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CLAT PG Application Date:01 Aug' 25 - 31 Oct' 25
PSU Recruitment through CLAT 2025 – Apart from CLAT being a law entrance exam for national law universities, a lesser known aspect of the exam is PSU recruitment 2025 through CLAT. The Common Law Admission Test gives the candidates an opportunity to apply for jobs in various Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs). NHPC Limited recently opened applications for the Post of Trainee Officer (Law) through the CLAT PG 2024 scores. The last date to submit the online application was December 30, 2024. The selection of the candidate will be done via CLAT PG 2024 score, group discussion, and personal interview. Many other PSUs such as Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), Tehri Hydro Development Corporation Limited (THDC) recruit Law officers, Trainee Legal Advisors and Legal Executive trainees on the basis of CLAT LLM scores. Along with the PSUs, Indian Army also conducts recruitment for Judge Advocate General's (JAG) Department through CLAT score every year.
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The PSUs job notifications for CLAT 2025 are expected to be released soon. PSUs such as PGCIL, THDC, IOCL, ONGC, BHEL and NTPC are expected to notify the PSU recruitment through CLAT on their websites. The Indian Army may also announce the JAG recruitment through CLAT PG exam.
S. No | List of PSUs Recruiting through CLAT | Application Window |
---|---|---|
1 | NHPC (Through CLAT PG 2024) | December 9 to December 30, 2024 (currently closed) |
2 | To be notified | |
3 | 4Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) | To be notified |
4 | Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) | To be notified |
5 | Oil India Limited (OIL) | To be notified |
6 | To be notified | |
7 | To be notified | |
8 | Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited, MPRL | To be notified |
A Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) company is a commercial entity whose majority shares (minimum 51%) are owned by the Union Government or either a state or a territorial government or both. In a few cases, the majority shares of the PSU may be owned partly by the Union and the state government.
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PSUs are commercial entities with hundreds of thousands of employees and business interests covering the length and breadth of the country. To run such a vast organisation and worth crores of rupees requires a strong legal team, along with able administrators and other people from various domains. And the members of the legal team of these PSUs are chosen based on their CLAT 2025 merit rank; the selection process may also include personal interviews for shortlisted candidates.
The candidate must have successfully completed CLAT 2025 registration, appeared for the exam and obtained a valid score. Candidates must fulfil the eligibility criteria for the exam.
Note that a PSU may have its own eligibility criteria that the candidate has to fulfil.
The basic requirement is of course LLB graduation; both 3-year LLB and 5-year LLB graduates may apply.
Candidates who have passed the CLAT PG exam in previous years may not be considered for selection.
CLAT 2025 does not have an age criteria. However, the concerned PSU may have an age limit; so candidates are urged to refer to the job notification released by the PSU.
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Many candidates who have passed CLAT PG though intend to work in the PSU sector are a bit lost regarding the correct procedure to fill the PSU application form for Law. The problem also with PSU recruitment through CLAT is many students find out about the job vacancies only after the application window has closed. So, it is also incumbent on the candidate to stay up to date. The application link will also be provided in this article.
If a PSU starts a selection process, the notification is published here (check the table above).
The application link will also be provided so that the candidate may directly apply without any delay; but only if it is live.
Any candidate seeking to participate in the PSU recruitment process needs to also apply for CLAT.
The candidate must apply only once to a PSU as multiple applications may lead to disqualification.
Shortlisting of candidates: In the first phase, the PSU will shortlist candidates based on their merit rank in CLAT 2025.
Invitation to shortlisted candidates for interview: Candidates will be sent invitations for interview. At the time of interview the candidate has to produce the interview call letter along with other documents like CLAT scorecard 2025, and academic certificates as may be prescribed.
Interview: The candidates will be notified of the mode of the interview (offline or online). Note that a Group Discussion (GD) may also be a part of the selection process.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
CLAT 2024 was conducted on December 3, 2023, in offline mode.
The candidate will be first shortlisted based on the CLAT 2024 merit rank; such candidates next have to appear in a personal interview and/or group discussion.
To be considered for selection, the candidate needs to have appeared and qualified in the CLAT PG exam. Also, only those who have passed 3- or 5-year LLB can apply.
PSU stands for a Public Sector Undertaking company, which is owned by the Union Government or either a state or a territorial government or both.
No, you cannot use the previous year CLAT score for PSU recruitment. Only the CLAT score of the current year or the year mentioned in the recruitment notification will be considered valid.
On Question asked by student community
Hello aspirant,
There are various online platforms, offering previous year's question papers of CLAT PG exam. One of which is careers360, the link of which I am attaching here,
https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-pg-previous-year-question-paper
By solving previous year's papers, you will have a better understanding of exam pattern and confidence to write paper.
Best of luck for your preparation.
Hello,
For CLAT PG 2026, if you aim for top NLUs like NALSAR, NLSIU and WBNUJS, a score of around 75+ marks (rank within 100 ) is generally good for the general category
Cut-offs change every year, so try to score as high as possible for a better chance.
Hope it helps !
Hi Akash,
It is good to see institutions like NMIMS have selected you for master of law based on your CLAT PG scores. If we compare the three then to be very clear:
For the best academic value and recognition choose NMIMS, or the Nirma University is also good. The DNLU is newer and can be considered as well but if we choose any one, then it is NMIMS.
ALL THE BEST !
Hello,
Yes, you can get a job in Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) through CLAT PG. Here are the key details:
Hope you find it useful !
Hello there,
With AIR 3210 and OBC rank 476 in CLAT PG 2024, here are your options:
Top NLUs:
Focus on colleges with strong placements and specializations of your interest. Use your OBC rank and domicile advantage where applicable.
I hope this answer helps you. If you have more queries then feel free to share your questions with us we will be happy to assist you.
Thank you and wishing you all the best for your bright future.
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