CLAT Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25
CLAT 2026 Exam: The Consortium of NLUs (CNLUs) has commenced the CLAT 2026 registration on August 01, 2025. Eligible candidates can fill out the application form by visiting the official website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The last date to fill out the CLAT 2026 application form is October 31, 2025. The application window of CLAT 2026 will remain open for a period of three months. The CLAT exam date 2026 is December 7, 2025. Earlier, the CNLUs has announced the CLAT 2026 exam date through a notification on July 20, 2025. The CLAT 2026 is scheduled to be held on December 7, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm. The decision was taken during meetings of the Consortium's Executive Committee and Governing Body conducted on July 20, 2025. However, the details regarding the syllabus, counselling, and application process will be released separately. The Common Law Admission Test is usually conducted on the first Sunday of December. As per the official notification by the Consortium of NLUs, the CLAT 2026 exam is scheduled to be conducted on December 07, 2025.
Last year, NLU Prayagraj and India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER) Goa have also joined the CLAT consortium. The offline-based CLAT 2026 will have 120 objective-type questions from topics mentioned in the exam syllabus. The CLAT 2026 syllabus has five sections: English language, general knowledge, and current affairs, legal, logical, and maths. The consortium will also release two CLAT 2026 sample papers in due course which the candidates can access only after completing the application process.
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What is CLAT Exam?
The Common Law Admission Test, also known as CLAT is a national-level law entrance exam conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs). The CLAT scores are accepted for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programs offered by 24 national law universities, IIULER Goa and over 60 affiliated colleges.
A change introduced last year was that candidates are not required to fill in their NLU preferences at CLAT 2026 registration. Instead, candidates must submit their NLU preferences at the time of counselling after the CLAT 2026 results have been declared. This change provides the candidates with the opportunity to target specific NLUs as per their CLAT 2026 score.
The addition of IILUER Goa and NLU Prayagraj also gives the students more options for using CLAT scores for LLB and LLM admissions.
The Consortium of NLUs has updated the CLAT syllabus and pattern to make the exam more student-friendly. It reduced the number of questions asked in the CLAT exam from 150 to 120. The comprehension paragraphs given in CLAT are also smaller than the earlier pattern. The section-wise distribution of questions is given below.
| Sections | Approximate number of questions | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 22-26 | 20% |
| Current Affairs, including General Knowledge | 28-32 | 25% |
| Legal Reasoning | 28-32 | 25% |
| Logical Reasoning | 22-26 | 20% |
| Quantitative Techniques | 10-14 | 10% |
| CLAT 2026 - Events | Details |
|---|---|
| CLAT 2026 official notification | The consortium has released the CLAT 2026 admission notification. The official notification informs candidates about the registration window and CLAT 2026 exam date. |
| CLAT application form 2026 | Registration for CLAT 2026 started on August 1, 2025 and the deadline to fill the application form is October 31, 2025. |
| CLAT 2026 admit card | The CLAT admit card 2026 will be issued tentatively 15-20 days before the date of the exam. |
| CLAT 2026 exam date | The CLAT 2026 exam date has been announced through the admission notification on July 20, 2025. The CLAT question paper will have multiple-choice questions on subjects like general knowledge, current affairs, legal and logical reasoning and quantitative ability. The PG-CLAT will have questions on common subjects of the LLB programme. |
| CLAT answer key 2026 | After considering the objections, the consortium will release the CLAT 2026 answer key one or two days after the conclusion of the. |
| CLAT 2026 result | The consortium of NLUs will publish the CLAT result 2026 likely a week after the conclusion of the exam. The results will be declared as per the CLAT 2026 final answer key. |
| CLAT 2026 counselling | All candidates who have a valid score in CLAT 2026 will be able to register for CLAT 2026 counselling in due course. There will be five rounds of counselling. The CLAT 2026 seat allotment will be done as per the candidate's rank and preferences. |
Being conducted at a national level, thousands of candidates attend the CLAT entrance exam every year. It is one of the most competitive law entrance exams in India at present. Mentioned below are the details of the CLAT exam in previous years.
