to appear for CLAT 2018. The admission process of CLAT 2018 begins with examination notification and availability of CLAT application form. The CLAT 2018 applicants next will have to appear for the NUALS Kochi administered common law admission test. The CLAT 2018 appearing candidates based on their admission test performance will secure All India Ranks (AIRs) and CLAT 2018 scores which will be accepted by various law schools including the participating 19 NLUs. The CLAT committee headed by NUALS Kochi will also organise CLAT 2018 counselling upon which the CLAT qualifying candidates will be allotted seats in different NLUs under a centralised counselling system.
CLAT Answer Key 2018
NUALS Kochi, the official conducting body of Common Law Admission Test has announced answer key of CLAT 2018 on May 26. The CLAT 2018 answer key (provisional) was published on May 15, 2018. The NLU has published the CLAT 2018 answer keys in as many as two phases. The first phase happens to be the provisional phase of CLAT answer key and afterwards the final CLAT answer key 2018. NUALS Kochi, as per the pattern has also released the CLAT 2018 official question papers along with CLAT 2018 answer keys. Additionally, candidates are to also receive their respective response sheets along with the CLAT answer keys and question papers. With the help of official CLAT answer keys 2018, law aspirants may know correct answers to the questions and also get probable scores in the common law admission test. In case of any discrepancy found in the official answer key of CLAT 2018, candidates can also report to CLAT committee for which the candidates will be allowed to submit their grievances regarding the CLAT discrepant questions or any of the answers within a stipulated time. For this, the candidates will be facilitated with a CLAT answer key challenge window in online mode. The CLAT 2018 committee headed by NUALS Kochi has issued the final answer key of CLAT 2018, after it has taken the CLAT 2018 objections into account and rectified the same.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates are required to read and understand eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018 as specified by the law examination committee. Knowing CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria is important because these are the prerequisite norms defined by CLAT 2018 Committee for the candidates who are appearing in the NUALS Kochi administered law admission test. The CLAT eligibility criteria mention minimum academic qualifications and the percentage of total marks beside age bar required for applying for the law programmes; undergraduate and postgraduate. Following common eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018, candidates appearing for UG law programmes need to qualify 12th board examination (Intermediate examination) of 10+2 educational system, scoring at least 45% marks in the aggregate of subjects studied at 10+2 level. Further according to the CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria, those who are appearing for PG law programmes need to have an LL.B degree with a minimum score of 55% marks in the final year of law degree examination. Moreover, as of now, there is no age bar for those applying for five-year undergraduate as well as postgraduate law programmes through CLAT 2018. However, as per an earlier CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria and change in admission policy after a BCI order (2016), candidates were needed to be equal to or less than 20 years of age if applying for the UG law programmes through common law admission test.
CLAT Counselling 2018
The examination committee is to begin counselling of CLAT 2018 on June 7 as it’ll declare CLAT 2018 counselling schedule in the month of May, soon after the CLAT results are declared. Candidates who qualify in the law admission test are to participate in CLAT 2018 counselling based on their AIRs or the State Ranks. The CLAT counselling process involves choice locking and seat allotment process. Candidates will be allotted seats based on their choices of locked seats in the participating 19 NLUs. After the seat allotment, candidates will need to accept the seat and deposit the fees within a given time; else the seat will be deemed to get cancelled automatically. Candidates will be offered three options during the CLAT 2018 counselling–lock, shift or withdrawal of seat. The exam committee then will be holding next round of counselling for CLAT admissions. Following the method, as many as four CLAT 2018 counselling rounds will be held till July 6, 2018, for offering admissions in the law programmes across the National Law Universities.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2018
Candidates are to be allotted seats in the participating NLUs as per CLAT 2018 seat allotment process, which forms an important part of CLAT 2018 admission counselling. If a candidate accepts the allotted seat, he/ she needs to deposit the requisite amount of fee within a given due date. The seat will be automatically forfeited, in case of non-deposition of fees. The exam committee will be issuing next seat allotment list only after the admission has been conducted based on the previous list. There will be as many as three such CLAT 2018 seat allotment lists published.
