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CLAT 2026 Counselling Closing Soon: Last Date, Time & Final Instructions

Mirza Farhan BaigUpdated on 26 Dec 2025, 04:04 PM IST

The Consortium of National Law Universities will soon close the CLAT counselling 2026 registration window. Candidates who have a valid score in CLAT 2026 can register for CLAT counselling through their login from the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in. During the CLAT 2026 counselling registration, candidates need to fill in their personal and academic details, submit the prescribed documents and pay the counselling fee. Additionally, candidates have to provide their CLAT 2026 NLU preferences. A maximum of 15 NLUs can be selected to increase the chances of admission. The last date and time to complete the CLAT 2026 counselling registration is 10:00 PM on December 27, 2025.

CLAT 2026 Counselling Closing Soon: Last Date, Time & Final Instructions
CLAT 2026 Counselling Closing Soon: Last Date, Time & Final Instructions

Through the CLAT 2026 exam, candidates will be able to get admission into the 5-year LLB and LLM programs of CLAT 2026 participating colleges. It is important to make sure that you do not wait until the last minute to complete the CLAT counselling registration. The CLAT 2026 merit list for the first round will be released on January 7, 2026 ay 10:00 AM. The merit list will be based on the candidate’s CLAT score and the submitted preference during regiaration window.

CLAT Counselling Date 2026

Event

Dates (UG and PG)

CLAT 2026 Exam Date

December 7, 2025 (Sunday, 2 pm to 4 pm)

Release of CLAT 2026 Provisional Answer Key

December 10, 2025

Objection raising window close date

December 12, 2025 (5 PM)

Release of CLAT 2026 Final Answer Key

December 16, 2025

CLAT 2026 Result Date

December 16, 2025

CLAT 2026 Counselling Registration Opens for Admissions Counselling (including payment of Counselling Registration Fee)

December 17, 2025 (6:00 pm)

Last to Register for CLAT 2026 Counselling

December 27, 2025 (10:00 pm)

Publication of CLAT 2026 First Allotment List (First round of counselling starts)

January 07, 2026 (10:00 am)

Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 First Allotment List

January 07, 2026 (10:00 am)- January 15, 2026 (1:00 pm)

Publication of CLAT 2026 Second Allotment List (Second round of counselling starts)

January 22, 2026 (10:00 am)

Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 Second Allotment List

January 22, 2026 (10:00 am) - January 29, 2026 (1:00 pm)

Publication of CLAT 2026 Third Allotment List (Third round of counselling starts)

February 05, 2026 (10:00 am)

Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 Third Allotment List

February 05, 2026 (10:00 am) - February 12, 2026 (1:00 pm)

Payment of University Fee (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee) to NLU concerned for all candidates who have chosen the Freeze Option in the CLAT 2026 counselling process for First, Second & Third Allotment Lists (first, second & third rounds of counselling)

April 24, 2026 (5:00 pm)

Publication of CLAT 2026 Fourth Allotment List (Fourth round of counselling starts)

May 02, 2026 (10:00 am)

Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 Fourth Allotment List

May 02, 2026 (10:00 am) - May 08, 2026 (1:00 pm)

Publication of CLAT 2026 Fifth and Final Allotment List (Fifth round of counselling starts)

May 15, 2026 (10:00 am)

Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze option and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 Fifth and final Allotment List

May 15, 2026 (10:00 am) - May 20, 2026 (1:00 pm)

Payment of University Fee (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee) to NLU concerned for all candidates who have chosen the Freeze Option in the CLAT 2026 counselling process of Fourth & Fifth Allotment Lists (fourth & fifth rounds of counselling)

May 30, 2026 (5:00 pm)

Steps to Register for CLAT Counselling 2026

The consortium of NLUs will send an invitation to the registered email ID and mobile number of the shortlisted candidates to register for CLAT counselling. The following are the steps to register for CLAT counselling.

How to Register for CLAT 2026 Counselling?

  • Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in.

  • Log in to the CLAT 2026 account and validate the invitation for CLAT counselling 2026.

  • 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 2026 counselling registration fee

  • Upon receipt of the successful payment message, the CLAT 2026 counselling registration will be completed.

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Questions related to CLAT

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Have a question related to CLAT ?

Hello

If you want to know other private/government colleges which accept the CLAT Score rather than NLUs, then many private colleges accept the CLAT score for the law course, and a few government colleges accept the CLAT exam's score.

  • Private Colleges that accept the CLAT score-
  1. Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad
  2. University of Petroleum and Energy Studies
  3. Alliance University, Bengaluru
  4. Amity University, Noida
  5. IIM Rohtak
  • Government Colleges that accept the CLAT score-
  1. Delhi University, Law Faculty
  2. Mumbai University Law College
  3. Guru Govind Singh Indraprastha University, Delhi

I hope this information helps you.

Thank you

Hello there,

With a rank of 2673, you might not be able to secure a seat in the top-tier NLUs as they usually close within the range of 1000-1200 rank. However, an EWS rank might help you in securing a seat in the mid-tier and newer NLUs. Here is list of NLUs , you are more likely to secure a seat in:

  1. NUSRL, Ranchi
  2. DSNLU, Visakhapatnam
  3. HPNLU, Shimla
  4. DNLU, Jabalpur
  5. DBRANLU, Sonipat

There's also chances in the mentioned below NLUs of you securing a seat in the later rounds:

  1. CNLU, Patna
  2. NLUJA, Assam
  3. MNLU, Nagpur\Aurangabad
  4. RPNLUP, Prayagraj
  5. IIULER, Goa

The key elements to consider are that, you must fill up your preference list carefully. You must keep high rank NLUs on top and then mid tier and then the newer ones. You can use the "FLAOT" option during the rounds of counseling.

I hope the information helps you.

Thankyou.

Hello,

No, with a CLAT rank of 9515, it does not offer any admission to the University School of Law and Legal Studies.

As per the stats provided, USLLS BA LLB (Hons) lists the OBC category entries from 4600 to 5600 ranks.

For further clarifications visit

https://www.careers360.com/colleges/university-school-of-law-and-legal-studies-new-delhi/cut-off

Hope it helps with your query. Good luck.

Hello,

For your mentioned rank, the top elite law universities are constrained to be limited, especially when the chance is fairly divided among reserved category people.

But apart from CLAT rank, NRI admissions have some different processes.

Some NLUs handle counselling with required eligibility and quotas. The counselling registration window is open until December 27, 2025. You can apply to know through them. Because even missing application deadlines will lessen your eligibility.

NRI admissions regarding CLAT can be applied directly with the major required document proofs.

Cutoffs to 10,000 are being allotted after regular rounds for counselling, but the course fee for this will be 10-20 lakhs per annum only if the candidate is either of these: NRI, OCI, or PIO.

For further clarifications check the official portal

Consortium of  (https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2026/) NLUs.

Hope it helps with your query. Good luck.

Hello,

Here is your CLAT 2026 Rank-Wise College List - Available NLUs in your rank range. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-rank-wise-college-list

I hope it will help you. For any further query please let me know.

Thank you.