The Consortium of National Law Universities has informed Careers360 that it will open the CLAT 2026 application form in July 2025. Candidates can submit the CLAT application form 2026 online from the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The CLAT 2026 exam date will be notified later. In this article, get details of the CLAT 2026 registration including dates, application process, and more.
Through the Common Law Admission Test, candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB programmes of participating NLUs. The Common Law Admission Test PG will be held for admission into LLM programmes of participating NLUs.
Given below is the update provided by the Consortium of NLUs to Careers360 regarding CLAT 2026 registrations. Candidates are advised to regularly check the official website for latest updates.

Candidates can submit the CLAT 2026 application form online from the official website. The steps are given below -
Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Click on new registration
Enter basic details such as mobile number, email id and name to obtain login credentials
Next, login and fill in elaborate personal details, academic details, and address
Select test centre preferences among the given city options
Upload photograph, signature and marksheet documents
Pay the application fee
Submit the application fee to complete CLAT 2026 registration
The application fee of CLAT 2026 can be paid online through Debit Card/ Credit Card or Net Bankig. The fee details are given below.
Category | Fee |
General/ OBC/ NRI category candidates | Rs. 4,000 |
SC/ ST/ BPL/ PWD category candidates | Rs 3,500 |
The Consoritum of NLUs has not confirmed the CLAT 2026 exam date. However, going by past trends, it is expected conduct CLAT 2026 in December 2025. Candidates are advised to keep visiting the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in for latest updates on exam date. The exam will be held in offline mode at around 89 cities across India.
On Question asked by student community
Several top law colleges are accepting the CLAT score, other than the NLUs. These include:
Candidates can check out the detailed list of non-NLUs accepting CLAT for admission in
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You can check NLU wise marks required in CLAT PG for admissions here .
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You can refer to books like AP Bhardwaj for legal aptitude, RS Aggarwal for reasoning, and dedicated guides like CULET Guide by Dipanjan Mitra for best preparation for CULET. Additionally, you can refer to the CULET previous year question papers .
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You can download the CLAT PG previous year question papers here .
SASTRA Deemed University accepts CLAT scores for admission. They admit students based on CLAT scores as well as class 12 marks, with an aggregate score of 50% in English. Based on these scores, a merit list is published by the university.
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