CLAT 2026 expected to be held on December 07; Check exam details here

CLAT 2026 expected to be held on December 07; Check exam details here

Sukriti SahooUpdated on 29 Jan 2025, 10:04 AM IST

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will announce the CLAT 2026 exam date in the CLAT 2026 notification on its official website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT 2026 is expected to be held on the first Sunday of December which falls on December 7, 2025. As per the past year's trend, the Consortium of NLUs conducts the CLAT every year during the first week of December. The exam timings for CLAT 2026 will be from 2 pm - 4 pm.

CLAT 2026 expected to be held on December 07; Check exam details here
CLAT 2026 expected to be held on December 07

Around 60,000 candidates are expected to appear for CLAT UG and 10000 candidates are expected to appear for CLAT PG 2026. Candidates can gain admission into 5-year LLB programmes through CLAT 2026 and get admission into LLM programmes by appearing in the Common Law Admission Test-PG. Currently, 24 NLUs are participating in CLAT, which together offer around 3400 seats in 5-year LLB and around 1300 seats in LLM. The table given below provides the dates for CLAT 2026 and the dates given are tentative and will be updated upon release of official notification.

CLAT 2026 Dates

ParticularsDates

Release of CLAT 2026 notification

May 2025

CLAT 2026 application opens

July 2025

Last date to fill CLAT 2026 application form

November 2025

CLAT 2026 exam date

December 7, 2025 (Expected)

CLAT 2026 provisional answer key

December 7, 2025 (Expected)

Objection raising window

Will be notified

CLAT 2026 result

One week after the exam

CLAT 2026 counselling

Will be notified

CLAT 2026 Highlights

ParticularsDetails

Name

Common Law Admission Test

Short name

CLAT, CLAT PG

Conducting Body

Consortium of NLUs

Frequency

Once a year

Mode of exam

Offline

Duration

120 minutes

Type of questions

MCQs

Courses offered

5-year LLB, LLM

Participating NLUs

24

Seats

5-year LLB - 3400+

LLM - 1300+

CLAT 2026 Eligibility Criteria

The Consortium of NLUs prescribes the CLAT eligibility criteria 2026 on its official website. The CLAT 2026 eligibility criteria include requirements about the minimum educational qualification, minimum passing marks, and age limit. If candidates do not fulfil the CLAT eligibility criteria then they will be disqualified.

CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2026

ParticularsDetails

CLAT UG 2026 Eligibility Criteria

There is no upper age limit for candidates appearing for CLAT UG 2026.


Passed Class 12 with at least 45% marks or 40% marks or equivalent in the case of SC/ ST/ PwD categories.


Candidates appearing for Class 12 exams are also eligible to apply and they are required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying exam at the time of admission.

CLAT PG 2026 Eligibility Criteria

Passed LLB (3-year LLB or 5-year LLB) with at least 50% marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General/OBC/NRI categories (45% in the case of SC/ ST/ PwD candidates).


Candidates appearing for final year graduation exams can also apply.


There is no upper age limit for appearing for the CLAT PG 2026.

CLAT Application Form 2026

The CNLUs will open the CLAT 2026 application form tentatively in the third week of July 2025. Candidates fulfilling the eligibility criteria can fill out the CLAT 2026 application form 2026 on the official website. The application form for CLAT 2026 includes providing personal information, communication, education details, and test centre preferences.

  • CLAT 2026 Registration: Complete the initial registration to generate CLAT login credentials which is the first step in the CLAT application form 2026 process. The candidates will have to provide their email ID and mobile number to set up their CLAT 2026 account.

  • Filling out the details in CLAT 2026 application form: Here candidates are required to fill up the details in the application form and these details include: personal details, educational qualification, communication details and uploading documents.

  • Providing CLAT exam centre preferences: In this step candidates are required to provide the CLAT 2026 exam centre preferences. A candidate can provide a maximum of 3 choices in the order of their preference.

  • NLU Preferences: The candidates are required to submit their CLAT 2026 NLU preferences at the time of submitting the application form. The candidates would be considered for admission in those NLUs that they have included in their CLAT NLU preference list.

  • Payment of CLAT 2026 application fee: The very last step of the CLAT 2026 application process in the CLAT 2026 application process is the payment of the prescribed CLAT application fee. The below table includes the CLAT 2026 application fees.

