The Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs) has opened the CLAT 2026 application form today, August 1, 2025. Interested candidates can apply for CLAT 2026 by visiting the official website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in before the CLAT 2026 registration last date. The direct link of the application is given below. The official website for CLAT 2026 is consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2026. The CLAT registration 2026 window is open for a period of 3 months. The deadline to complete the CLAT 2026 registration is October 31, 2025. Candidates must pay CLAT 2026 registration fees of Rs. 4,000 for the general category and Rs. 3,500 for SC/ST candidates to complete the CLAT form. There is a notable change in CLAT 2026 registration, that candidates will have to fill in their NLU preferences after the declaration of the CLAT 2026 result. Earlier, the consortium published a detailed notification regarding the CLAT 2026 registration on its website. In this article, candidates will get all details about the application process, CLAT exam fees, correction window, last date to apply and how to apply for CLAT 2026 and more.
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The CLAT 2026 registration details include providing personal information, communication, education details, and test centre preferences. The Consortium of National Law Universities will conduct CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm, in offline mode. The scores in the Common Law Admission Test will be accepted by 24 National Law Universities and more than 60 law schools across the country.
Event | Dates |
Release of CLAT 2026 admission notification | July 20, 2025 (Out) |
Opening of CLAT 2026 application | August 1, 2025 (Started) |
CLAT 2026 registration last date | October 31, 2025 |
CLAT 2026 application correction last date | Will be notified |
Release of CLAT 2026 admit card | 15 days before the exam |
CLAT 2026 exam date | December 7, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm |
The Consortium of NLUs will prescribe the CLAT 2026 eligibility criteria on its official website. The CLAT 2026 eligibility criteria include the minimum educational qualification, minimum passing marks, and age limit. The detailed CLAT eligibility criteria 2026 are mentioned in the table below.
Particulars | Details |
CLAT UG 2026 Eligibility Criteria | There is no upper age limit for candidates appearing for CLAT UG 2026. Passed Class 12 with at least 45% marks or 40% marks or equivalent in the case of SC/ ST/ PwD categories. Candidates appearing for Class 12 exams are also eligible to apply and they are required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying exam at the time of admission. |
CLAT PG 2026 Eligibility Criteria | Passed LLB (3-year LLB or 5-year LLB) with at least 50% marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General/OBC/NRI categories (45% in the case of SC/ ST/ PwD candidates). Candidates appearing for final year graduation exams can also apply. There is no upper age limit for appearing for the CLAT PG 2026. |
Passport size recent photograph with plain background
Signature of the candidate
Category certificate if you are applying under SC/ST/OBC
PWD certificate if applicable
BPL certificate if applicable
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The documents, such as photographs, signature or domicile certificate, will be accepted in the prescribed format as mentioned below.
Document | Image size (maximum) | Format |
Photograph | 500 KB | jpg/jpeg or PNG |
Signature | 100 KB | jpg/jpeg or PNG |
State of domicile certificate | 1.5 MB |
The CLAT application form-filling process is done completely online through the official website of the Consortium of NLUs - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT 2026 application process will involve steps such as registration, uploading of relevant documents, detailed application form filling and application fee payment. Candidates must fill out the form before the CLAT 2026 application form last date. The step-by-step process to complete CLAT 2026 registration has been mentioned in the section below.
Filling out the CLAT 2026 application form consists of the steps mentioned below:
CLAT 2026 Registration
Filling out the detailed application form
Uploading documents
CLAT Registration Fee Payment
Submission of the application form
To complete the initial registration, the first step is to submit the CLAT application form 2026. The CLAT 2026 registration can be completed by following the steps:
Log on to the official website of CLAT: consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
Click on the CLAT 2026 link on the homepage.
Next, click on the “New Registration” tab.
Enter CLAT 2026 registration details like your contact number, email address, password and other details.
Enter the One Time Password (OTP) received on your mobile number and password to activate your CLAT account.
Once the CLAT 2026 registration is completed, candidates will have to fill out the detailed application form. The detailed CLAT 2026 application form has been divided into five sections: personal information, communication details, qualifying examination details, test centre preferences, and reservation. The details to be filled in each section have been given below:
Candidates will have to upload a recent passport-size photograph in the given specifications.
Enter the required personal details like name, date of birth, gender, parents’ names, nationality, residential status and NRI status (if applicable).
Click on the “Next” button after entering all the details.
In this section, candidates must provide their permanent address and communication address details, email ID and phone number. Candidates must note that the entire admission and CLAT counselling process is conducted in online mode.
While filling this section of the CLAT 2026 application form, the candidate has to enter details about their educational qualification which include (Class 10, Class 12 for UG, LLB for LLM), name of the board or university, passing status, percentage/ CGPA, month and year of passing the exam.
