The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has extended the CLAT 2027 registration deadline till November 07. The previous deadline was October 31. The law entrance test will be held as scheduled, on December 06, for admission to 26 NLUs across the country. Admit cards for the examination will be issued around 10 days before the exam.
CLAT is held for both 5-year LLB and LLM programs offered by NLUs. The eligibility changes as per the program.
5-year LLB applicants must have passed Class 12th or an equivalent examination with at least 45% marks. SC, ST and PwD candidates are required to secure at least 40% marks.
Additionally, candidates who are set to appear in Class 12th examination in April-May 2027 are also eligible to appear in CLAT.
For LLM, candidates must have completed an LLB degree with at least 50% marks. SC, ST and PwD candidates are eligible with an LLB degree at 45% marks.
Candidates appearing in the final year exams of LLB are also eligible to apply for CLAT PG. There is no age limit for appearing in the examination.
Candidates can register and pay the application fee online. The application fee for General/OBC candidates is Rs.4,000, while it is Rs.3,500 for SC/ST/BPL/PwD category candidates. The application fee is non-refundable and non-adjustable.
In CLAT 2026, 72,631 appeared in the UG exam while, 16,026 candidates appeared in the PG. Between 2023 and 2026, the CLAT registrations have increased by 70.5%. While the CLAT UG accounts for a vast majority of candidates, the CLAT PG, a relatively smaller exam, has recorded 84.1% growth in number of students appearing in the exam.
Data from previous four CLAT cycles (2023-2026) suggests that around 11,000-13,500 new candidates are being added in CLAT every year.
Year | Total CLAT registrations | Appeared (all) | Appeared: UG | Appeared: PG |
2019 | 69,587 | 62,834 | 56,247 | 6,587 |
2020 (Covid) | 75,183 | 59,331 | 53,226 | 6,105 |
2021 (Covid) | 70,277 | 62,106 | 53,532 | 8,574 |
2022* | 60,895 | 56,472 | n/a | n/a |
2023 | 54,163 | 51,469 | 42,766 | 8,703 |
2024 | 67,590 | 65,185 | 53,180 | 12,005 |
2025 | 78,914 | 75,361 | 60,544 | 14,817 |
2026 | 92,344 | 88,657 | 72,631 | 16,026 |
*UG/PG split not available
With this trend, the CLAT registrations are expected to cross 1 lakh for the first time this year. This would also mean increased competition for premier NLUs. The NLUs offer around 4,000 UG and 1,700 PG seats through CLAT. This roughly converts to 18 students competing for each UG seat.
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CLAT 2027 aspirants can access these monthly current affairs compilations for regular revision. Use these resources to stay updated with important events and topics for CLAT 2027.
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If you have only two months, use a highly structured plan: daily current affairs, English reading, legal reasoning practice, logical reasoning sets, basic quantitative practice and regular full-length mocks. Spend as much time analysing incorrect questions as taking the mock itself. Consistency during these two months can make a substantial
You can download the CLAT previous years' question papers from here:
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