CLAT Participating Institutes 2018
A total of 19 National Law Universities are participating in CLAT 2018. The list of CLAT 2018 participating institutes also mention various law schools besides the NLUs which accept scores of the common law admission test. As per the CLAT participating institutes’ list, the 19th and the latest addition is Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Aurangabad and the 18th was Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Nagpur. Candidates appearing the law admission test vie for the NLUs including NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata and NLIU Bhopal which are the most preferred NLUs by the law aspirants and are the founding member of the CLAT committee.
CLAT Seats and Reservation 2018
The Common Law Admission Test is conducted for offering admissions to around 2400 seats in the undergraduate law programmes and 624 postgraduate programme seats. The admission committee follows government policy for reservation of CLAT 2018 seats. While some of the NLUs have seats reserved for candidates possessing state domicile, each of them have the other seats reserved for the distinctive categories- Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Find below the percentage of seats reserved for the categories.
- OBC – 27 per cent of total seats
- SC – 15 per cent of total seats
- ST – 7.5 per cent of total seats
CLAT Admission Process 2018
Aspirants seeking admission into five-year integrated undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes in the 19 NLUs need to appear for CLAT 2018. The admission process of CLAT 2018 begins with examination notification and availability of CLAT application form. The CLAT 2018 applicants next will have to appear for the NUALS Kochi administered common law admission test. The CLAT 2018 appearing candidates based on their admission test performance will secure All India Ranks (AIRs) and CLAT 2018 scores which will be accepted by various law schools including the participating 19 NLUs. The CLAT committee headed by NUALS Kochi will also organise CLAT 2018 counselling upon which the CLAT qualifying candidates will be allotted seats in different NLUs under a centralised counselling system.
CLAT Answer Key 2018
NUALS Kochi, the official conducting body of Common Law Admission Test has announced answer key of CLAT 2018 on May 26. The CLAT 2018 answer key (provisional) was published on May 15, 2018. The NLU has published the CLAT 2018 answer keys in as many as two phases. The first phase happens to be the provisional phase of CLAT answer key and afterwards the final CLAT answer key 2018. NUALS Kochi, as per the pattern has also released the CLAT 2018 official question papers along with CLAT 2018 answer keys. Additionally, candidates are to also receive their respective response sheets along with the CLAT answer keys and question papers. With the help of official CLAT answer keys 2018, law aspirants may know correct answers to the questions and also get probable scores in the common law admission test. In case of any discrepancy found in the official answer key of CLAT 2018, candidates can also report to CLAT committee for which the candidates will be allowed to submit their grievances regarding the CLAT discrepant questions or any of the answers within a stipulated time. For this, the candidates will be facilitated with a CLAT answer key challenge window in online mode. The CLAT 2018 committee headed by NUALS Kochi has issued the final answer key of CLAT 2018, after it has taken the CLAT 2018 objections into account and rectified the same.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates are required to read and understand eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018 as specified by the law examination committee. Knowing CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria is important because these are the prerequisite norms defined by CLAT 2018 Committee for the candidates who are appearing in the NUALS Kochi administered law admission test. The CLAT eligibility criteria mention minimum academic qualifications and the percentage of total marks beside age bar required for applying for the law programmes; undergraduate and postgraduate. Following common eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018, candidates appearing for UG law programmes need to qualify 12th board examination (Intermediate examination) of 10+2 educational system, scoring at least 45% marks in the aggregate of subjects studied at 10+2 level. Further according to the CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria, those who are appearing for PG law programmes need to have an LL.B degree with a minimum score of 55% marks in the final year of law degree examination. Moreover, as of now, there is no age bar for those applying for five-year undergraduate as well as postgraduate law programmes through CLAT 2018. However, as per an earlier CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria and change in admission policy after a BCI order (2016), candidates were needed to be equal to or less than 20 years of age if applying for the UG law programmes through common law admission test.
CLAT Counselling 2018
The examination committee is to begin counselling of CLAT 2018 on June 7 as it’ll declare CLAT 2018 counselling schedule in the month of May, soon after the CLAT results are declared. Candidates who qualify in the law admission test are to participate in CLAT 2018 counselling based on their AIRs or the State Ranks. The CLAT counselling process involves choice locking and seat allotment process. Candidates will be allotted seats based on their choices of locked seats in the participating 19 NLUs. After the seat allotment, candidates will need to accept the seat and deposit the fees within a given time; else the seat will be deemed to get cancelled automatically. Candidates will be offered three options during the CLAT 2018 counselling–lock, shift or withdrawal of seat. The exam committee then will be holding next round of counselling for CLAT admissions. Following the method, as many as four CLAT 2018 counselling rounds will be held till July 6, 2018, for offering admissions in the law programmes across the National Law Universities.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2018
Candidates are to be allotted seats in the participating NLUs as per CLAT 2018 seat allotment process, which forms an important part of CLAT 2018 admission counselling. If a candidate accepts the allotted seat, he/ she needs to deposit the requisite amount of fee within a given due date. The seat will be automatically forfeited, in case of non-deposition of fees. The exam committee will be issuing next seat allotment list only after the admission has been conducted based on the previous list. There will be as many as three such CLAT 2018 seat allotment lists published.