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CLAT 2026 Registration Fees

CategoryFees

General/ OBC/ PwD/ NRI/ PIO/ OCI category

Rs. 4000

SC/ST/BPL category

Rs. 3500

CLAT Syllabus 2026

The CLAT 2026 syllabus includes five sections namely English, current affairs including GK, legal reasoning, logical reasoning, and quantitative techniques. However, the syllabus of CLAT PG 2026 includes topics on different areas of law. Candidates can go through the syllabus of CLAT 2026 in the below table:

CLAT UG Syllabus 2026


Sections


Weightage


Topics

English language

20%

Grammar and sentence correction, synonyms & antonyms, tense, voice

Current affairs including GK

25%

National and international events, science and technology, science & technology, summits & conferences, sports, awards & honors, arts & culture, important historical events

Legal reasoning

25%

Torts, contract Law, IPC, family law, constitutional law, defamation, child rights, writs, cyber law, basic legal terms

Logical reasoning

20%

Analogies, series, seating arrangement, syllogisms, blood relations, logical sequences, and matching, calendars, and clocks.

Quantitative techniques

10%

Ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration, statistical estimation, algebra

CLAT PG Syllabus 2026

ParticularsDetails

CLAT LLM topics

Constitutional law, jurisprudence, administrative law, contract law, torts, family law, international law, tax Law, environmental law, labour law, criminal law, property law, company law

CLAT 2026 Exam Pattern

The CLAT exam pattern 2026 will provide important details about the CLAT 2026 exam such as the type of questions, total number of questions, CLAT marks distribution, mode of exam, duration etc. In CLAT paper pattern 2026 there will be a total of 120 multiple-choice questions spread over five sections. The CLAT exam pattern includes 4 to 6 passages in each section which are then followed by multiple-choice questions based on the passage. Each question in CLAT 2026 carries one mark and there will be negative marking of 0.25 for every wrong answer. No marks will be deducted for unanswered questions.

CLAT Exam Pattern 2026

ParticularsNo. of questionsMarksCLAT 2026 Marking scheme

English

22-26

22-26

1 mark per question. 0.25 negative mark for every wrong answer and zero for unanswered questions.

Current affairs including GK

28-32

28-32

Legal reasoning

28-32

28-32

Logical reasoning

22-26

22-26

Quantitative techniques

10-14

10-14

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Questions related to CLAT

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Have a question related to CLAT ?

Hello aspirant,

The Gujarat domicile rank is useful only for seats reserved under the domicile quota at GNLU Gandhinagar. However, even for domicile candidates, GNLU cutoffs usually close at much better All India Ranks. With an AIR of 19000, the chances are quite low, but since counselling invitation is received, it is still worth participating as some movement can happen in later rounds. Do not rely only on domicile rank final allotment depends on AIR, category and seat availability.

FOR REFERENCE : https://law.careers360.com/articles/gnlu-gandhinagar-admission

Hope the details will help you.

THANK YOU

Hello,

Based on previous year CLAT cutoff trends , your chances for NLSIU Bangalore are very low .

NLSIU Bangalore has the highest cutoff among all NLUs . In recent years, the final closing rank for General category has been around AIR 100–120 only.

You have:

  • General category AIR: 658

  • Women category rank: 313

  • No Karnataka domicile

Women reservation in NLUs is horizontal , not a separate quota. This means it does not add extra seats . It only helps when candidates are very close to the general cutoff. At a rank of 313 , the gap is too large.

Even in spot or final rounds, NLSIU does not go beyond ~120 rank for General category candidates without domicile.

However, with these ranks, you have good chances in other top NLUs like NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLU Jodhpur, GNLU Gandhinagar, and NLIU Bhopal, depending on counselling rounds.

You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.

Hope it helps !

Good afternoon,

With 86.7 marks and 1906 rank in CLAT 2026, you have a chance to get admission in mid-tier and the newest NLUs. The list of probable NLUs where you can get admission is mentioned below.

1. RMLNLU Lucknow

2. MNLU Mumbai

3. DSNLU Visakhapatnam

4. NLU Odisha

5. CNLU Patna

Thank you.

Hello,

Yes, a student with CLAT 2026 rank around 12,000 can register for counselling.

However, chances of getting a seat in the top NLUs (like NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLIU Bhopal) are very low, as their closing ranks are usually below 4,000 for the general category.

For mid-tier NLUs (like NLU Jodhpur, HNLU Raipur, GNLU Gandhinagar, RMLNLU Lucknow), closing ranks generally go up to 5,000–8,000, so it will still be difficult.

Lower-tier NLUs (like NLU Odisha, NUALS Kochi, NUSRL Ranchi, NLUJA Assam, DSNLU Vizag, TNNLU, HPNLU Shimla) sometimes admit candidates with ranks in the 10,000–30,000 range , especially in later counselling rounds or if there are vacancies. State quota reservations can also improve chances.

You can also use our CLAT College Predictor Tool to predict which colleges you can get based on your score and rank.

Hope it helps !

Hello,

A CLAT score of 81.25 places you in the moderate range, where admission to top NLUs becomes difficult, but opportunities may still remain in newer and mid-tier NLUs, depending on your category, seat movement, and round wise cutoffs.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-college-predictor

Hope you understand.