The Consortium of National Law Universities released the CLAT PG 2026 fourth round cut-off on May 2, 2026, on its official website. Candidates selecting the freeze or float options must pay the confirmation fee by May 8, 2026 (1:00 PM). To get the allotted seat, candidates must choose between the freeze and float options. Any candidate who fails to select any option will automatically be considered to exit the CLAT PG 2026 counselling process.
Candidates who freeze their seats in CLAT rounds four and five must pay the remaining university admission fees by May 30, 2026 (5:00 PM).
Event | Dates (PG) |
Publication of CLAT 2026 Fourth Allotment List (Fourth round of counselling starts) | May 02, 2026 (10:00 am) |
Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 Fourth Allotment List | May 02, 2026 (10:00 am) - May 08, 2026 (1:00 pm) |
Publication of CLAT 2026 Fifth and Final Allotment List (Fifth round of counselling starts) | May 15, 2026 (10:00 am) |
Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze option and Admission by NLUs for the CLAT 2026 Fifth and final Allotment List | May 15, 2026 (10:00 am) - May 20, 2026 (1:00 pm) |
Payment of University Fee (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee) to NLU concerned for all candidates who have chosen the Freeze Option in the CLAT 2026 counselling process of Fourth & Fifth Allotment Lists (fourth & fifth rounds of counselling) | May 30, 2026 (5:00 pm) |
NLU | General | OBC | EWS | SC | ST |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 93 | 899 | 783 | - | - |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 124 | - | - | - | - |
NLIU Bhopal | 420 | - | - | - | - |
WBNUJS Kolkata | - | - | - | 2330 | - |
NLU Jodhpur | 497 | 650 | - | 2993 | - |
HNLU Raipur | 858 | - | - | 4093 | - |
GNLU Gandhinagar | - | - | - | 3209 | - |
GNLU Silvassa | - | - | 1953 | - | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 339 | - | - | - | - |
RGNUL Punjab | 939 | - | - | 4371 | 7423 |
CNLU Patna | 1127 | - | - | - | - |
NUALS Kochi | - | - | - | - | - |
NLU Odisha | 1008 | - | - | 4811 | 7969 |
NUSRL Ranchi | - | 2514 | - | 5119 | - |
NLUJA Assam | 1696 | 2888 | 5418 | - | |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1374 | 2693 | - | - | |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli | - | 2875 | - | - | - |
MNLU Mumbai | - | - | - | - | - |
MNLU Nagpur | - | - | - | - | - |
MNLU Sambhajinagar | 2178 | - | - | - | - |
HPNLU Shimla | 1943 | - | 3165 | 5215 | 8350 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | - | 3184 | 5935 | - | |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 2494 | 4456 | 3343 | 6313 | 8856 |
NLUT Agartala | 2672 | - | - | - | - |
RPNLU Prayagraj | - | - | - | - | |
IIULER Goa | 2421 | - | 3900 | 6316 | - |
Candidates who are selected in the fourth round of CLAT PG 2026 counselling can exercise the following options.
Freeze: Candidates who are satisfied with their allotted seats must choose the freeze option.
Float: Candidates who are not satisfied with the allotted seat or have not been allotted a seat according to their NLU preference, and want to be considered for further admission, must choose the float option. Note that only the last round of counselling is pending before concluding the CLAT PG 2026 counselling process.
Exit: Candidates who wish to exit the counselling process must choose the exit option.
Note: The candidates who choose the freeze or float option must pay the confirmation fee of Rs. 20,000. This fee will be adjusted against university fees at the time of admission.
The consortium will release the CLAT PG 2026 fifth and final round of merit list on May 15, 2026. After this, the seat allotment process will be concluded. The NLUs that will have empty seats will participate in the CLAT PG spot round. It is advisable that candidates exercise the available options in the CLAT PG 2026 counselling process and not wait till the spot round.
On Question asked by student community
Hi,
You can check NLU wise marks required in CLAT PG for admissions here .
Hi,
You can download the CLAT PG previous year question papers here .
With a rank of 3917 in CLAT PG, your best options for an LLM include top private universities that accept CLAT scores, along with CUETPG opportunities. Some of the best non-NLU options are BHU, LPU Jalandhar, UPES Dehradun, etc.
Hello there,
Having a 15000 general rank and 1740 as your SC category rank, your chances of securing a seat are very low. As per the previous trends, it is a direct no for you to get into the top-tier NLUs since the closing general rank is around 1500-3000. If
With a CLAT PG rank of 1257 in the SC category and being a woman candidate with Rajasthan domicile, you do have a realistic chance of securing admission to several National Law Universities, though the top NLUs may be difficult at this rank. Admission chances depend heavily on category-wise cut-offs,
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