CLAT 2024 Exam Date: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will conduct the CLAT 2024 exam on December 1, 2024. The CLAT exam 2024 will be held in offline mode, in more than 130 exam centres across the country. Over 60,000 candidates are expected to appear in the CLAT 2024 exam. The scores of CLAT exam 2024 will be accepted by national law universities for the academic year 2025-26. Candidates appearing in the exam should be well versed with the CLAT dates 2024 to ensure that they prepare accordingly. Registrations for CLAT 2024 started on July 15, at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The last date to apply for CLAT 2024 is October 15, 2024. Read the complete article to know about CLAT 2024 dates including dates for admit card, results and more.
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In 2022, the consortium shifted the Common Law Admission Test schedule from May to December. The scores of the CLAT December exam are accepted for the upcoming academic year. This means CLAT 2024 scores will be used for the academic year 2025-26. The CLAT 2024 exam will be held on December 1, from 2 pm to 4 pm. The complete schedule for the CLAT exam is given below.
Particular | Date |
|---|---|
CLAT 2024 registration begins | July 15, 2024 |
Last date to apply for CLAT 2024 | October 15, 2024 |
CLAT 2024 exam date | December 1, 2024 |
The consortium released the CLAT application form online on July 15. The application form for the CLAT exam can be filled out online at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT application form is available for both 5-year LLB and LLM courses. The CLAT registration's last date is October 15. The CLAT application form correction window may be provided after the registration process closes.
The Consortium of NLUs will issue CLAT hall tickets around a week before the exam. This means the CLAT admit card will be available for download around the third week of November 2024. Candidates have to download CLAT hall tickets online from the login portal, using a registration number and password. Along with the admit card of CLAT 2024, exam instructions will also be released.
The scorecards for the CLAT exam 2024 will be released soon after the final answer key. The CLAT result is expected to be declared in the second week of December. The result will mention the marks obtained by the candidate in the entrance exam, along with rank, and category rank. The CLAT scorecards will be used by 24 national law universities (NLUs) and over 60 law schools across the country.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
CLAT exam is conducted for around 3400 integrated LLB seats and around 1400 LLM seats offered by NLUs. Additionally, over 60 law colleges use CLAT scores for LLB and LLM admissions.
Start by working on reading and comprehension skills. Refer to the CLAT syllabus 2024 and prepare subject-wise as per the requirements of the exam.
CLAT and NEET are two different entrance exams. While CLAT is conducted for legal studies, NEET is held for medical education. The difficulty levels of CLAT and NEET remain almost similar since both exams have a difficulty level of Class 12th.
Yes, CLAT exam will be conducted in 2024. The CLAT exam date is December 1, 2024. However, the scores of CLAT exam 2024 will be used for the academic year 2025-26.
No, CLAT is held only once a year, in December.
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Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:
Candidates can check out the detailed list of non-NLUs accepting CLAT for admission in
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You can check NLU wise marks required in CLAT PG for admissions here .
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You can refer to books like AP Bhardwaj for legal aptitude, RS Aggarwal for reasoning, and dedicated guides like CULET Guide by Dipanjan Mitra for best preparation for CULET. Additionally, you can refer to the CULET previous year question papers .
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You can download the CLAT PG previous year question papers here .
SASTRA Deemed University accepts CLAT scores for admission. They admit students based on CLAT scores as well as class 12 marks, with an aggregate score of 50% in English. Based on these scores, a merit list is published by the university.
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