| Year | Registration (UG + PG) | Appeared (UG + PG) | CLAT UG | CLAT PG | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Registered | Appeared | Registered | Appeared | |||
| 2025 | 78,914 | 75,361 | 62,832 | 60,544 | 16,082 | 14,817 |
| 2024 | 67,590 | 65,185 | 54,808 | 53,180 | 12,782 | 12,005 |
| 2023 | 54,253 | 51,469 | 44,763 | 42,766 | 9,490 | 8,703 |
| 2022 | - | 59,443 | - | 53,226 | - | 6,217 |
| 2021 | 70,277 | 62,106 | - | 53,532 | - | 8,574 |
| 2020 | 75,183 | 59,443 | - | 53,226 | - | 6,217 |
| Particular | 2026 | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of seats offered | CLAT UG - 3,300+ CLAT PG - 1300+ | CLAT UG - 3,300+ CLAT PG - 1300+ | CLAT UG - 3,200+ CLAT PG - 1,300+ | CLAT UG - 2,860+ CLAT LLM - 1,160+ | CLAT UG - 2,801 CLAT LLM - 1,072 | CLAT UG - 2622 seats LLM program - 808 seats | CLAT UG - 2622 seats LLM program - 808 seats |
| Participating institutes | 24 NLUs, GNLU off campus in Silvassa, IIULER Goa | 24 NLUs, GNLU off campus in Silvassa, IIULER Goa | 23 NLUs + GNLU Silvassa | 23 NLUs | 22 NLUs | ||
| CLAT Colleges 2026 (Updated) - List of NLUs and Affiliated Law Colleges | |||||||
| Highest marks | TBA | 103 | CLAT UG - 108 CLAT PG - 95.25 | CLAT UG - 116.75 CLAT PG - 95.25 | CLAT UG - 121 CLAT PG - 94 | CLAT UG - 125.5/150 CLAT PG - 85.75/120 | CLAT UG - 127.25/150 CLAT PG - 72/120 |
The CLAT colleges include both national law universities and over 60 law schools that will sign the memorandum with the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). At present, there are 24 NLUs and an off campus of GNLU Gandhinagar and IIULER Goa that accept CLAT scores. Only NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya are not participating in the CLAT exam. NLU Prayagraj was a new NLU that has become part of the Consortium of NLUs from the academic year 2025-26 onwards. Candidates can check the complete list of NLUs participating in CLAT below along with courses and seat intake offered by each of them.
| NLU Name | Course | CLAT Seats | Supernumerary Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
NRI / Foreign national seats | Other Category Seats | |||
BA LLB (Hons.) | 310 | 15 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 132 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 104 | 18 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 5 (FN) | 12 (EWS) | |
BSc LLB (Hons.) (no admissions in 2025-26) | 59 | 9 (NRI/NRI sponsored) 5 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 108 | 20 (NRI/ NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 2 (J&K) | |
B.Sc LLB (Hons.) | 50 | 10 (NRI/NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 2 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 90 | 16 (NRI / NRI sponsored) | 12 (EWS) | |
BBA LLB (Hons.) | 30 | |||
BA LLB (Hons.) | 170 | 8 (NRI), 2 (FN) | 5 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (Students of J&K) | |
5-year LLB (BA LLB(Hons.); BCom LLB(Hons.); BSc LLB (Hons.); BBA LLB(Hons) and BSW LLB(Hons) | 172 | 16 (NRI), 5 (FN) | 2 (J&K residents), 5 (North East India), 4 (Sports) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 66 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 169 | 20 (NRI/NRI Sponsored/ FN) | 2 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants/ Kashmiri Pandits/ Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 180 | 5 (NRI) | 18 (EWS), 9 (Wards of Kashmir Migrants), 2 (J&K residents) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 69 | 5 (NRI) | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 69 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 6 (NRI sponsored), 2 (FN) | 6 (EWS), 2 (Transgenders), 2 (J&K Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 106 | 10 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 4 (FN) | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 53 | 5 (NRI/NRIS/PIO/OCI ), 2 (FN) | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | 12 (EWS), 2 (J&K) | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | 6 (EWS), 1 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | 12 (NRI / NRI Sponsored/ FN) | 6 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants)) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 56 | 3 (NRI/OCI guardian) | 1 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BCom LLB (Hons) | 56 | 3 (NRI/OCI guardian) | 1 (Wards of Kashmiri Migrants and Kashmiri Pandits / Kashmiri Hindu Families (Non-Migrants) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 100 | 20 (NRI/NRI sponsored/ FN) | 2 (Permanent Residents of J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons in Adjudication and Justicing) | 60 | - | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons.) | 60 | - | - | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | 18 (NRI/ FN) | 6 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K) | |
BBA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 9 (NRI/ FN) | 3 (Kashmiri Migrants), 2 (Residents of J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | 12 (EWS), 2 (J&K) | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 120 | - | - | |
BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | - | - | |
| RPNLU Prayagraj | BA LLB (Hons) | 60 | 3 (J&K) | |
| IIULER Goa | BA LLB (Hons.) BBA LLB (Hons.) | 120 (BA LLB) 60 (BBA LLB) | ||
Total | 3649 | 257 | 148 | |
The Consortium of NLUs has published the information brochure for all the NLUs participating in CLAT 2026 on its official website. The CLAT 2026 information brochures for NLUs will contain important details about the NLU admission process, their seat intake, courses offered and fees. Candidates can expect the CLAT 2026 information brochure anytime soon on its official website.
The inception of CLAT as the common test has its roots in the 2007 case, Varun Bhagat v. Union of India when a parent of law aspirant argued for a centralized test. Following this, the first Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) was organised in 2008 for seven national law universities.
