The Consortium of National Law Universities is likely to release the revised CLAT 2025 results soon. Aspiring candidates who want to secure admission to the top National Law Universities (NLUs) with a CLAT rank of 10000 can get NLU admission in some decent NLUs. But the chances of admission depend on factors like category, seat availability and the counselling process. A CLAT rank of 10000 is relatively low compared to highly competitive cutoffs for top-tier NLUs, where admission requires a rank below 1000 for the general category. In this article, candidates can find the list of NLUs that offer the maximum chances of admission to CLAT revised rank 10000.
To secure a CLAT rank of 10000, candidates need to secure CLAT marks of around 72 out of 120. The CLAT score of 72 translates to 60%. As per the CLAT marks vs rank analysis, marks for CLAT rank 10000 typically correspond to 72. Candidates can check out the table below that shows the corresponding marks for ranks around CLAT rank 10000.
Rank | Marks |
8000 | 74.75 |
9000 | 73.25 |
10000 | 72 |
11000 | 70.5 |
12000 | 69.25 |
To get the top NLUs for CLAT 1000, candidates can use the CLAT 2025 College Predictor developed by Careers360. By entering details such as the CLAT rank, state, seat type, and category as inputs into the tool, candidates will get the list of NLUs in which they have the maximum chances of NLU admission. Candidates can use 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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For general category candidates, a CLAT rank of 10000 is not a good score in CLAT to secure admission in top NLUs. The CLAT rank 10000 translates to a score of around 72 in the CLAT exam. With a rank of 10000, there are still possibilities for admission into some lower ranked or newer NLUs, under specific categories like state domicile or reserved categories like SC/ ST/ OBC. The general category cutoffs for most NLUs close well before this rank, so these possibilities lean toward category-specific or domicile advantages.
Given below are the top NLUs for CLAT rank of 1000 for various categories of candidates. The general category has not been included in the table as they will not be able to secure admission with CLAT revised rank 10000. However, candidates from reserved categories can get admissions in a CLAT rank ranging from 10000 to 12000.
NLU | EWS | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NUALS Kochi | 6867* | 14922* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 6100* | 16730* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 4220* | 18008* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 8662* | 18056* |
*state category reservation
NLU | OBC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 3089* | 17245* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 4790* | 14814* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 14714 | 18004* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 7755* | 19003* |
*state category reservation
NLU | SC | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 8833 | 10735 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 5397* | 10340* |
RGNUL Patiala | 3234 | 10253 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 4522* | 14864* |
CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 13550* | 16714* |
NUALS Kochi | 12306* | 15245* |
NUSRL Ranchi | 5972 | 11124 |
NLUJA Assam | 8824* | 17168* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 8057 | 10568 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 9853 | 11289 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 10130 | 12418 |
MNLU Mumbai | 4506* | 11392* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 11235* | 25115* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 12722* | 29474* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 8281* | 28813* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 21344* | 29975* |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 9061 | 12158 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 9789 | 12740 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 10083 | 12556 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 9107 | 12447 |
NLUT Agartala | 32520* | - |
*state category reservation
| ST | |
Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 8403 | 11527 |
NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 13905 | 15219 |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 10961 | 11917 |
HNLU Raipur | 9218 | 12035 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 7712 | 11580 |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 11291 | - |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 20456* | 34174* |
RGNUL Patiala | 9562 | 16875 |
CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 23802* | - |
NUALS Kochi | 13117 | - |
NLU Odisha | 11580 | 16676 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 16161 | 19635 |
NLUJA Assam | 17149* | 46899* |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 11917 | 18342 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 38376* | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 16910 | 21607 |
MNLU Mumbai | 24593* | 34264* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 29470* | 50326* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 42740* | 46480* |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 41238* | - |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 47604* | - |
HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 13213 | 20412 |
HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 16386 | 23188 |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 16830 | 23145 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 17161 | 23000 |
NLUT Agartala | 31488* | - |
*state category reservation
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