In the test centre preferences section, candidates will have to enter three CLAT exam centres in the order of their preference. Candidates will be allotted their exam centres based on their preference and the availability of seats at the exam centre. CLAT 2026 will be conducted at around 89 cities in India. The list of CLAT 2026 exam centres is given below:
State | Test Cities |
Andhra Pradesh | Chittor/Tirupathi |
Kurnool | |
Rajahmundry | |
Vijayawada | |
Vishakapatnam | |
Assam | Guwahati |
Bihar | Muzaffarpur |
Patna | |
Chhattisgarh | Bilaspur |
Durg | |
Raipur | |
Gujarat | Gandhinagar |
Rajkot | |
Surat | |
Vadodara | |
Haryana | Faridabad |
Gurugram | |
Hisar | |
Kurukshetra | |
Sonepat | |
Himachal Pradesh | Shimla |
Jammu and Kashmir | Jammu |
Srinagar | |
Jharkhand | Jamshedpur |
Ranchi | |
Karnataka | Bengaluru |
Hubli / Dharwad | |
Mangalore | |
Mysore | |
Kerala | Calicut |
Ernakulam | |
Kottayam | |
Thiruvananthapuram | |
Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal |
Gwalior | |
Indore | |
Jabalpur | |
Maharashtra | Amrawati |
Aurangabad | |
Mumbai | |
Nagpur | |
Navi Mumbai | |
Pune | |
Thane | |
Manipur | Imphal |
Meghalaya | Shillong |
National Capital Territory of Delhi | New Delhi |
Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
Cuttack | |
Punjab | Amritsar |
Jalandhar | |
Mohali | |
Patiala | |
Chandigarh UT | Chandigarh |
Rajasthan | Jaipur |
Jodhpur | |
Kota | |
Sikkim | Gangtok |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
Coimbatore | |
Madurai | |
Salem | |
Tirunelveli | |
Trichy | |
Telangana | Hyderabad |
Tripura | Agartala |
Union Territory | Puducherry |
Union Territory (part of Dadra and Nagar Haveli) | Silvassa |
Union Territory (part of Daman and Diu) | Diu |
Uttar Pradesh | Agra |
Allahabad | |
Bareilly | |
Ghaziabad | |
Gorakhpur | |
Greater Noida / Noida | |
Jhansi | |
Kanpur | |
Lucknow | |
Meerut | |
Varanasi | |
Uttarakhand | Dehradun |
Haldwani | |
West Bengal | Asansol |
Barrackpore | |
Hooghly | |
Kharagpur | |
Kolkata | |
Malda | |
Siliguri |
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In this step, candidates have to submit the CLAT 2026 application form and upload the necessary documents. Candidates are required to upload their recent passport-size photographs in plain background and a scanned copy of the candidate's signature in the prescribed format. Candidates from the reserved category will have to upload their category certificate to avail the benefit of reservation.
After uploading the documents, the next step in the application process is to pay the prescribed CLAT registration fees. The CLAT 2026 application fee must be paid in online mode only. The application fee for CLAT 2026 is non-refundable. Given below are the fee details for CLAT 2026.
Category | CLAT Form Fees | Mode of payment |
General/ OBC/ NRI category candidates | Rs. 4,000 | Online: Net Banking Credit Card Debit Card |
SC/ ST/ BPL/ PWD category candidates | Rs. 3,500 |
The last step in the CLAT 2026 application form process is to review all the filled in details and submit the application. Candidates will have to make sure that all the details are correctly filled in. No changes will be allowed in the chosen programme and reservation details filled in the CLAT application form 2026. Once all the details have been rechecked, candidates can click on the “Submit” button to complete the application process.
The Consortium of NLUs will open the CLAT 2026 application form correction window on its official website- consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Candidates will be able to make the corrections to the CLAT application form 2026 through the official website by logging into their CLAT account. However, the correction window is the only way to make modifications to the CLAT application form.
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on the CLAT 2026 application correction link
Login with the registered mobile number and password
Click on the Edit Application option
Make the desired changes
Submit the corrections
Given below are a few points on CLAT registration 2026 for candidates applying under the NRI/NRI sponsored category.
Candidates must be an NRI/PIO/OCI to be eligible under the NRI category
Such candidates must select the NRI category while filling out the CLAT 2026 application form
To be eligible under NRI sponsored category, it is not mandatory that the candidate must be an NRI. Candidates whose legal guardian is an NRI, the son/daughter of an NRI/PIO/OCI, or a candidate sponsored by an NRI/PIO/OCI can apply under this category.