In 2014, seven other national law universities joined CLAT. The exam was conducted online this time. However, a permanent secretariat for the CLAT consortium was still elusive. In 2015 - A PIL was filed by Professor Shamnad Bashir seeking an institutionalized system with a permanent secretariat for the conduct of CLAT. The case eventually led to the setting up of the CLAT Consortium in Bengaluru in 2018. The mode of the CLAT exam was also changed from online to offline.
Earlier, the CLAT was being conducted by national law universities on a rotation basis. Now, with a permanent secretariat, CLAT is conducted by a seven-member executive committee consisting of a convenor, president, vice-president, secretary-treasurer and other members.
IILUER and NLU Prayagraj has also joined the CLAT Consortium this year. These universities will now accept CLAT scores for 5-year LLB and LLM admissions.
As of now, CLAT scores are accepted by 24 out of 26 national law universities. NLU Delhi and the recently established NLU Meghalaya are conducting separate entrance exams. NLU Delhi conducts the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET), whereas NLU Meg organises MEG-UAT and MEG-PAT for admissions to UG and PG courses.
| Full Exam Name | Common Law Admission Test |
| Short Exam Name | CLAT |
| Conducting Body | Consortium of NLUs |
| Frequency Of Conduct | Once a year |
| Exam Level | National Level Exam |
| Languages | English |
| Mode Of Application | online |
| Mode Of Exam | offline |
| Mode Of Counselling | online |
| Participating Colleges | 147 |
| Exam Duration | 2 Hours |
| No Of Seats | 3361 |
CLAT Common Law Admission Test (session 2026)
The CLAT 2026 registration window has been opened on August 1, 2025. Eligible candidates who wish to appear in CLAT 2026 can register online and fill out the CLAT application form 2026 by visiting the CLAT official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Candidates can fill out their CLAT 2026 application form until October 31, 2025. This year, candidates are not required to fill in the CLAT NLU preferences at the time of registration. Candidates will be required to submit their preferences after the results.
Candidates had to follow the steps mentioned below to fill out the application form of CLAT 2026.
| Documents | Size | Format |
|---|---|---|
Photograph | 500 KB | jpg/jpeg |
Signature | 100 KB | jpg/jpeg |
State domicile certificate | 2 MB |
| Category | Fee |
|---|---|
General/ OBC/PwD/NRI/PIO//OCI category | Rs. 4,000 |
SC/ST/BPL category | Rs. 3,500 |
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will open the CLAT 2026 application form correction window online. Candidates will be able to make corrections in the CLAT application form 2026 through login on the official website: consortiumofnlus.ac. Candidates appearing for CLAT 2026 can use this application form correction window to edit details before the CLAT 2026 application correction window is closed.
Download the CLAT Sample Paper 2026 PDF featuring the latest exam pattern with descriptive-type questions for effective preparation.
Download EBookThe CLAT 2026 eligibility criteria will be published by the consortium of NLUs through an official notification. However, there are not many changes in the eligibility criteria year after year. Candidates appearing in the CLAT exam 2026 must meet the eligibility criteria prescribed by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs). Since the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted for both UG and PG programmes, the eligibility criteria are also different for each level. The details of CLAT UG and CLAT LLM eligibility criteria are given below.
| Particular | UG-CLAT | PG-CLAT |
|---|---|---|
| Educational qualification | Class 12th or equivalent | LLB graduation |
| Minimum marks required | General candidates - 45% SC/ST - 40% | General candidates - 50% SC/ST - 45% |
Candidates have to meet the following conditions;
The eligibility criteria for LLM-CLAT are given below;
There is no age limit for appearing in CLAT 2026. Further, there are no restrictions on the number of attempts.
| State | City |
| Uttar Pradesh | Allahabad Ghaziabad Kanpur Lucknow Noida Varanasi Meerut Gorakhpur Greater Noida Jhansi Agra Bareilly |
| Karnataka | Bangalore Dharwad Mangalore Hubli Mysore |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal Indore Jabalpur Gwalior |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar Cuttack |
| Chandigarh | Chandigarh |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai Tiruchirapalli Salem Tirunelveli Coimbatore Madurai |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun Haldwani |
| Delhi | New Delhi |
| Haryana | Faridabad Gurugram Hisar Kurukshetra Sonepat |
| Gujarat | Gandhinagar Vadodara Rajkot Surat |
| Assam | Guwahati |
| Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur Jodhpur Kota |
| Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu Srinagar |
| West Bengal | Kolkata Siliguri Hooghly Kharagpur Malda Asansol Barrackpore |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai Nagpur Pune Amravati Navi Mumbai Thane Aurangabad |
| Punjab | Patiala Jalandhar Mohali Amritsar |
| Bihar | Patna Muzaffarpur |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur Durg Bilaspur |
| Jharkhand | Ranchi Jamshedpur |
| Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
| Kerala | Thiruvananthapuram Kottayam Ernakulam Calicut |
| Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada Visakhapatnam Rajahmundry Tirupati Kurnool Chittoor |
| Puducherry | Puducherry |
| Daman and Diu | Diu |
| Sikkim | Gangtok |
| Manipur | Imphal |
| Meghalaya | Shillong |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | Silvassa |
| Tripura | Agartala |
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Candidates preparing for CLAT exam should be well-versed with the exam pattern and syllabus. The CLAT exam pattern informs the candidates about the test structure, number of questions and their types, marking scheme and several other test modalities.