CLAT Participating Institutes 2018
A total of 19 National Law Universities are participating in CLAT 2018. The list of CLAT 2018 participating institutes also mention various law schools besides the NLUs which accept scores of the common law admission test. As per the CLAT participating institutes’ list, the 19th and the latest addition is Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Aurangabad and the 18th was Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) Nagpur. Candidates appearing the law admission test vie for the NLUs including NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata and NLIU Bhopal which are the most preferred NLUs by the law aspirants and are the founding member of the CLAT committee.
CLAT Seats and Reservation 2018
The Common Law Admission Test is conducted for offering admissions to around 2400 seats in the undergraduate law programmes and 624 postgraduate programme seats. The admission committee follows government policy for reservation of CLAT 2018 seats. While some of the NLUs have seats reserved for candidates possessing state domicile, each of them have the other seats reserved for the distinctive categories- Other Backward Class (OBC), Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST). Find below the percentage of seats reserved for the categories.
- OBC – 27 per cent of total seats
- SC – 15 per cent of total seats
- ST – 7.5 per cent of total seats
CLAT Admission Process 2018
Aspirants seeking admission into five-year integrated undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes in the 19 NLUs need to appear for CLAT 2018. The admission process of CLAT 2018 begins with examination notification and availability of CLAT application form. The CLAT 2018 applicants next will have to appear for the NUALS Kochi administered common law admission test. The CLAT 2018 appearing candidates based on their admission test performance will secure All India Ranks (AIRs) and CLAT 2018 scores which will be accepted by various law schools including the participating 19 NLUs. The CLAT committee headed by NUALS Kochi will also organise CLAT 2018 counselling upon which the CLAT qualifying candidates will be allotted seats in different NLUs under a centralised counselling system.
CLAT Answer Key 2018
NUALS Kochi, the official conducting body of Common Law Admission Test has announced answer key of CLAT 2018 on May 26. The CLAT 2018 answer key (provisional) was published on May 15, 2018. The NLU has published the CLAT 2018 answer keys in as many as two phases. The first phase happens to be the provisional phase of CLAT answer key and afterwards the final CLAT answer key 2018. NUALS Kochi, as per the pattern has also released the CLAT 2018 official question papers along with CLAT 2018 answer keys. Additionally, candidates are to also receive their respective response sheets along with the CLAT answer keys and question papers. With the help of official CLAT answer keys 2018, law aspirants may know correct answers to the questions and also get probable scores in the common law admission test. In case of any discrepancy found in the official answer key of CLAT 2018, candidates can also report to CLAT committee for which the candidates will be allowed to submit their grievances regarding the CLAT discrepant questions or any of the answers within a stipulated time. For this, the candidates will be facilitated with a CLAT answer key challenge window in online mode. The CLAT 2018 committee headed by NUALS Kochi has issued the final answer key of CLAT 2018, after it has taken the CLAT 2018 objections into account and rectified the same.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2018
Candidates are required to read and understand eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018 as specified by the law examination committee. Knowing CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria is important because these are the prerequisite norms defined by CLAT 2018 Committee for the candidates who are appearing in the NUALS Kochi administered law admission test. The CLAT eligibility criteria mention minimum academic qualifications and the percentage of total marks beside age bar required for applying for the law programmes; undergraduate and postgraduate. Following common eligibility criteria of CLAT 2018, candidates appearing for UG law programmes need to qualify 12th board examination (Intermediate examination) of 10+2 educational system, scoring at least 45% marks in the aggregate of subjects studied at 10+2 level. Further according to the CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria, those who are appearing for PG law programmes need to have an LL.B degree with a minimum score of 55% marks in the final year of law degree examination. Moreover, as of now, there is no age bar for those applying for five-year undergraduate as well as postgraduate law programmes through CLAT 2018. However, as per an earlier CLAT 2018 eligibility criteria and change in admission policy after a BCI order (2016), candidates were needed to be equal to or less than 20 years of age if applying for the UG law programmes through common law admission test.
