MNLU Mumbai ranked 31st in the NIRF law rankings 2024 among India's top law colleges. Even though, it is a relatively new university, entry to MNLU Mumbai is challenging as it is among the top preferences among candidates appearing for the Common Law Admission Test. In this article, find out how many marks are required for MNLU Mumbai admission and how challenging entry to MNLU Mumbai is.
Trends suggest that general candidates need a high CLAT 2025 rank, preferably higher than 600, as the university is popular among law aspirants. The university offers domicile reservations for other categories of candidates, which takes the MNLU Mumbai CLAT cut-off lower for these categories. Entry to MNLU Mumbai is less challenging for SC/ST candidates as the cut-off is below that of many other tier 2 NLUs such as NLU Odisha and NUSRL Ranchi.
The CLAT 2025 cut-off will be available for each round of counselling. As per the NLU cut-off trends observed in the past, general candidates will find it more challenging. The table below shows the expected CLAT cutoff for MNLU Mumbai.
Category | MNLU Mumbai Cut-Off 2025 marks | MNLU Mumbai Cut off 2025 rank |
General | 93 | 600 |
EWS | 81 | 3900* |
OBC | 77 | 6400* |
SC | 71 | 10000* |
ST | 41 | 34000* |
The seat availability and reservation policy followed by the university are important determinants of how challenging MNLU Mumbai admissions will be. The CLAT 2025 reservation criteria for MNLU Mumbai are given in the table below.
Categories | Percentage% | Seats | |
B.A.,LL.B, (Hons.)Programme - 5Years | LL.M. | ||
All India General Category–[A] | 27 | 12 | |
Maharashtra State ReservedCategory –[B] | 73 | 38 | |
Maharashtra State- ScheduleCaste | 13 | 13 | 07 |
Maharashtra State -ScheduleTribe | 07 | 07 | 04 |
Maharashtra State:- | |||
DenotifiedTribes(VimuktaJatis)(A) | 03 | 03 | 02 |
NomadicTribes (B) | 2.5 | 03 | 01 |
NomadicTribes(C) | 3.5 | 04 | 02 |
NomadicTribes(D) | 02 | 02 | 01 |
MH-SpeciallyBackward Class | 02 | 02 | 01 |
MH–OtherBackwardClass | 19 | 19 | 10 |
MH- Economically Weaker Section(EWS) | 10 | 10 | 05 |
MH- Socially and Educationally Backward Classes(SEBC) *(refer note) | 10 | 10 | 05 |
Total Seats | 100 | 50 | |
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Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:
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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 .
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