As per the CLAT 2026 exam pattern, It is an offline-based exam, with OMR sheets and question papers. CLAT 2026 question paper comprises 120 multiple-choice type questions in CLAT UG and 120 questions in CLAT LLM. All questions are based on comprehension passages. The details of the exam pattern are mentioned below.
| Particulars | Details |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Type of questions | Objective type test |
| Total number of questions | CLAT UG - 120 MCQs |
| CLAT PG - 120 MCQs | |
| Maximum marks | CLAT UG - 120 CLAT PG - 120 |
| Exam duration | 2 hours |
| Marking scheme | 1 mark for each correct answer |
| Negative marking | 0.25 marks will be deducted for each incorrect answer |
English language: Unit 01
Current affairs including general knowledge: Unit 01
Legal reasoning: Unit 01
Quantitative techniques: Unit 01
Quantitative techniques: Unit 02
Candidates who wish to appear in CLAT 2026 can solve a good number of mock tests during their preparation. There are multiple benefits of taking the CLAT mock test 2026. The Consortium of NLUs will also release CLAT 2026 sample papers in due course. Registered candidates can access the sample paper through their login.
Sometimes the candidate may need a little assistance in their CLAT exam preparation to get over the line. Like the candidate may want to know about some tools that can assist them to improve accuracy or improve speed.
| CLAT sample papers for quantitative ability | Download here |
| CLAT Logical reasoning sample papers | Download here |
| CLAT Sample Paper for General Knowledge and English | Download here |
| CLAT Legal Reasoning Sample Paper | Download here |
When preparing for CLAT exam 2026, it is important to have dependable and high-quality study material. The CLAT best books 2026 will be those that are easy to understand, and contain few to no errors, including problem sets and instructions.
| Subject | Recommended books |
|---|---|
English language | Word Power Made Easy by Norman Lewis, High School English Grammar and Composition by Wren & Martin, Objective General English by RS Aggarwal, Barron’s Pocket Guide to Vocabulary |
Legal Reasoning | Universal’s CLAT Guide, Bare Acts of Indian Constitution, Legal Awareness and Legal Aptitude by AP Bhardwaj, LexisNexis Butterworths |
Quantitative Techniques | Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal, Class 10th NCERT Textbook |
Current affairs, including general knowledge | Lucent’s GK, Manorama Year Book, Competition Success Review India Year Book, and Pratiyogita Darpan. Also read leading newspapers like Hindu, Indian Express |
Logical Reasoning | Analytical Reasoning by MK Pandey, Analytical and Logical Reasoning by R.S. Aggarwal, Verbal and Non-Verbal Reasoning by RS Aggarwal |
The Consortium of NLUs will issue the CLAT 2026 admit card in the third week of November 2025. The consortium will also release the CLAT 2026 test day instructions a few days later. The CLAT admit card is a mandatory document for appearing in the examination. The last date to download CLAT 2026 admit cards will be till the morning of the exam date.
Further, the admit card mentions various details such as candidate roll number, application number, exam centre name, address, CLAT exam reporting time and instructions. One must download and take a printout of the admit card to the designated CLAT exam centre on the exam day.
How to download CLAT admit card 2026?
Candidates can follow the steps mentioned below to download their admit card of CLAT 2026.
As per the previous year CLAT exam guidelines, the candidate has to report to the CLAT 2026 exam centre at least one hour before the commencement of the exam. Also, no candidate will be allowed fresh entry 15 minutes after the CLAT exam.
To take the test, the candidate has to display a printout of the admit card and a valid and original photo ID proof.
There will be no baggage counter at the exam venue and candidates will be solely responsible for the safe keep of their belongings. So, it is advisable not to carry non-essential items to the centre.
If the candidate wants, they may visit the exam centre to check out the location, travel route, distance and traffic situation. However, no candidate will be allowed beyond the main entrance gate, except on exam day and that too is only on producing the admit card and photo ID.
Blue/Black Ball Pen
Admit Card
Any original photo ID proof issued by the Government.
Transparent water bottle.
Own mask, gloves and personal hand sanitiser.
Self-health declaration
Disability certificate for PWD candidates
Candidates may also note that the consortium or the security staff at the exam centre will not be held responsible for the loss and damage of any property/gadgets of candidates.
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will publish the CLAT UG 2026 provisional answer key on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Candidates could also raise their objections against the provisional answer key till the prescribed time period. After considering the valid objections raised during the objection window, the final answer key of CLAT 2026 will be published which can be used to calculate the marks in the examination.