CLAT Application Form 2018
NUALS Kochi had announced CLAT 2018 application form on January 1, 2018. Aspirants could fill the online application form of CLAT 2018 only after registering themselves for the common law admission test. CLAT 2018 registrations were processed after candidates provided a valid e-mail id and mobile number during CLAT 2018 registration. The CLAT application forms 2018 could only be filled online after logging into an application form window through CLAT 2018 registered account and password. Further, the candidates also needed to pay an application fee of Rs. 4000 before submitting the form as per the CLAT 2018 admission process. Most importantly, candidates are advised to take care that CLAT 2018 application form needs to be filled and submitted through the online application process before the scheduled last date, after which no application form of CLAT 2018 can be anyway accepted.
CLAT Exam Centres 2018
CLAT 2018 exam centres had been announced by NUALS Kochi as the exam will be held to be held in over 175 testing locations across the country. Exam centres of CLAT 2018 list out those cities across India where online examination of CLAT is to be held on May 13, 2018. With the CLAT 2018 exam centres, candidates can have a fair idea to choose their city for taking the NLU admission test. Applicants will be communicated about their respective admission testing venue through their CLAT 2018 admit cards. Candidates may note that no request will be entertained for a change of the CLAT exam centres, once it has been allotted to the candidates. The CLAT exam centres 2018 include cities like Agra, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Delhi, Faridabad, Gangtok, Hyderabad, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Noida, Patna, Ranchi, Shimla, Thiruvananthapuram, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam.
CLAT Admit Card 2018
The NUALS is the Common Law Admission Test conducting body which released the CLAT 2018 admit card on April 26, 2018. Earlier, students were to get the CLAT Admit Card 2018 on April 20, 2018. But due to some technical reasons the date got postponed to April 26. CLAT applicants could download their admit cards of CLAT 2018 by entering login id and password through an official link. The CLAT 2018 admit card was considered hall ticket to appear in the law admission test, therefore it was important to carry CLAT admit card (hall ticket/ e-admit card) at the examination centres. It should be also noted that no candidate were allowed to take the law admission test without the CLAT admit card (hall ticket). The CLAT admit card mentions candidature as well as examination details including name and roll number of the candidate, timing and venue of the examination. Further, it is also advised to CLAT 2018 applicants that they should keep CLAT admit card 2018 in soft as well as hard copy formats for future correspondences as after the examination has been conducted no duplicate CLAT 2018 admit card will be generated or downloaded.
How to prepare for CLAT 2018
- Candidates need to first focus on completing their basics for each of the section.
- Every candidate has his/ her own strengths and weaknesses and should work on them.
- Once the basics have been completed, they should clarify their doubts on each section, if any.
- After doubt clearance, they should focus on CLAT mock tests and solving previous years question papers of CLAT 2018.
- With each mock test, they should check their preparation level and improve on the mistakes.
- Candidates also need to work on time management skill where they can hone to solve maximum number of question in lowest possible time.
- Above all, the candidates should not doubt their CLAT 2018 preparation and hard work while believing in putting their best.
CLAT Syllabus 2018
Candidates are needed to check CLAT 2018 syllabus as it will help them in preparing for the law entrance exam. The syllabus of CLAT 2018 mentions important sections and their topics. Candidates with help of the CLAT syllabus can know the important topics which should be focussed more and the topics that can be left out as they might be unimportant. The CLAT 2018 syllabus mentions topics from different sections–English & Comprehension, General Knowledge & Current Affairs, Elementary Mathematics, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning.
CLAT Exam Pattern 2018
NUALS Kochi had announced CLAT 2018 exam pattern on December 20. However, NUALS Kochi confirmed of conducting the Common Law Admission Test on May 13, 2018. The exam pattern CLAT 2018 can be checked by the candidates who will be appearing for the NLU admission test. Since it is one of the most competitive law entrance examinations and with a better understanding of the question pattern, one could tackle the paper. As per the CLAT 2018 exam pattern (paper pattern), the test will be held online. The candidates needed to attempt a total of 200 questions carrying one mark each in a-two hour test duration. Further, the CLAT 2018 committee follows a negative marking policy, under which 0.25 marks are to be deducted from the total scored marks against the wrong attempts in CLAT 2018.
