CLAT Notification 2026: The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs) published the CLAT 2026 notification on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The consortium has released the CLAT 2026 exam date notification on July 20, 2025. The detailed advertisement notification will be released shortly. The notification for CLAT 2026 will inform the candidates about the CLAT 2026 exam date, application form window, and eligibility criteria. The consortium of NLUs will conduct CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025. Through the Common Law Admission Test, candidates will be admitted into the 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating NLUs. Read this article to stay updated with all the latest updates about CLAT exam notifications 2026.
CLAT 2026 will be conducted offline at around 130+ test centres across the country for admission to 24 participating national law universities and more than 60 private law schools. The complete schedule of CLAT 2026 including dates for application correction window, CLAT admit card, result and counselling will be notified later after the CLAT 2026 notification is publshed..
| Event | Dates |
|---|---|
Release of CLAT 2026 exam date notification | July 20, 2025 |
Release of CLAT 2026 admission notification | Soon |
CLAT 2026 application opens | August 1, 2025 |
Last date to apply for CLAT 2026 | October 31, 2025 |
Release of CLAT admit card | Will be notified |
CLAT 2026 exam date | December 7, 2025 |
Release of provisional answer key | 1-2 days after the exam |
Release of final CLAT answer key | One week after the exam |
CLAT 2026 result declaration | One week after the exam |
Given below is the demo image of the CLAT notification which will be available on the consoritum's official website.

The Consortium of NLUs released the CLAT 2026 exam date through an official notification. As per the CLAT 2026 exam date notification, the Consortium of NLUs will conduct CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025. The exam timings for CLAT 2026 will be from 2 pm-4 pm.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The CLAT 2026 exam will be conducted on December 7.
No, the CLAT exam is held only once.
For CLAT 2026 registration, general category candidates must pay Rs 3,500, whereas SC/ST category candidates will have to pay Rs 3000 as a registration fee as per last year trends.
On Question asked by student community
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
Yes, for CLAT preparation, building a reading habit daily is a good approach. You can read the daily newspapers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. While going for Animal Farm by George Orwell, Word power Made Easy by Norma Lewis for novel comprehension.
Yes, you can elevate your law entrance journey with Careers360’s CLAT mock test PDF free download link given below:
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The CLAT 2027 application form will open in the first week of August 2026. While the exam will be held on the first or second Sunday of December 2026.
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