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    CLAT 2024-25 to be held in December 2024; Here is all you need to know

    CLAT 2024-25 to be held in December 2024; Here is all you need to know

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    Shubham BhakuniUpdated on 22 Feb 2024, 12:06 PM IST

    The Consortium of NLUs conducted the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for the academic year 2024-25 on December 03. The admission process for CLAT December 2023 will be completed by the end of July 2024. The next CLAT, for the academic year 2025-26 will be conducted in December 2024. The scores of the Common Law Admission Test will be accepted by 24 NLUs for admission to integrated LLB and LLM courses.

    This Story also Contains

    1. How was the Previous CLAT?
    2. CLAT Previous Year Question Paper Analysis:
    3. Upcoming CLAT 2024-25
    4. Top 10 NLUs accepting CLAT 2024
    CLAT 2024-25 to be held in December 2024; Here is all you need to know
    CLAT 2024-25 to be held in December 2024

    How was the Previous CLAT?

    The recent CLAT which was held on December 03, was conducted with a revised pattern. The number of questions was reduced from 150 to 120, making it more student-friendly. As a result, CLAT was much easier than its previous few administrations. The CLAT result was announced on December 10, and Jai Bohara, a student from Rajasthan topped the exam. The CLAT 2024 topper secured 108 marks out of 119.

    Pradyot Shah and Rahul Palakurthy, a student-teacher duo were able to secure AIR 2 and AIR 3, respectively.

    CLAT Previous Year Question Paper Analysis:

    Section

    		Difficulty levelTopics

    English

    Easy

    Literature based questions

    General knowledge

    Easy

    Current events including world affairs; G 20, Gaza strip, ISRO, and Jallianwala Bagh

    Quantitative aptitude

    Easy to moderate

    Case lets based questions, population survey-based questions, ratio and proportion

    Legal reasoning

    Easy

    Juvenile Justice Act, Void and voidable marriage, Personal data protection, legal case, current legal affairs

    Logical reasoning

    Easy to moderate

    Questions on inference, strength, and weakness

    Overall

    Easy-moderate


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    Upcoming CLAT 2024-25

    The next CLAT will be held in December 2024. CLAT 2024 exam date is likely to be December 1, 2024, it will be an offline-based exam with syllabus and pattern likely to remain unchanged. The application form of CLAT 2024-25 will be released in the first week of January.

    The scores of CLAT 2024 will be used by 25 NLUs including the newly established RPNLU Prayagraj. The NLUs offer 5-year integrated LLB courses through CLAT UG and LLM through CLAT PG.

    CLAT syllabus for December 2024 exam

    SubjectsNumber of questions

    English Language

    22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper

    Current affairs, including general knowledge

    28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper

    Legal reasoning

    28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper

    Logical reasoning

    22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper

    Quantitative techniques

    10-14 questions, or roughly 10% of the paper

    The CLAT exam is a test of critical thinking and analytical skills which are considered necessary for a successful legal profession. CLAT tests these skills through five subjects as mentioned in CLAT syllabus given above.

    The CLAT exam will have 120 questions, each carrying one mark. The duration of CLAT December 2024 will be 2 hours. There will be a negative marking of -0.25 for each incorrect answer.

    Top 10 NLUs accepting CLAT 2024

    Name of NLU

    		City

    State

    NIRF Ranking

    		Median Salary offered last year

    National Law School of India University

    Bengaluru

    Karnataka

    1

    16 LPA

    NALSAR University of Law

    Hyderabad

    Telangana

    3

    16 LPA

    The West Bengal National University of Juridicial Sciences

    Kolkata

    West Bengal

    4

    16 LPA

    NLU Jodhpur

    Jodhpur

    Rajasthan

    -

    *14.50 LPA

    National Law Institute University, Bhopal

    Bhopal

    Madhya Pradesh

    18

    18 LPA

    Gujarat National Law University

    Gandhinagar

    Gujarat

    7

    15.40 LPA

    Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow

    Lucknow

    Uttar Pradesh

    21

    8.4 LPA

    The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala

    Patiala

    Punjab

    20

    8.40 LPA

    National Law University

    Cuttack

    Odisha

    30

    9 LPA

    HNLU Raipur

    Raipur

    Chhattisgarh

    -

    Range (12L pa - 16 pa)

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