Candidates must appear and obtain a valid score in CLAT 2026. However, such candidates must separately apply to the participating NLU in which they wish to seek admission.
Some of the important points to remember when filling up the CLAT 2026 application form are mentioned below:
Complete CLAT 2026 registration in online mode only through the CNLUs website.
The mobile number and email ID used during CLAT registration must be preserved till the end of the admission process.
The NLU preferences are not required to be provided at the time of submitting the CLAT 2026 application form. Candidates will be allowed to provide their preferences after the declaration of the result.
All the particulars furnished in the CLAT application form 2026 must be correct and true otherwise it may lead to the disqualification of the candidate.
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Candidates can recover the CLAT 2026 login password by using the "Forgot password" option. Upon using it, candidates would be sent an OTP to reset the password on their registered mobile number. With the help of the OTP candidates would be able to set a new password and access their CLAT 2026 account.
Particulars | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
CLAT Registration | Number of candidates registered for CLAT UG: 62,832 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT UG: 60,544 Number of candidates registered for CLAT PG: 16,082 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG: 14,817 | Number of candidates registered for CLAT UG: 54,808 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT UG: 53,180 Number of candidates registered for CLAT PG: 12,782 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG: 12,005 | Number of candidates registered for CLAT UG: 44,763 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT UG: 42,766 Number of candidates registered for CLAT PG: 9,490 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG: 8,703 | Number of candidates appeared for CLAT UG: 53,226 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG: 6,217 | Number of candidates appeared for CLAT UG: 53,532 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG: 8,574 | Number of candidates appeared for CLAT UG: 53,226 Number of candidates appeared for CLAT PG: 6,217 |
The NLUs offer domicile reservations for the candidates. Under domicile reservation as per the CLAT 2026 reservation criteria, candidates from the state where the NLU is located are given special reservations in seats. Candidates to claim this reservation will have to upload their domicile certificate in PDF form. The reservation details for all NLUs have been given below:
NLUs | Domicile % |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 25% |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 25% |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 33% |
NLIU Bhopal | 50% |
NLU Jodhpur | 25% |
HNLU Raipur | 50% |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 25% |
GNLU Silvassa Campus | 25% |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 45% |
RGNUL Patiala | 10% |
CNLU Patna | 50% |
NUALS Kochi | 49% |
NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack | 25% |
NUSRL Ranchi | 50% |
NLUJA Assam, Guwahati | 50% |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 48% |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli | 48% |
MNLU Mumbai | 62% |
MNLU Nagpur | 62% |
MNLU Aurangabad | 62% |
HPNLU Shimla | 25% |
DNLU Jabalpur | 50% |
DBRANLU, Sonipat, Haryana | 25% |
NLUT Agartala | 30% |
In case of any doubts or issues regarding filling up the CLAT 2026 application form, candidates can contact the NLU consortium through the official helpline as mentioned below.
Particulars | Details |
Email id | clat@consortiumofnlus.ac.in |
Contact number | 08047162020 (10:00 am to 05:00 pm on all working days) |
Candidates who will complete the CLAT registration 2026 will be able to download their admit cards in due time. The CLAT 2026 admit card will be released tentatively in the third week of November 2025. Students must note that the CLAT admit card 2026 is a mandatory document that needs to be carried on the day of the exam to get entry inside the examination hall. Students can download their CLAT admit card by logging in to the candidate portal with valid credentials.
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Through the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), a total of 24 National Law Universities (NLUs) and some affiliated colleges across India offer admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes.
CLAT 2026 Participating NLUs | |||
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 13 | ||
2 | 14 | ||
3 | 15 | ||
4 | 16 | ||
5 | 17 | ||
6 | 18 | ||
7 | 19 | ||
8 | 20 | ||
9 | 21 | ||
10 | 22 | ||
11. | 23 | ||
12 | 24 | ||
| 25 | RPNLU Prayagraj | 26 | IIULER Goa |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
The CLAT 2026 application form has been opened on August 1, 2025. The deadline to submit the CLAT 2026 application form is October 31, 2025.
The CLAT 2026 application fee for General / OBC / PWD/ NRI / PIO / OCI candidates will be Rs 4,000. SC / ST / BPL candidates will have to pay a registration fee of Rs 3,500.
CLAT 2026 will be conducted on December 7, 2025 in offline mode.
No, CLAT 2026 will be held once in December.
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For CLAT PG 2026 application :
Photograph: JPEG/JPG, 200x230 pixels, 20–50 KB, white/light background, recent passport-size photo.
Signature: JPEG/JPG, 140x60 pixels, 10–20 KB, sign on white paper with black ink, must match exam documents.
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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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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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