CLAT Seats 2021 - Seat matrix of 22 participating NLUs for UG & PG Course
CLAT Seats 2021 - There are 22 participating institutes of National Law Universities (NLUs) that use CLAT scores for admission to their 5-year integrated and LLM programmes. These NLUs each offer a variety of courses, some offering both integrated and LLM courses; note that all the NLUs offer integrated law courses. Candidates must go through their intake capacity to learn about CLAT 2021 seats offered by these institutes, as it will help the candidate make an informed decision when joining an institute. Currently, there are around 2622 seats in undergraduate, and around 783 seats are available for the LLM programmes. Out of these seats, there are state-merit list seats and All India seats. Further for both state and all India seats, there are category-wise reservations of seats. The CLAT 2021 exam will be conducted on June 13, 2021. Go through the rest of the article to learn the full details of CLAT seats 2021.
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CLAT 2021 - Important dates
Events | Dates |
CLAT application window | January 1-March 31, 2021 |
Conduct of CLAT 2020 | June 13, 2021 |
Result declaration | To be notified |
CLAT Seats 2021
There are 22 National Law Universities (NLUs) that offer admission to their 5-year integrated and one year LLM courses based on CLAT 2021 scores. The candidate must know the number of seats offered by each NLU, as this will help access their chances of admission. Note that CLAT 2020 seat distribution in the NLUs is category-specific; further some seats are reserved for state merit list, while rest are all India merit list etc.
CLAT 2021 participating institutes and seats (Undergraduates courses)
NLUs | CLAT Seats | State quota (Domicile and Category) | All India seats |
120 | N/A | 120 | |
120 | 20% | 96 | |
102 | 50% | 51 | |
West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 105 | 36% | 67 |
104 | N/A | 104 | |
160 | 50% | 80 | |
174 | 25% | 130 | |
169 | 52% | 81 | |
175 | 10% | 157 | |
120 | 66% | 54 | |
60 | 49% | 29 | |
159 | 25% | 119 | |
120 | 50% | 60 | |
60 | 48% | 31 | |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 120 | 55% | 54 |
114 | 50% | 57 | |
100 | 63% | 37 | |
120 | 62% | 45 | |
60 | 62% | 23 | |
120 | 25% | 90 | |
120 | 50% | 60 | |
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Law University | 120 | 25% | 90 |
Total | 2622 | 1635 |
CLAT 2021 participating institutes and seats (Postgraduates courses)
S.No. | National Law Universities | Total seats |
1 | 50 | |
2 | 60 | |
3 | 60 | |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 42 |
5 | 50 | |
6 | 60 | |
7 | 60 | |
8 | 24 (twenty four) and 07 (seven) supernumerary seats | |
9 | 40 | |
10 | 60 | |
11 | 50 | |
12 | 50 (10 Special category seats) | |
13 | 30 | |
14 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 24 seats + 3 Extra Seats* (total -27seats) |
15 | 18 | |
16 | 50 | |
17 | 20 | |
18 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 40 |
19 | Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | 20 |
Important Facts about CLAT Seats 2021
The seats offered by each NLU will be divided across categories notified by the university.
Most of the NLUs are offering domicile reservation. As a result, all India seats will be reduced. Candidates applying under domicile category must have a valid domicile certificate.
NLSIU Banglore doesn’t offer domicile reservation.
Apart from 22 national law universities, more than 50 law colleges and universities will offer admissions on the basis of CLAT scores. To know about the CLAT accepting colleges other than NLUs - Click here.
For the general category, the NLUs will offer more than 1450 seats in 5-year integrated LLB.
At present, 18 NLUs are offering LLM courses. More than 440 seats are available for general category candidates.
Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - CLAT Seats 2021 - Seat matrix of 22 participating NLUs for UG & PG Course
Question: What is the seat intake for the 5-year law programme atNLSIU, Bangalore?
Answer:
A total of 80 seats are available for the BA LLB programme offered by the institute.
Question: Which is the top-ranked NLU that are participating institutes of CLAT 2021?
Answer:
As per the NIRF 2020 ranking of law colleges, National Law School of India University, Bangalore, is ranked top ranked institute in the country, followed by NALSAR, Hyderabad at 3rd position.
Question: How many NLUs are participating in CLAT 2020?
Answer:
There are 22 NLUs that will use CLAT 2021 scores for admission purposes.
Question: What is the seat intake for the 5-year law programme offered by the NLUs?
Answer:
The total seat intake is around 2622.
