CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Open: Check how to register

CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Open: Check how to register

Sukriti SahooUpdated on 10 Dec 2024, 02:27 PM IST

The Consortium of National Law Universities has announced the CLAT counselling 2025 registration dates on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The registration window for CLAT 2025 counselling is now open from December 9 to 20, up to 10 PM. The CLAT Counselling Registration 2025 will be conducted in online mode. Candidates who have secured a valid score in Common Law Admission Test can register for the CLAT 2025 counselling 2025 through their CLAT login credentials. To complete the registration, candidates must pay the CLAT 2025 counselling fees and upload the documents for CLAT. Candidates will have to provide a minimum of 15 NLU preferences, can provide more preferences also at the time of registration for CLAT 2025 counselling. Candidates can update their preferences of NLUs any number of times, until the closure of the CLAT counselling registration 2025.

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CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Open: Check how to register
CLAT 2025 Counselling Registration Open

The CLAT counselling process 2025 will be conducted in five rounds. Now, RPNLU Prayagraj and IIULER Goa are also part of the Consortium of NLUs and will conduct admissions through the CLAT counselling process 2025. CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024. The CLAT 2025 result has been declared on December 7, 2024. The CLAT 2025 admission process is done for admissions into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes. Candidates who clear the CLAT 2025 cut-off for each round will be able to obtain seat allotment. Candidates will be considered for admission in those NLUs which are on their preference list. Read the article to know the details about CLAT counselling 2025 process.

CLAT 2025 Counselling Dates

Event

Dates

CLAT 2025 exam date

December 1, 2024 (Sunday, 2 pm to 4 pm)

Release of provisional answer key

December 2, 2024 4:00 PM

Objection raising window

December 2-3, 2024 up to 4 PM

Release of final answer key


December 9, 2024

December 7, 2024

CLAT 2025 result date


December 10, 2024

December 7, 2024

CLAT 2025 counselling registration opens


December 11, 2024

December 9, 2024, 4 pm (opened)

Last to register for counselling

December 20, 2024, 10:00 PM

Publication of the first allotment list

December 26, 2024, 10:00 AM

Payment of confirmation fee for freeze and float option

December 26, 2024, 10 am to January 04, 2025, 1 pm

Publication of second allotment list

January 10, 2025, 10:00 AM

Payment of confirmation fee for freeze and float option

January 10, 2025, 10 am to January 16, 2025, 1 PM

Publication of Third Allotment List

January 24, 2025, 10:00 AM

Payment of confirmation fee for freeze and float option

January 24, 2025, 10 am to January 30, 2025 upto 1 pm

Payment of University Fees (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee)

May 14, 2025, by 5 pm



Publication of Fourth Allotment List

May 20, 2025, 10:00 AM

Payment of confirmation fee for freeze and float option

May 20, 2025, 10 am to May 24, 2025, 1 pm

Publication of Fifth and Final Allotment List

May 29, 2025, 10:00 AM

Payment of confirmation fee for freeze and float option

May 29, 2025, 10 am to June 02, 2025. 1 pm

Payment of University Fee (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee)

June 10, 2025 by 5 pm



How to register for CLAT 2025 counselling?

The consortium of NLUs will send an invitation to the shortlisted candidates on the registered email ID mobile number to register for CLAT counselling 2025. The invitation to register for CLAT 2025 counselling will also be available in the CLAT account of the candidate.

Steps to register for CLAT 2025 counselling

  • Visit the official website of consortium of NLUs - consortiumofnlus.ac.in

  • Login to the CLAT 2025 account and validate the invitation for CLAT counselling 2025

  • Click on the “Make Payment” option

  • Candidates have to provide the bank account details into which, refunds, if any will be processed

  • Complete payment of the CLAT 2025 counselling registration fee

  • Upon getting the successful payment message, the CLAT 2025 counselling registration will be completed.

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Documents Required for CLAT 2025 Counselling

  • Grade 10 statement of marks

  • CLAT 2025 admit card

  • Grade 12 statement of marks

  • Character certificate/ Conduct certificate from the Educational Institution last attended

  • Transfer/ Migration certificate from the Educational Institution last attended

  • Caste certificate (SC, ST, OBC, etc.) if applicable

  • PwD/ SAP certificate, if applied and allotted under the PwD category

  • Domicile/ Residence certificate, if applied and allotted under the domicile/ resident category seat

  • Any other supporting documents to claim the seat for the category applied (E.g.: Wards of Serving/ Retired Defence Personnel, EWS certificate, Sons/ daughters of Ex-servicemen/Defence service personnel etc.)

