A CLAT score of 50 means, it will be difficult for general category students with no reservation to secure admission to national law universities. However, candidates who fall in the reservation bracket may find NLUs. CLAT marks 50 will translate to around 25-28,000 rank. This article discusses the chances of getting NLUs with a CLAT score of 50, along with listing out top law schools that may offer admission to such students irrespective of their reservation status.
The consortium conducted CLAT 2025 on December 1, 2024, and published the CLAT result on December 7, 2024 on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. Through the CLAT scores, candidates will be admitted into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of the participating universities.
According to the CLAT marks vs rank analysis, candidates who secure CLAT marks 50 may obtain a rank between 25,000 - 28,000. The CLAT cut off of the reserved category candidates from the tier 3 NLUs falls in this range. Candidates can also check the corresponding marks for scores around CLAT mark 50. The estimates in the table are based on last year cutoff trends.
Marks | Rank |
53 | 25000 - 25500 |
52 | 25500 - 26000 |
51 | 26000 - 27000 |
50 | 27000 - 28000 |
49 | 28000 - 28900 |
48 | 28900 - 29400 |
47 | 29400 - 30200 |
Candidates can use the CLAT college predictor by Careers360 to predict the colleges from where they have the chance of getting admission based on their marks and rank in the CLAT 2025. The Careers360 CLAT College Predictor will show the list of CLAT colleges that includes the NLUs and the affiliated colleges where candidates can apply for admission on the basis of their scores. In this way candidates can get to know whether they have a good score in CLAT 2025 for a particular college or not. Click on the CLAT college predictor link given below to know the chances of admission at all the participating NLUs.
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Rank Predictor | |
College Predictor |
With a CLAT mark 50, it will be difficult for a general category candidate to grab a seat in the top NLUs. But candidates from the SC, ST and domicile reservation categories can get admitted to one of the tier 3 NLUs and tier 2 NLUs.
NLUs | General | EWS | OBC | SC | ST |
NLSIU Bengaluru | No | No | No | No | No |
NALSAR Hyderabad | No | No | No | No | No |
WBNUJS Kolkata (BSc.LLB Hons) | No | No | Yes* | No | No |
NLU Jodhpur | No | No | No | No | No |
RMLNLU Lucknow | No | No | No | No | Yes* |
NLUJA Assam | No | No | Yes* | No | Yes* |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BA LLB | No | No | No | No | Yes |
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli BCom LLB | No | No | No | No | No |
MNLU Mumbai | No | No | No | No | Yes* |
MNLU Nagpur - BA LLB | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Nagpur - BBA LLB | No | No | No | Yes* | No |
MNLU Aurangabad- BA LLB | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
MNLU Aurangabad - BBA LLB | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
MPDNLU Jabalpur | No | No | No | No | No |
DBRANLU Sonepat | No | No | No | No | No |
NLUT Agartala | No | No | No | Yes* | Yes* |
*includes state-level reservation
Other than the NLUs, several law colleges accept CLAT scores. Candidates with a low score in CLAT 2025 can look at these law schools as there are other options for them to pursue law. The table given below provides a list of some of the law schools for CLAT marks 50.
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
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