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Questions related to CLAT
suggest me best the book for legeal reasoning to prepare clat just 1book name
Hello Aspirant,
See there are multiple books form which one can prepare for Legal reasoning section of CLAT but if you want to go for only one book then to be honest you should go with Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson . I am enlisting down the best books for CLAT preparation for all subjects :-
@GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS
Manorama Year Book
General Knowledge by Arihant Publications
Current Affairs Yearly by Arihant Publications
@LOGICAL REASONING
A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
Analytical Reasoning (English) by M K Pandey
Quantitative Aptitude ebook (ALL Parts Solved) by R S Agarwal
@LEGAL REASONING
Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson
Objective Legal Aptitude by Rs Agarwal
@QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
Fast Track Objective Arithmetic, Arihant Publications
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Pearson's
@ENGLISH
Objective General English by R S Aggarwal
Word Power Made Easy by Norman
For complete information kindly check out the link given below :
https://law.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-clat
I hope this information helps you.
Good Luck!!
suggest me best coaching center to prepare clat 2021 in hyderbad
Hii,
Some of the best coaching Institute for preparation of CLAT 2021 in Hyderabad are the following.
Career Launcher - Ameerpet Centre
Career Launcher - Tarnaka Centre
Career Launcher - Himayathnagar
Abhyaas Secunderabad
Gyanville Academy
IMS Begumpet
IMS Narayanguda
IMS Madhapur
Hope this information will help you
suggest me single book for each subject to prepare for clat 2021..just single book from each subject
Hello,
Here we provide you some books that you can refer for preparation of CLAT 2021:
1. English Language - Word Power Made Easy by Normal Lewis
2. Quantitative Aptitude - Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
3. Logical Reasoning - Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey
4. Legal Reasoning - Bare Acts of Indian Constitution
5. Current Affairs - India Year Book
Hope it helps.
Good Luck!
how to prepare for CLAT examination
Before starting your preparation for clat examination you should know its examination pattern so that you can prepare accordingly
Here's a brief of your clat UG 2021 examination pattern :-
* total number of questions :- 150 questions
* type of questions asked :- mcqs/objective. Basically, your clat question paper will contain several passages of around 300 to 450 words and those passages will be followed by series of mcqs.
* medium of the question paper :- English
* mode of the examination :- it will be conducted in offline mode / pen paper based examination
* total marks :- the examination will be conducted for a total of 150 marks
*Duration of the examination :- 2 hours
*marking scheme :-
. -) you get one mark for each correct answer .
. -) here is penalty of 0.25 Mark for each wrong answer
Subject wise number of questions in your clat 2021 examination is provided below:-
*english language :- 28 - 32 questions
*quantitative techniques :- 13-17questions
*Legal Reasoning :- 35-39 questions
*current affairs including gk :- 35-39 questions
*Logical Reasoning :- 28-32 questions
For more details regarding clat examination pattern you can visit our page at
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-exam-pattern
Coming to how you should prepare,
Follow the below tips to prepare well for your clat examination:-
*Go well through your CLAT syllabus , don't leave any part just because you find it difficult or boring or you don't like it.You can get clat syllabus at https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-syllabus
List of best books which you can follow to master CLAT syllabus is given below subject wise :-
GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS
*Manorama Year Book
*General Knowledge by Arihant Publications
*Current Affairs Yearly by Arihant Publications
LOGICAL REASONING
*A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
LEGAL REASONING
*Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson
*Objective Legal Aptitude by Rs Agarwal
QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE
*Fast Track Objective Arithmetic, Arihant Publications
*Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Pearson's
ENGLISH
*Objective General English by R S Aggarwal
*Word Power Made Easy by Norman
For detailed information about books for CLAT go through
https://law.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-clat/amp
*A major part of your Clat question paper are from the gk and current affairs section , so focus more on them, read news papers like The Hindu, Financial Express, and The Economist on daily basis to keep you updated
*Make a routine or a time table and religiously follow it , take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain.
* Plan your studies, and set daily, weekly and monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.
*Revise at regular intervals as syllabus is wide .
*Solve previous year CLAT questions :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions asked in the exam etc
* Once done with complete syllabus, go through CLAT mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your CLAT examination
For more preparation tips go through
https://law.careers360.com/tags/clat-preparation-tips
Thankyou
suggest me best books to prepare clat 2021 exam
You can refer to these books for CLAT preparation :
English (RC too)
- The Pearson Guide to the CLAT
- Objective General English (English) by RS Aggarwal
- Verbal and Non Verbal Reasoning by RS Agarwal
- High School English Grammar & Composition by P C Wren, H Martin
General Knowledge and Current Affairs
- Manorama Yearbook
- Lucents General Knowledge
- Pratiyogita Darpan
Quantitative Techniques
- Quantitative Aptitude and Logical Reasoning (English) by RS Aggarwal
- Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant
Logical Reasoning
- A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
- Analytical Reasoning by M K Pandey
- Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal
- Quantitative Aptitude by R S Agarwal
Legal Aptitude
- Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning: For CLAT and LLB Entrance Examinations by Pearson
- Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning byA P Bhardwaj
- Objective Legal Aptitude by RS Aggarwal
- LSTs Legal Reasoning Module
- Lexis Nexis Butterworths
- Bare Acts on Indian Constitution
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/law.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-clat/amp
I hope this helps.