Further, in case of any discrepancies in the answer key or question papers, candidates will have the opportunity to object to it. The objections will be reviewed by the expert committee of CLAT 2026. In case the raised objections are found to be valid, necessary changes to the answer key will be made and result will be prepared accordingly. The final CLAT 2026 answer key will be released after reviewing the objections raised by the candidates.
As per the official marking scheme of CLAT 2026, every correct answer will fetch 1 mark, while for an incorrect answer 0.25 marks will be deducted. Use the following formula to calculate probable scores.
CLAT Scores = Total numbers of Correct options*1 - Total number of incorrect responses*0.25 |
For e.g. If the number of correct answers is 100 and incorrect answers is 40 then the total marks will be calculated as-
Total CLAT Marks = (100*1) - (40*0.25)
Therefore; Total marks = 100 - 10 = 90
Candidates will be given around two days to raise their objections against the key. The CLAT objection fee is Rs. 1000 per question. In case of the objections are accepted, the objection fee will be refunded.
| Question Paper | Answer Key (Final) | Question paper | Answer Key (Provisional) | Answer Key (Final) |
| 5-year Law Programme | Series A | Click here | Click here | Click here |
| Series B | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
| Series C | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
| Series D | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
| LLM Programme | Series A | Click here | Click here | Click here |
| Series B | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
| Series C | Click here | Click here | Click here | |
| Series D | Click here | Click here | Click here |
The CLAT result 2026 will be declared one week after the CLAT 2026 exam date. Candidates could download their results from the official website of the NLU Consortium. They will need the application number and date of birth to download the admit card. The CLAT result is provided in the form of individual scorecards. Along with the result, an invite list is also released for counselling purposes.
The list of CLAT toppers for the previous sessions has been given below. The CLAT toppers list comprises of names of candidates who topped the exam along with their AIRs and scores.
| All India Rank | Name | Marks |
|---|---|---|
AIR 1 | Saksham Gautam | 103.5 |
AIR 2 | Anirudh Pathak | - |
AIR 3 | Ananya Tamaskar | - |
| AIR 6 | Nikhilesh Mukherjee | - |
| AIR 8 | Shantanu | - |
| AIR 9 | Vidit Rawat | 100 |
| AIR 10 | Sanchith Rau | - |
| AIR 18 | Tejaswi Giridhar | 98.5 |
| AIR 37 | Aditya Rao | 97.5 |
| AIR 70 | Devansh Agarwal | 96 |
| AIR 135 | Anirban Dutta | 94 |
| AIR 137 | Rohan Yadav | 94 |
| AIR 318 | Divya Negi | 91.5 |
| AIR 793 | Pranjal Tripathi | 87.25 |
CLAT Topper Interview Links:
| AIR | Name | Score | Percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jai Bohara | 108 | 100 |
| 2 | Pradyot Shah | - | 99.99 |
| 3 | Rahul Palakurthy | - | 99.99 |
| 4 | Amireddy Sai Pragnya | - | 99.99 |
| 5 | TBA | - | 99.99 |
| 6 | TBA | - | 99.99 |
| 7 | Arijit Bansal | - | 99.99 |
| 8 | TBA | - | 99.98 |
| 9 | Jigyasa | - | 99.98 |
| 10 | Ashutosh Kar | - | 99.98 |
| 11 | Pawan Kumar Pandey | 103.25 | 99.98 |
| Name | Ranks (AIRs) | Scores |
|---|---|---|
| Abhinav Somani | AIR 1 | 116.75 |
| Gnanankit (SC category) | AIR 1 | 94.50 |
| Sahil Gupta | AIR 2 | 112 |
| Shubham Thakare | AIR 3 | - |
| Arnav Maheshwari | AIR 4 | - |
| Navya Nair | AIR 6 | - |
| Piyush Gupta | AIR 8 | 107.75 |
| Upmanyu Chatterjee | AIR 10 | - |
| Kshitika Tyagi | AIR 12 | 106.75 |
| Shruti Bhukar | AIR 16 in general, AIR 2 in OBC | - |
| Ayesha Khan | AIR 17 | 105.75 |
| Arunav Ghosh (To read full interview - Click here) | AIR 40 | 101.75 |
CLAT 2022 Toppers
| CLAT Toppers 2022 | Ranks (AIRs) | Scores | Read Interview |
| Rishabh | 1 | - | - |
| Menal | 2 | - | - |
| Shivaansh | 3 | - | - |
| Harshit | 4 | 117.75 | Click here |
| Akshat Aggarwal | 5 | 117.25 | - |
| Akarsh Bhafna | 6 | 117.00 | - |
| Sanjana Rao | 7 | - | - |
| Jahnvi Joshi | 8 | - | Read here |
| Khushi Aggarwal | 9 | - | - |
| Oorja Newatia | 10 | - | - |
| Varun Deval | 11 | - | - |
| Shivaraman Raghuraman | 12 | - | - |
| Rahul Malviya | 13 | - |
| Name of candidate | Rank | Marks obtained | Interview |
| Samriddhi Mishra | 1 | 94 | Click here |
| To be notified | 2 | - | |
| To be notified | 3 | - |
CLAT Toppers 2021 | Ranks (AIRs) | Scores | Read Interview |
Manhar Bansal | 1 | 125.5 | |
Nidhi Agarwal | 2 | 117 | Click Here |
Karthik J Lal | 3 | 117 | Click Here |
Shwetha Ramachandran | 4 | 115.5 | Click Here |
| Utkarsh Panda | 53 | 105.75 | Click Here |
| Shristy Chhaparia | 57 | 105.5 | Click Here |
CLAT toppers 2020 | Interview |
Jai Singh Rathor, AIR-3 | |
Anand Kumar, AIR-5 | |
Shailja Beria AIR - 6 | |
Ishan Thakur, AIR-19 |
The Consortium of NLUs will release the first CLAT 2026 merit list around 15-20 days ater declaring the results. Candidates included in the merit list of CLAT 2026 will have to pay the confirmation fee before the prescibed date. The merit list of CLAT 2026 will mention the roll number, marks and merit rank of the candidates. The CLAT merit rank is important as it is referred to for inviting the candidates for counselling and seat allotment.
