Several students achieve a CLAT score between 65 and 70. This score has an equivalent range of 9900 to 14100. To get a seat in any of the top National Law Universities (NLUs), candidates will require a CLAT score of 90 or above. However, with these marks, reserved category students might have a better chance of getting admitted to NLUs. They must smartly utilise the benefits of reservation, counselling and choice filling. Those who do not get a seat at any NLU within this CLAT range can apply to CLAT-affiliated colleges. They have accepted low CLAT scores in previous years. This article details the possible NLUs for candidates who have scored between 65-70 marks.
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The table below details the equivalent rank for the score range of 65-70.
Score | Rank |
65 | 14152 |
66 | 13134-13294 |
66.75 | 12482-12610 |
67 | 12340-12362 |
67.5 | 11889-11906 |
68 | 11409 |
68.25 | 11290 |
68.5 | 11056-11162 |
69.25 | 10507 |
69.75 | 10057 |
70 | 9928 |
Getting a seat in any of the top NLUs would require a CLAT score of 90 or above for General category students. No NLUs have accepted candidates with a 65 score in CLAT in the previous year. The CLAT cut-offs for this category remain comparatively higher.
Based on last year’s cut-off, only one NLU accepts candidates scoring 65 marks. MNLU Nagpur has admitted students with this score range for its BBA LLB program. The opening rank for EWS was around 13166, while the closing rank was 19846. This rank range is inclusive of the state reservations.
There are only limited options for OBC category candidates with a CLAT score of 65 to 70.
NLUJA Assam and MNLU Aurangabad had an opening rank between the 9900 - 14100 range.
NLU | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
NLUJA Assam | 10753* | 40275* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 11062* | 19813* |
*state reservation
Students from the SC category have comparatively more chances to get into an NLU with a score range of 65-70. Several NLUs such as CNLU Patna, MNLU Nagpur, MPDNLU Jabalpur and more, have accepted candidates in their first round of counselling. For some NLUs such as RMLNLU Lucknow, TNNLU Tiruchirappalli, HPNLU Shimla and more, had a closing rank within the 9000 - 14100 range.
NLU | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 12269* | 15833* |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 7884* | 12662* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 13180* | 27496* |
9959 | 11065 | |
12017* | 21354* | |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 1832* | 11228* |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 6291 | 10327 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 6571 | 12470 |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 8641 | 11597 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 9542 | 13886 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 7991 | 12802 |
*state reservation
ST candidates have the maximum chance of getting admission into NLUs with a score of around 65 in CLAT 2026. Tier 1 NLU like NLIU Bhopal has accepted students for its BSc LLB program at 10384 rank. Several tier 2 and 3 NLUs are also open for admission like MNLU Mumbai, NLU Odisha, HPNLU Shimla and more.
NLU | Opening Rank | Closing Rank |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 10384 | 11901 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 12320 | 15112 |
NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 10921 | 15161 |
NLU Odisha BA LLB | 8920 | 12967 |
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 10015 | 15023 |
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 10573 | 13619 |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 13506 | 15632 |
MNLU Mumbai | 10288* | 13124* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 13499 | 18083 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 13674 | 20674 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 12630 | 19973 |
IIULER Goa BA LLB | 12362 | 21325 |
IIULER Goa BBA LLB | 11093 | 22260 |
HNLU Raipur | 9746 | 10507 |
RGNUL Patiala | 7540 | 12742 |
*state reservation
Several private law colleges and CLAT-affiliated colleges accept students with low CLAT scores. Candidates who fail to get their preferred NLU with a 65-70 CLAT score can apply to these colleges. The table below states some of the private law colleges.
Alliance School of Law, Alliance University, Bangalore | Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Rohtak |
Kalinga University, Chhattisgarh | |
Arka Jain University, Jharkhand | |
Aryans College of Law, Rajpura, Punjab | Maharshi Law School, Maharshi University of Information Technology |
Asian Law College, Noida | Manipal University, Jaipur |
GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam | National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat |
SRM University Delhi-NCR, Sonepat | |
IMS Unison University, Dehradun |
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