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Around 75000 candidates have registered for CLAT 2025. In this context, a CLAT rank of 300-400 will be considered a good performance for most candidates appearing in CLAT 2025. The analysis of past CLAT cut-off trends suggests that all the top National Law Universities for CLAT rank 300 to 400 are within reach except for the general seats in premier NLUs such as NLSIU and NALSAR. An awareness of which NLUs are best for CLAT ranks 300 to 400 can help candidates submit the right NLU preference list as per their marks and rank in CLAT 2025 after the CLAT results are declared. In this article, we will look at the best NLUs for CLAT rank of 300 to 400 including category-wise cut-off rank, and more.
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The Consortium of NLUs conducted the Common Law Admission Test on December 1, 2024, in offline mode. Candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of participating CLAT colleges through a centralised counselling process.
The method applied to filter the best NLUs for CLAT rank 300 -400 the opening and closing CLAT cut-off ranks have been analysed. The best NLUs for CLAT rank of 300 - 400 have been selected based on the following factors.
The CLAT cut-off for the general category has been considered as it is the highest among all the categories and accurately reflects which NLUs are preferred over others
Those NLUs have been considered where the opening general cut-off lies around the CLAT rank of 300-400, and the closing general cut-off is more than 400.
Lower-ranked NLUs and universities where the closing general cut-off extends significantly beyond the 400 ranks have not been considered, as such NLUs not be the best NLUs for CLAT ranks 300 to 400.
Given below is the list of the best NLUs for 300 to 400 rank in CLAT based on the CLAT cut-off data. Along with the NLU cut-off, their ranks as per the NIRF law rankings 2024 are also provided in the table. Among the NLUs given below, only NLU Jodhpur does not find a place in the NIRF rankings. However, it is also equally popular among law aspirants. Candidates can refer to this list of NLUs when submitting the NLU preference list.
NLU | NIRF Rank 2024 | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
1 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
3 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
4 | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
- | Yes | - | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
8 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
20 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
21 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
31 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
38 | Yes | Yes | - | Yes | Yes |
As can be seen in the table above, the best NLUs for CLAT rank 300 to 400 are NLSIU Bengaluru, NALSAR Hyderabad, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLU Jodhpur, RMNLU Lucknow, NLIU Bhopal, MNLU Mumbai and NUALS Kochi.
A good score in CLAT 2025 for a rank of 300-400 is expected to be around 95+ marks. A score of 95 out of 120 translates to a percentage score of just below 80%. The percentage score of 80 percent is significantly higher than what has been observed in earlier years. The higher cut-off is on account of the revised CLAT 2025 exam pattern where the number of questions has been reduced to 120 while keeping the time unchanged, to make the exam more student-friendly
Check out the video below to know which are the top NLUs for admission for CLAT rank 1 to 1200.
The table given below provides the opening and closing cut-off ranks for the best NLUs for CLAT ranks 300 to 400 for the last two years. The cut-off data is available for each category.
NLU | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 1 | 102 | 122 | 523 | 151 | 971 | 372 | 3007 | 239 | 7487 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 6 | 167 | 175 | 564 | 189 | 1116 | 1604 | 3574 | 263 | 6083 |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 311 | 450 | 621 | 1376 | 1191 | 1315 | 4573 | 5178 | 8403 | 11527 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 187 | 1047 | 1248 | 1777 | 1112 | 1959 | 6497 | 7622 | 13905 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 140 | 279 | - | - | 2610* | 23192* | 2056 | 4503 | 5215 | 8860 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 289 | 1010 | - | - | 7619* | 26986* | 4663 | 8958 | 10961 | 11917 |
NLU Jodhpur | 170 | 379 | - | 1079 | 1424 | 3574 | 5178 | 6666 | 8960 | |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 210 | 464 | 603 | 1248 | 1284 | 1858 | 4584 | 6175 | 7712 | 11580 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 410 | 764 | 1022* | 2326* | 1170* | 3613* | 5397* | 10340* | 20456* | 34174* |
MNLU Mumbai | 99 | 590 | 811* | 3932* | 2123* | 6468* | 4506* | 11392* | 24593* | 34264* |
NUALS Kochi | 231 | 1136 | 6867* | 14922* | - | - | 12306* | 15245* | 13117 |
*state category reservation
NLU Name | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | |||||
Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Ran | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | Opening Rank | Closing Rank | |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 1 | 114 | 129 | 510 | 171 | 923 | 181 | 2674 | 1781 | 2835 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 25 | 177 | 365 | 680 | 931 | 1116 | 702 | 3388 | 3375 | 6174 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 136 | 260 | - | - | 1397* | 7119* | 588 | 4217 | 6121 | 7792 |
NLIU Bhopal | 186 | 463 | 796 | 1290 | 591 | 1268 | 4505 | 5311 | 8143 | 10960 |
NLU Jodhpur | 70 | 383 | - | - | - | - | 2360 | 4457 | 6689 | 8076 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 147 | 462 | 488 | 1210 | 1150 | 1878 | 3680 | 5683 | 8790 | 10837 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 432 | 749 | 1432 * | 1845* | 772* | 3088* | 6014* | 9582* | 18980* | 27764* |
MNLU Mumbai | 325 | 590 | 2034* | 4878* | 3078* | 9880* | 5963* | 8923* | 17578* | 32870* |
NUALS Kochi | 638 | 1461 | 5660* | 41647* | - | - | 6498* | 26009* | 27055* | 28147* |
*state category reservation
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The result of CLAT 2025 was declared on December 7, 2024.
Candidates can submit the NLU preference list after the declaration of CLAT result 2025.
24 National Law Universities, 1 private university, and 60+ affiliated colleges are participating in CLAT 2025.
Candidates can check the CLAT NLU cut-off through the CLAT 2025 merit list published on the consortium’s website.
A good score in CLAT 2025 for a CLAT rank of 300 to 400 is around 95+ marks
On Question asked by student community
Hello Mujahideen
Around 75,000 - 80,000 students have registered for CLAT examination this year. There are approximately 3,700 seat available in all NLUs through CLAT 2025.
In NLSIU Bengaluru, total 300 UG seats are available while in TNNLU Trichy, 180 are available.
Hope this answer helps! Thank You!!!
Hello,
If you want to prepare for the CLAT 2026 LLM exam. You should first understand the CLAT PG exam's syllabus, exam pattern, and weightage of sections like constitutional law and jurisprudence. Also, after that, create a structured study plan with good time management, and focus on your weak areas to improve yourself for the exam. You can also prepare with PYQ and mock tests.
I hope it will clear your query!!
Yes, the School of Excellence in Law (SOEL) accepts CLAT scores for admissions, and there are cutoffs for different categories. SOEL, part of TNDALU, offers BA LLB (Hons), BBA LLB (Hons), and BCA LLB (Hons) programs. The cutoffs vary based on the category and program.
For the OC category, the cutoff for BA LLB/BBA LLB was 97.750, and for BCA LLB, it was 96.5.
The cutoff can fluctuate based on the number of applicants, the difficulty of the exam, and the number of seats available
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Yes, scholarships are available for CLAT merit holders. Many law schools, including some top institutions, offer financial assistance based on CLAT scores. For example, National Law Universities (NLUs) often offer merit-cum-means scholarships to students who excel in the exam. Additionally, some private organizations and law firms also offer scholarships to top CLAT scorers. The amount and criteria for these scholarships vary, but they usually cover tuition fees or provide financial support for study materials and other expenses.
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