Know your chancesThe CLAT 2026 cut off is released in online mode. The consortium releases the cut-off for each round of CLAT 2026 counselling. The cut off is the minimum marks required for admission to a national law university participating in the counselling. CLAT cut off 2026 will be different for each NLU, depending on the number of seats offered by NLU, the number of applicants and the reservation policy.
Check in details - CLAT 2025 Cut off
Candidates can check the CLAT NLU cut-offs for the previous years in the tables given below to get an idea of what to expect this year.
| NLU | General closing rank | OBC Closing rank | SC Closing rank | ST Closing rank | EWS Closing rank |
| NLSIU Bengaluru | - | 1541 | 3133 | - | - |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | - | - | 3273 | - | - |
| NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | - | - | - | - | - |
| NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | - | - | - | - | - |
| WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | |||||
| WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 711 | - | - | - | - |
| NLU Jodhpur | - | 1776 | - | - | - |
| HNLU Raipur | |||||
| GNLU Gandhinagar | 444 | 2303 | |||
| GNLU Silvassa Campus | 1461 | - | - | - | - |
| RMLNLU Lucknow | 780 | - | - | - | - |
| RGNUL Patiala | 1279 | - | 8625 | 12742 | - |
| CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | - | - | 12662* | - | - |
| CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1555 | 8364* | 15833* | - | - |
| NUALS Kochi | 1346 | - | - | - | - |
| NLU Odisha BA LLB | 1013 | - | - | 12967 | - |
| NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 1176 | - | - | 15161 | - |
| NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 1667 | 3597 | 9902 | 15023 | 2551 |
| NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 1760 | 4096 | 38622* | - | 2714 |
| NLUJA Assam | 2141 | - | 26413* | - | - |
| DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1682 | 3813 | - | 15632 | 2571 |
| TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1763 | 4082 | - | - | - |
| TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 1947 | 4987 | - | - | - |
| MNLU Mumbai | - | 8067* | 15622 | - | - |
| MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 1529 | 15059* | 27496* | - | - |
| MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 1623 | 16794* | - | - | - |
| MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 1949 | 19813* | 30029* | - | - |
| MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 2393 | 21108* | 31652* | - | - |
| HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 2555 | - | - | 18083 | - |
| HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 2634 | - | 13886 | 19910 | - |
| MPDNLU Jabalpur | 2243 | - | 11065 | 20674 | 2922 |
| DBRANLU Sonepat | 1930 | 4210 | - | 19973 | 2727 |
| NLUT Agartala | 2855 | - | 49197* | - | - |
| RPNLU Prayagraj | 2469 | 5559* | - | 25539* | 3726* |
| IIULER Goa BA LLB | 2784 | 5597 | 14412 | 21325 | 3623 |
| IIULER Goa BA LLB | 2832 | 5892 | 14867 | 22260 | 3751 |
| NLU | Closing rank - General | Closing rank-OBC | Closing rank-SC | Closing rank- ST | Closing rank-EWS |
| NLSIU Bengaluru | 112 | 1396 | - | - | 703 |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | 159 | 3251 | 546 | ||
| NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) | 480 | - | - | - | 1377 |
| NLIU Bhopal (BSc LLB) | 915 | 2464 | 8625 | 1997 | |
| WBNUJS Kolkata( BA LLB) | 327 | 4168* | 4753 | - | - |
| WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | 692 | 4596* | 6987 | - | - |
| NLU Jodhpur | 367 | 1761 | 5445 | 5955 | 986 |
| HNLU Raipur | 807 | 2408 | 7660 | 10507 | |
| GNLU Gandhinagar | 443 | 2230 | 5934 | 8568 | - |
| GNLU Silvassa Campus | 1372 | 2620 | 8826 | 15112 | 2620 |
| RMLNLU Lucknow | 755 | 3769* | 11228* | - | 2088* |
| RGNUL Patiala | 1260 | - | 8785 | 11901 | - |
| CNLU Patna (BA LLB) | 1398 | 7359* | 11590* | - | 1950* |
| CNLU Patna (BBA LLB) | 1547 | 8139* | 12662* | - | 2316* |
| NUALS Kochi | 1341 | - | - | - | - |
| NLU Odisha BA LLB | 1007 | - | 7247 | 12211 | - |
| NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 1170 | - | 7891 | 13134 | - |
| NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 1643 | 3445 | 9716 | 15006 | 2446 |
| NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 1729 | 3855 | 11351 | - | 2551 |
| NLUJA Assam | 2051 | 40275* | 25783* | 39689* | - |
| DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1623 | 3398 | 9330 | 15023 | 2180 |
| TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1736 | 4081 | 10327 | 15384 | - |
| TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | 1838 | 4866 | 12470 | - | - |
| MNLU Mumbai | 558 | - | - | - | - |
| MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | 1473 | 14830* | 21810* | - | 16868* |
| MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | 1555 | 15059* | 26619* | 58982* | 19846* |
| MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | 1831 | - | 26434* | 58389* | 23203* |
| MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | 1555 | 15059* | 26619* | 58,982* | 19846* |
| HPNLU Shimla - BA LLB | 2320 | - | 11597 | 17192 | - |
| HPNLU Shimla - BBA LLB | 2395 | - | 13181 | 18531 | - |
| MPDNLU Jabalpur | 2215 | 4228 | 12539 | 20038 | 2714 |
| DBRANLU Sonepat | 1886 | 4186 | 12802 | 19698 | 2669 |
| NLUT Agartala | 2518 | - | 51553* | - | - |
| RPNLU Prayagraj | 2326 | 5097* | 21354* | - | - |
| IIULER Goa BA LLB | 2541 | 5350 | 13346 | 20461 | 3257 |
| IIULER Goa BA LLB | 2562 | 5444 | 13793 | 20846 | 3448 |
NLU Name | General Category Closing Ranks | OBC Category Closing Ranks | SC Category Closing Ranks | ST Category Closing Ranks | EWS Category Closing Ranks |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 100 | 1302 | 2881 | 3396 | 694 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 150 | 1219 | 3177 | 3621 | 513 |
WBNUJS Kolkata BA LLB | 285 | 10297 (OBC-A-WB) | 3952 | 6343 | - |
WBNUJS BSc LLB | 652 | 13417 (OBC-A-WB) | 6584 | 9739 | - |
NLIU Bhopal BA LLB | 458 | 1757 | 5763 | 8243 | 1261 |
NLIU Bhopa; BSc. LLB | 821 | 2453 | 7200 | 11901 | 1890 |
NLU Jodhpur | 357 | 1699 | 4659 | 5232 | 910 |
HNLU Raipur | 765 | 2385 | 7350 | 9973 | - |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 402 | 2138 | 5796 | 7639 | 1118 |
GNLU Silvassa | 1252 | 3356 | 8676 | 12880 | 1921 |
RLMNLU Lucknow | 721 | 3354 (OBC-UP) | 11064 (SC-UP) | 19305 (ST-UP) | 1370 (EWS-UP) |
RGNUL Patiala | 1146 | - | 8126 | 11761 | - |
CNLU Patna BA LLB | 1278 | 3083 (BC-Bihar) | 11577 (SC-Bihar) | 16829 (ST-Bihar) | 1922 (EWS-Bihar) |
CNLU Patna BBA LLB | 1424 | 3905 (BC-Bihar) | 15604 (SC-Bihar) | 27043 (ST-Bihar) | 3905 (EWS-Bihar) |
NUALS Kochi | 1175 | - | 15029 (SC-Kerala) | 32306 (ST-Kerala) | 22632 (EWS-Kerala) |
NLU Odisha BA LLB | 943 | - | 6557 | 11889 | - |
NLU Odisha BBA LLB | 1034 | - | 7711 | 12684 | - |
NUSRL Ranchi BA LLB | 1476 | 3025 | 9324 | 13373 | 1911 |
NUSRL Ranchi BBA LLB | 1504 | 3634 | 9515 | 13619 | 2088 |
NLUJ Assam | 1643 | 32829 (OBC-Assam) | 25640 (SC-Assam) | 26581 (STP-Assam) | 18701 (EWS-Assam) |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 1489 | 3612 | 9240 | 13834 | 1872 |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1516 | 3090 | 9564 | 14211 | - |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | 1642 | 4096 | 11547 | - | - |
MNLU Mumbai | 536 | 7008 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 12388 (SC-Maharashtra) | 13124 (ST-Maharashtra) | 7523 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Nagpur BA LLB | 1353 | 10946 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 19874 (SC-Maharashtra) | 43425 (ST-Maharashtra) | 13040 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Nagpur BBA LLB | 1375 | 14912 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 23556 (SC-Maharashtra) | 51639 (ST-Maharashtra) | 16868 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Aurangabad BA LLB | 1580 | 15068 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 21432 (SC-Maharashtra) | 55196 (ST-Maharashtra) | 18424 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
MNLU Aurangabad BBA LLB | 1850 | 15631 (OBC-Maharashtra) | 25614 (SC-Maharashtra) | 56594 (ST-Maharashtra) | 20039 (EWS-Maharashtra) |
HPNLU Shimla BA LLB | 1951 | - | 11003 | 15816 | - |
HPNLU Shimla BBA LLB | 1994 | - | 12439 | 18083 | - |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | 1762 | 3926 | 11784 | 18330 | 2321 |
DBRANLU Sonepat | 1621 | 3856 | 11377 | 16128 | 2292 |
NLUT Agartala | 2098 | - | 51262 (SC-Tripura) | 57030 (ST-Tripura) | - |
RPNLU Prayagraj | 1987 | 4773 (OBC-UP) | 13293 (SC-UP) | - | 2636 (EWS-UP) |
IIURL Goa BA LLB | 2096 | 4411 | 12539 | 19667 | 2817 |
IIURL Goa BBA LLB | 2150 | 4866 | 12730 | 19819 | 2940 |
