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    CLAT 2026 exam is expected to be held on this date; check detailed schedule

    Mirza Farhan BaigUpdated on 22 Feb 2025, 08:57 AM IST

    The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted in December every year. Usually, CLAT is held on the first Sunday of the month. If we go by the past trends, the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) is likely to conduct the CLAT 2026 on December 07.

    CLAT 2026 exam is expected to be held on this date; check detailed schedule
    CLAT 2026 exam is expected to be held on this date

    The consortium will release the CLAT 2026 notification on its official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT 2026 notification carries details such as the exam date for CLAT 2026, eligibility, registration date and other related information.

    The Consortium of NLUs will open the CLAT 2026 application form tentatively between the first to third week of July 2025. Eligible candidates meeting the CLAT 2026 requirements will be able to appear for the Common Law Admission Test. Through CLAT, students will be admitted into the 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of CLAT participating colleges.

    CLAT 2026 Dates

    Particulars

    Dates (Tentative)

    Release of CLAT 2026 notification

    May 2025

    CLAT 2026 application form window open

    July 2025

    Last date to fill out the CLAT 2026 application

    October 2025

    CLAT 2026 admit card date

    November 2025

    CLAT 2026 exam date

    December 7, 2025

    When is the CLAT 2026 exam?

    As per the trends of the past few years, the consortium conducts the CLAT exam on the first Sunday in December. Therefore, considering this, the CLAT 2026 exam is expected to be held on December 7, 2025. The CLAT exam will be held offline at the designated CLAT 2026 exam centres. The exam will be conducted for 120 minutes, and an additional 40 minutes will be given to PwD candidates to complete the exam.

    Past Years Trends of CLAT Exam Date

    Session

    Dates

    CLAT 2025

    December 1, 2024 (First week of December)

    CLAT 2024

    December 3, 2023 (First week of December)

    CLAT 2023

    December 18, 2022 (Third week of December)

    CLAT 2022

    June 19, 2022 (Third week of June)

    CLAT 2021

    July 23, 2021 (Fourth week of July)

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    Questions related to CLAT

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    Hello Dear Student,

    You should prepare for CLAT if your goal is to get admission into a top National Law University (NLU) for a 5-year integrated law course like BA LLB or BBA LLB.

    You should choose CUET UG if you want admission into:

    • central universities,
    • state universities, or
    • some

    Hi,
    Yes, you should appear for the compartment/improvement exam in the subject where you got RT (Reappear in Theory).

    Even though your 72% overall marks are enough for Common Law Admission Test 2027 eligibility, clearing the RT is still very important because your Class 12 marksheet should officially show “PASS.”

    Yes, you can switch from one college to another to a CLAT college through the entrance test.  However, it is important to note that you will have to start from year 1 rather than transferring directly into the second or third year. Some of the top CLAT participating colleges here.

    Here you can check out the top NLUs offering admission into 3-year LLB with and without CLAT exam:

    1.  NLSIU Bengaluru for LLB programme through NLSAT.

    2. NLU Odisha and NLU Visakhapatnam offer admission into the 3-year LLB course through their own admission process.

    3. CNLU Patna





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