CLAT Mock Test 2018
CLAT 2018 Committee headed by NUALS Kochi provided mock test of CLAT 2018 in the month of March. CLAT 2018 mock tests designed by CLAT 2018 Committee is administered online. Those law aspirants who filled CLAT application form 2018 could only appear for the CLAT 2018 mock tests. Candidates needed a login id and password to appear for the mock tests of CLAT 2018. Further candidates may note that they could appear for the CLAT 2018 mock tests as much as they wish. The domains experts from different coaching institutions as well as educationists have suggested for taking CLAT 2018 mock tests during the law exam preparation. They note that mock tests are important as candidates can check their preparation level even as the CLAT mock tests 2018 give a feel about the actual exam.
CLAT Sample Paper 2018
Careers360 brings you sample papers for CLAT 2018. Law aspirants who will be appearing in the NLU administered law admission test can take advantage of CLAT sample papers which are available here at no cost. CLAT sample papers are primarily the last years’ official question papers. Careers360 brings sample question sets of CLAT with solutions and answer keys from the leading coaching institutes like Career Launcher and IMS Learning Resources. With the sample papers (solved) for CLAT, candidates can actually prepare in a better and strategic way even as they can check their preparation level for the Common Law Admission Test. Download CLAT sample papers (solved) for free from Careers360 e-store.
CLAT: Facts & Figures
The table below mentions a number of applicants and test takers over the years for CLAT.
CLAT Applicants Vs Test Takers
S.No.
|
Year
|
No. of UG applicants
|
No. of UG test takers
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1.
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CLAT 2017
|
44565
|
42336
|
2.
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CLAT 2016
|
39415
|
37176
|
3.
|
CLAT 2015
|
38686
|
37358
|
4.
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CLAT 2014
|
31231
|
NA
|
5.
|
CLAT 2013
|
30915
|
NA
|
CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)
- Exam Level : U.G.
- Exam Category : National Level Exam/Admission
- Frequency of Exam : One Time in a Year
- Exam Score Validity : One Year
- Conducting Body : National Law Universities
- Website : www.clat.ac.in
- Contact : 0175-2391666/ 670
WHAT IS CLAT?
Common Law Admission Test, commonly known as CLAT is conducted annually by National Law Universities (NLUs) for admission to their undergraduate Law programmes (BA LLB, B.Com LLB and B.Sc. LLB). The entrance exam for admission to more that 2299 seats across 19 NLUs is held in online mode. The test comprises 200 objective questions with multiple-ans..Read More
CLAT EXAM INSIGHTS
Trend of Students Appearing for Exam
- No. of Students applied
- No. of Students appeared
CLAT APPLICATION DETAILS
- Click on the official link for CLAT Online Applications
- Click on ‘New User Registration Here’ tab placed at the bottom of the page
- Proceeding to the Registration Form, choose the course button applying for, fill in the basic details including name, parents’ name, e-mail id and mobile number
- Next enter the captcha code and click on Submit button
- Fill in the registration form by entering the details, a message of successful registration is sent to registered e-mail id containing login user id and password
- Click on ‘Registered User Login’ tab placed in the page and enter login id and password to proceed to the application page of CLAT
- On CLAT Online Application page, enter personal details including address, click on ‘Save & Continue’ button to go to the next pages of application
- The next step of the application involves filling of academic details fill in all details and click on ‘Save & Continue’ button to upload the documents in next step
- Upload the scanned copies of photograph, signature, and Date of Birth certificates and then choose three exam cities as per convinience from the drop down menu
- After choosing the three exam centres, click on ‘Save & Continue’ button to go to the last page of CLAT Application
- In the last page or step of the application procedure of CLAT,remit the application fee either in online mode or offline mode
- Preview the duly filled-in CLAT Application Form by clicking on ‘Preview Application’ button and then check ‘I Agree’ box and finally click on ‘Submit’ button for the final submission of CLAT Application Form
CLAT ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
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CLAT EXAM PATTERN
Mode of Exam: Online
Exam Format: Objective
Number of Sections: Five
Exam Format: Objective
Number of Sections: Five
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