CLAT 2025 Counselling Dates and NLU Preference List: All you need to know!

CLAT 2025 Counselling Dates and NLU Preference List: All you need to know!

Edited By Mirza Farhan Baig | Updated on May 17, 2025 05:05 PM IST

The CLAT 2025 results are out, and so is the revised merit list. While several candidates have improved their CLAT rank and received the counselling invite, some have been disqualified. The Consortium has, in its counselling notification, made it clear that those who have been disqualified will get a refund of the registration fee. Meanwhile, a new CLAT 2025 counselling schedule has been announced with a shorter registration window, which opens on May 17 at 4 pm and closes on May 21 at 5 pm. The first CLAT 2025 merit list will be released on May 26, followed by the seat allotment process. Check the complete article below to know about CLAT counselling dates and key details.

CLAT 2025 Counselling Dates and NLU Preference List: All you need to know!
CLAT 2025 Counselling Dates and NLU Preference List: All you need to know!

CLAT counselling registration

Opened on May 17 at 4 pm, the counselling registration facility is available at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. An important factor to note is that the fresh counselling invite has been given to several candidates following the changes in the results. Some candidates who were on the losing side and saw a drop in the ranking have been disqualified. Such candidates will get the counselling refund very soon.

NLU preference window

The NLU choice filling and editing option is available to all qualified candidates irrespective of their previous result status. Candidates who filled the NLU preference in December last year have the option to make changes to the list. Whereas, new candidates have to provide NLU preferences afresh. For reference, an NLU preference list is given below. It has been prepared keeping in mind factors such as placement, rankings, seats, cut-off trends and popularity.

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NLU Preference List 2025

NLUs

Opening rank General Category

Closing rank

NLSIU Bengaluru

1

102

NALSAR Hyderabad

6

167

WBNUJS Kolkata

140

279

NLU Jodhpur

170

379

NLIU Bhopal

311

450

GNLU Gandhinagar

210

464

MNLU Mumbai

99

590

RMLNLU Lucknow

410

764

HNLU Raipur

434

791

NLU Odisha

591

1205

NUALS Kochi

231

1136

RGNUL Patiala

502

1250

CNLU Patna

790

1358

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

656

1,390

MNLU Nagpur

491

1587

NUSRL Ranchi

637

1,594

GNLU Silvassa Campus

593

1,060

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli

806

1628

NLUJA Assam

1,344

1704

MPDNLU Jabalpur

1,060

1,824

DBRANLU Sonepat

503

2,050

MNLU Aurangabad

681

2115

HPNLU Shimla

885

2102

India International University of Legal Education and Research

-

-

Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University

-

-

NLUT Agartala

1,716

2243

NLU Seat Allotment

The first merit list of CLAT 2025 will be published on May 26. Candidates have three options post the release of the allotment list - these are — freeze (Lock seat), Float (Lock seat and look for improvement) and Exit.

The second CLAT merit list will be published on June 05, followed by the third merit list on June 20, 2025. There may be additional mop-up rounds of admission, however, the conduct of such rounds will depend on the availability of seats in NLUs after three rounds of counselling. The complete CLAT 2025 dates are given below.

CLAT 2025 Counselling Schedule

Event

Schedule

Registration for Admissions Counselling (with payment)

May 17, 2025 (4:00 PM) to May 21, 2025 (5:00 PM)

Publication of First Allotment List

May 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Confirmation Fee Payment (1st Round) & Admission by NLUs

May 26, 2025 (10:00 AM) to May 30, 2025 (1:00 PM)

Publication of Second Allotment List

June 4, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Confirmation Fee Payment (2nd Round) & Admission by NLUs

June 4, 2025 (10:00 AM) to June 9, 2025 (1:00 PM)

Payment of University Fees for Freeze Option (1st & 2nd Rounds)

June 14, 2025 by 5:00 PM

Publication of Third and Final Allotment List

June 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM

Confirmation Fee Payment (3rd Round) & Admission by NLUs

June 20, 2025 (10:00 AM) to June 23, 2025 (1:00 PM)

Payment of University Fees for Freeze Option (3rd Round)

June 27, 2025 by 5:00 PM

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