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NLU Preference List for CLAT 2025 Counselling 2025

Candidates are required to give their NLU preferences through their CLAT login after the declaration of CLAT 2025 result. Candidates should provide a minimum of 15 NLU preferences. They should give maximum choices for NLU preferences to increase their chances of admission to CLAT 2025 counselling. Moreover, candidates will get admission to those NLUs which are in their NLU preference list. Candidates can check the rank-wise list of NLU so that they can decide in what order NLU preference is submitted.

Steps to fill NLU preferences

  • Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in

  • Login to CLAT 2025 account

  • Click on the update preferences

  • Select the NLUs in the order of preference

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CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees

Candidates have to pay three types of fees during the CLAT 2025 counselling process. The details of the CLAT counselling fees 2025 are mentioned in the table below.

CLAT Counselling Fees 2025

Type of fee

Amount

Details

CLAT 2025 counselling registration fee

Rs. 30,000 for general, Rs. 20,000 for ST/ SC/ OBC/ BC/ EWS/ PWD

Fees to be paid to register for the counselling process

Confirmation fee

Rs. 20,000

Fees to be paid to confirm the allotted seat

Balance university fees

-

Balance 1st-semester fees to be paid after adjusting the confirmation fee. Varies across NLUs.

Refund of CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees

Candidates get their CLAT 2025 counselling registration fee to be refunded in the following circumstances. Similarly, in some conditions, the CLAT 2025 counselling fee can be forfeited. All the refunds will be made in the same account of the bank provided by the candidate at the time of registration. The complete details are mentioned below:

  • If a candidate fails to get a seat in the CLAT 2025 counselling process, the counselling registration fee will be refunded in full.

  • If a candidate exits the CLAT counselling 2025 process by choosing the exit option, the counselling registration fee will be refunded in full.

  • The confirmation fee paid by the candidate who selected freeze or float options is non-refundable.

  • If a candidate opts for freeze or float option and pays the confirmation fee but later exits from the process will have to forfeit the confirmation fee. The CLAT counselling registration fee for such candidates will be refunded either in full or after a deduction of Rs. 5,000 if the exit is exercised after a specified deadline.

  • If a candidate is found to be ineligible by the NLUs upon document verification at the time of admission, the counselling registration fee will be refunded after a deduction of Rs. 5,000

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It entirely depends on the university whether the admission for the BA LLB will be based on the 12th board or the national-level entrance exam, or both. The admission exams are below

1. Common Law Admission Test

2. All India Law Entrance Test

3. Symbiosis Law Admission Test

4. Common University Entrance Test

Thank you. Hope this information helps you.

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The best way to cover the important current affairs is to read the newspaper daily. Then try to analyse the newspaper and remember the trending topics. Practice the previous year's question paper and understand the pattern of the question. Summarise all current affairs topics and understand them in brief. If you want more information about current affairs, then you will read the article How to Prepare for CLAT Current Affairs 2026 .

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Hello,

Yes, you can prepare CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) in Hindi Medium and access syllabus in Hindi from mentioned link below:

https://law.careers360.com/hi/articles/clat-syllabus

Hope it helps.

Hello there!

Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) is a national level entrance exam for the programs related to engineering. It has two levels known as JEE mains (first level) and JEE advance (second level) . Many colleges from all over India in both government and private sector consider its scores. It is an online computer based test conducted by NTA ( National Testing Agency). Physics , Chemistry and mathematics are the major subjects to be focused in this exam.

Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with complete information about JEE.

https://engineering.careers360.com/exams/jee-main

NEET ( National Eligibility cum Entrance Test) is a national level examination for admission in undergraduate medical courses. It is also conducted by NTA but in offline mode as in pen and paper test. It includes courses like MBBS, BDS BHMS , BAMS etc. The exam consists of 180 questions in total 45 from each physics , chemistry , zoology and Botany. The total marks for the exam are 720 marks.

Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with complete information about NEET examination:

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CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is a national level entrance examination for the admission in national law colleges of India. The test is taken after 12th grade examination for the 5 years integrated programs in law. It tests students knowledge in legal aptitude. It also serves as a basis for public sector undertakings for legal positions.

Here is the link attached from the official website of Careers360 which will provide you with the complete information about the CLAT examination.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/what-is-clat-full-form-all-about-nlus-entrance-exam

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Hello,

The CLAT PG exam pattern consists of 120 questions and 2-hour MCQ exam with negative marking.

Subjects Covered:

  1. Constitutional Law

  2. Jurisprudence

  3. Criminal Law

  4. Contract Law

  5. Other core law subjects

Here are some tricks which you must follow:

  1. Practice Previous Year Papers & Mock Tests
  2. Focus on Constitutional Law & Jurisprudence
  3. Time Management in Exam
  4. Revision Strategy

To know more access below mentioned link:

https://law.careers360.com/articles/how-to-prepare-for-clat-pg-exam

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