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LLB At NLU Without CLAT 2025: What Are Your Options?
The Consortium of National Law Universities has postponed the CLAT 2025 counselling process indefinitely due to ongoing court cases. However, there is a way candidates can do an LLB at NLU without CLAT. A few National Law Universities offer 3-year LLB programmes in addition to 5-year LLB. The admissions into NLU 3-year LLB courses are not done through the Common Law Admission Test but through entrance exams conducted by respective universities. In this article, let’s look at the options candidates have to do an LLB at NLU without CLAT.
Which NLUs Offer LLB Without CLAT?
There are three National Law Universities that offer LLB without CLAT. NLSIU Bengaluru, NLU Odisha, and DSNLU Visakhapatnam offer 3-year LLB programmes. These NLUs conduct their 3-year LLB admissions by conducting their own law entrance exams. These universities also feature in the NIRF law rankings 2024 and are among the top law colleges in India.
NLUs Offering 3-year LLB
NLU | NIRF Ranking | Entrance Exam |
NLSIU Bengaluru | 1 | |
NLU Odisha | 26 | |
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 39 | DSNLU Entrance Test (DET) |
LLB At NLU Without CLAT: Exam Schedule
Candidates interested in enrolling for 3-year LLB programmes at NLU must be aware of the exam schedule. They must complete the application form online from the official website of the respective universities before the prescribed deadline. After the entrance exam, each NLU will conduct the admission process separately unlike CLAT counselling which is a centralised process. The table given below provides the timeline for the exams.
Entrance Exam Schedule for 3-year LLB at NLUs
Exam Name | Application Window | Exam Date |
NLSAT (NLSIU Bengaluru) | January 2 to March 30, 2025 | April 27, 2025 |
NAIET (NLU Odisha) | February 13 to March 31, 2025 | May 11, 2025 |
DET (DSNLU Visakhapatnam) | First week of August 2025 (Tentative) | August 2025 (Tentative) |
NLU 3-year LLB Seat Intake
The number of 3-year LLB seats at NLUs is far less than the 5-year LLB seats available through the CLAT counselling process. Given below is the seat intake of the 3-year LLB programme at the three NLUs.
3-year LLB Seats
NLU | Seats |
120 | |
60 | |
138 |
Eligibility Criteria for LLB at NLU Without CLAT
Before applying for LLB admissions at NLU, candidates must make sure they fulfil the eligibility criteria as prescribed by the university. If a candidate fails to meet the eligibility requirements then they will be disqualified from the admission process. Given below are the 3-year LLB eligibility criteria for each of the three NLUs.
3-year LLB Eligibility Criteria
NLU | Educational Qualification | Minimum Passing Marks | Other Details |
NLSIU Bengaluru | Graduation in any stream from a recognised university | 45% for general, 40% marks for SC/ST/OBC/PwD candidates. | No age limit. Final-year graduation students can also apply. |
NLU Odisha | 45% for general/OBC, 40% marks for SC/ST candidates. | ||
DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 45% for general, 42% for OBC, and 40% for SC/ST categories. |
NLUs Not Participating in CLAT 2025
NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya do not participate in the Common Law Admission Test. However, the application form for admissions into both NLUs are currently closed. NLU Delhi conducts its admissions through the All India Law Entrance Test conducted in offline mode. NLU Meghalaya admissions are done through a separate entrance exam conducted by the university. The universities offer BA LLB and LLM programmes.
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Hi,
If you're sure that you want to pursue law, then CLAT is generally the better option. It is the gateway to most National Law Universities (NLUs), which are among the top law colleges in India.
However, CUET is also worth considering as it can help you get admission to
Hello Komal,
Here are the links to the CLAT Exam previous year question papers.
- https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-previous-year-question-papers
- https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-last-10-years-question-paper
- https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-last-3-years-question-papers-with-new-pattern
Hello Banju,
You can download the CLAT 2021 question paper with solutions from the link below:
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2021-question-paper-with-solution
Hello Dear Student,
With a CLAT PG rank of 4649 and CUET PG score of 106 , getting top NLUs or central universities may be difficult. However, you still have good options for pursuing an LLM in Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) at private and state-affiliated universities.
Some suitable options include:
Hello Dear Student,
You should prepare for CLAT if your goal is to get admission into a top National Law University (NLU) for a 5-year integrated law course like BA LLB or BBA LLB.
You should choose CUET UG if you want admission into:
- central universities,
- state universities, or
- some
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