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
Yes, you can switch from one college to another to a CLAT college through the entrance test. However, it is important to note that you will have to start from year 1 rather than transferring directly into the second or third year. Some of the top
CLAT participating colleges
here.
Here you can check out the top
NLUs offering admission into 3-year LLB
with and without CLAT exam:
1. NLSIU Bengaluru for LLB programme through NLSAT.
2. NLU Odisha and NLU Visakhapatnam offer admission into the 3-year LLB course through their own admission process.
3. CNLU Patna
Yes, for CLAT preparation, building a reading habit daily is a good approach. You can read the daily newspapers like The Hindu and The Indian Express. While going for Animal Farm by George Orwell, Word power Made Easy by Norma Lewis for novel comprehension.
Yes, you can elevate your law entrance journey with Careers360’s CLAT mock test PDF free download link given below:
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-mock-test
The CLAT 2027 application form will open in the first week of August 2026. While the exam will be held on the first or second Sunday of December 2026.
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