CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25
A CLAT rank of 8000 to 10000 will make sure the candidates rank among the top 20 percent of the total aspirants. Every year, around 50000+ students appear for the Common Law Admission Test. However, the top NLUs for CLAT rank 8000 to 10000 vary across different categories as per the CLAT cut-off trends. Read ahead to know which are the best NLUs for CLAT rank of 8000-10000, including marks vs rank analysis and more.
CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024, offline across 100+ centers across India for admissions into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of CLAT colleges that include 24 NLUs, 1 private university, and 60+ affiliated colleges.
As per the CLAT marks vs rank analysis, the marks for ranks 8000 to 1000 in CLAT is between 72 to 75 marks. The corresponding marks for various ranks between 8000 to 10000 in CLAT are given below.
Rank | Marks |
8000 | 74.75 |
8500 | 74 |
9000 | 73.25 |
9500 | 72.75 |
10000 | 72 |
To ge the top NLUs for CLAT rank 8000 to 1000, candidates can also use the free tool developed by Career360 known as the CLAT College Predictor. By entering details such as the CLAT rank, state, seat type, and category as inputts into the tool, the users will get the list of NLUs in which they have the best chances of NLU admission. Candidates can make use of this tool to fill the right NLU preferences at the time of counselling registration. The link to the predictor tool is given below.
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A good score in CLAT 2025 is a bit higher than what the CLAT rank 8000 to 10000 translates into. However, with CLAT rank 8000-10000, candidates from SC/ST and OBC candidates can stil gain admission into some of the top NLUs in India. However, general and EWS candidates will not be able to secure admission as the NLU cut offs for these categories are higher.
Given below are the best NLUs for CLAT rank of 8000 to 1000 for various categories of candidates. General category has not been incuded in the table as they will not be able to secure admission with CLAT rank 8000 to 10000.
NLU | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
Closing rank | Closing rank | Closing rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | No | No | No | Yes |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | No | No | No | Yes |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | - | Yes* | No | Yes |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | - | Yes* | Yes | Yes |
NLU Jodhpur | No | No | Yes | |
HNLU Raipur | - | No | No | Yes |
GNLU Gandhinagar | No | No | No | Yes |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | No | No | Yes | Yes |
RMLNLU Lucknow | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
RGNUL Patiala | - | - | Yes | Yes |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
NUALS Kochi | Yes* | - | Yes* | Yes |
NLU Odisha | - | - | Yes | Yes |
NUSRL Ranchi | No | No | Yes | Yes |
NLUJA Assam | - | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | No | No | Yes | Yes |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | - | No | Yes | Yes* |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | - | No | Yes | Yes |
MNLU Mumbai | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | No | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* | Yes* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | - | Yes | Yes | |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | - | Yes | Yes | |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | No | No | Yes | Yes |
DBRANLU Sonepat | No | No | Yes | Yes |
NLUT Agartala | - | - | Yes* | Yes* |
*state category reservation
The table given below provides the previous year opening and closing ranks for admission into various NLUs for CLAT rank 8000 to 1000.
NLU | EWS | OBC | SC | ST | ||||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 621 | 1376 | 1191 | 1315 | 4573 | 5178 | 8403 | 11527 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 1248 | 1777 | 1112 | 1959 | 6497 | 7622 | 13905 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | - | - | 2610* | 23192* | 2056 | 4503 | 5215 | 8860 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | - | - | 7619* | 26986* | 4663 | 8958 | 10961 | 11917 |
NLU Jodhpur | - | 1079 | 1424 | 3574 | 5178 | 6666 | 8960 | |
HNLU Raipur | - | - | 1841 | 2069 | 3408 | 6765 | 9218 | 12035 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 603 | 1248 | 1284 | 1858 | 4584 | 6175 | 7712 | 11580 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 1113 | 1935 | 2225 | 2429 | 8833 | 10735 | 11291 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 1022* | 2326* | 1170* | 3613* | 5397* | 10340* | 20456* | 34174* |
RGNUL Patiala | - | - | - | - | 3234 | 10253 | 9562 | 16875 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1378* | 2122* | 2139* | 2776* | 4522* | 14864* | 23802* | - |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1571* | 2703* | 2560* | 4147* | 13550* | 16714* | 1339* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 6867* | 14922* | - | - | 12306* | 15245* | 13117 | - |
NLU Odisha | - | - | - | - | 5997 | 9869 | 11580 | 16676 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 1468 | 2255 | 1837 | 3005 | 5972 | 11124 | 16161 | 19635 |
NLUJA Assam | - | - | 7386* | 37438* | 8824* | 17168* | 17149* | 46899* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1242 | 2195 | 2068 | 2940 | 8057 | 10568 | 11917 | 18342 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | - | - | 1634 | 3135 | 9853 | 11289 | 38376* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | - | - | 2178 | 3800 | 10130 | 12418 | 16910 | 21607 |
MNLU Mumbai | 811* | 3932* | 2123* | 6468* | 4506* | 11392* | 24593* | 34264* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 3974* | 6285* | 3089* | 17245* | 11235* | 25115* | 29470* | 50326* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 6100* | 16730* | 4790* | 14814* | 12722* | 29474* | 42740* | 46480* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 4220* | 18008* | 14714* | 18004* | 8281* | 28813* | 41238* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 8662* | 18056* | 7755* | 19003* | 21344* | 29975* | 47604* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | - | - | - | 9061 | 12158 | 13213 | 20412 | |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | - | - | - | 9789 | 12740 | 16386 | 23188 | |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1935 | 2769 | 2677 | 3445 | 10083 | 12556 | 16830 | 23145 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 1887 | 2687 | 2273 | 3861 | 9107 | 12447 | 17161 | 23000 |
NLUT Agartala | - | - | - | - | 32520* | - | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
On Question asked by student community
Hello,
While NLUs are costly, you can still pursue government-funded law education through state-funded universities and their affiliated colleges that accept CLAT scores, such as institutes like Banaras Hindu University and Aligarh Muslim University.
I hope it will clear your query!!
It is always better to take the CLAT exam right after Class 12 if your goal is to build a career in law, because CLAT UG is specifically designed for admission into integrated five-year law programs like BA LLB, BCom LLB, or BBA LLB. Appearing after Class 12 saves you time, as you complete both graduation and law together in a single course. On the other hand, if you first complete graduation and then plan for law, you will not be eligible for CLAT UG but instead for CLAT PG, which is meant for admission into LLM programs. This path takes longer, because you first spend three or four years on graduation and then add another three years in an LLB program if you choose not to go for an integrated course. So, if you are already sure about pursuing law as your career, writing CLAT right after Class 12 is the smarter and time-saving option, while writing it after graduation makes sense only if you are considering higher studies in law or a shift in career later.
For CLAT, the most important topics are from Legal Reasoning, Current Affairs & GK, the Indian Constitution, English Language, Quantitative Techniques and Logical Reasoning. For a brief detail you can go through the following link: https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-important-topics
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Hi dear candidate,
Both the colleges Maharaja Agrasen (MAIMS) or Gitarattan (GIBS) are affiliated to IP University and allows admission either by CLAT or IPU CET Law. Without either of these exams, your admission is NOT accepted there. You can try looking for management quota seats in these colleges if you have got good marks in 12th class.
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You can easily register yourself for CLAT exam by visiting the Consortium of NLUs official website and follow these steps:
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