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    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

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    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

    CLAT Counselling

    DU LLB 5 Year Counselling

    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

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    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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