To decide what is a good score in CLAT 2026 you have to first identify the NLU you want to get admission into. And the last rank (or cutoff rank) for which admission is offered in that institute can be considered to be a good score. That said the cutoff fluctuates depending on a host of parameters like seat intake, the performance of candidates in CLAT 2026 total applicants, and the CLAT merit rank of these applicants. So, you will be in the safe zone only if you score a little higher than the past year's cutoff rank.
The Consortium of NLUs will publish the merit list for the first round of counselling two weeks after declaring the results. Candidates who are shortlisted will have to pay the confirmation and university fee before the specified time frame. The counselling for CLAT 2026 is conducted in five rounds, in online mode. Candidates will be able to gain admission only in those NLUs which are part of their preferences. The CLAT merit list is based on the scores of candidates and the NLU preferences submitted by them. Candidates included in the merit list of CLAT 2026 will be eligible for admission to the allotted National Law Universities. After each round, the consortium will release the seat allotment for all national law universities participating in the common admission process.
The counselling fee of CLAT 2026 is Rs. 30,000. For SC and ST candidates, the counselling fee is Rs 20,000. Candidates can pay the counselling fee online while registering for the counselling. The counselling fee will be adjusted with the NLU course fee.
The CLAT seat allotment is made on the basis of the merit rank of the candidate and NLU preference selected. The seat allotment of CLAT 2026 will be announced for each law school, in five rounds. After each round of seat allotment, candidates will have the following options;
Post Round 5 seat allotment, the candidate has two options before him:
To accept a seat, the candidate will have to pay the NLU fees and complete admission formalities. However, if the candidate is unhappy with the allotted seat, they may exit the admission process without paying the admission fee.
Top Law Universities in India
| UPES | SRM |
| ICFAI | BML |
| LPU | KL University |
| MIT WPU | Chandigarh University |
Candidates should also solve all previous year's CLAT papers, especially those based on the new exam pattern. The CLAT previous year's question papers would also be helpful in understanding the type of questions asked in the examination and topics that appear frequently in the test paper. While registering for CLAT, candidates may purchase the question papers on payment of Rs 500. However, the official question papers of CLAT at FREE of COST are provided below.
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The CLAT 2026 application form has been opened on August 1, 2025.
The CLAT 2026 exam will be conducted on December 07, 2025 in offline mode.
As per the eligibility criteria of CLAT, the candidate should have completed Class 12 from a recognized board with a minimum 45 per cent marks (40 per cent for SC/ST category candidates). There is no age limit for appearing in the CLAT examination.
The full form of CLAT is Common Law Admission Test. CLAT is conducted for admission to national law universities of India.
The changes in new CLAT exam pattern include reducing the number of questions from 150 to 120. The PG exam pattern remains unchanged with 120 multiple choice questions on different areas of law.
There are various UG and PG courses that are offered through CLAT. These include, BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, BSc LLB, LLM specialisation etc.
24 national law universities are participating institutes of CLAT. All 24 NLUs offer 5-year LLB courses, whereas 21 of them offer one-year LLM programme.
Note that in addition to the NLUs, there are many other CLAT affiliated institutes and other colleges that offer admissions based on CLAT scores. The difference between then the NLUs is that they may also use other exam scores like AILET. Further, they don't take part in the CLAT counselling process conducted by the consortium of NLUs.
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On our official website, you can find various study material EBooks and Sample Papers that can help you prepare better that you can download for free.
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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.
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