The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted every year for admission to top law colleges in India. The most preferred choices of candidates for admission through CLAT are the 25 NLUs, one off campus of GNLU Gandhinagar in Silvassa and IIULER Goa. However, since the NLUs offer a limited number of seats for admission, students can apply to other CLAT participating colleges. There are approximately 60 colleges that accept the CLAT score other than NLU. Many of these colleges offer quality education with excellent placement and internship opportunities. Candidates appearing in CLAT 2026 can read the full article to know more about the top colleges other than NLU that accept CLAT scores. Many private law colleges, such as UPES University Dehradun and BITS Law School Mumbai, are few of the non-NLU accepting CLAT scores.
In the table below are the counselling dates of CLAT 2026.
| Event | Date |
| Release of the first allotment list | January 7, 2026 (10:00 AM) |
| Payment of the seat confirmation fee | January 7 - January 15, 2026 |
| Deadline for document upload | January 15, 2026 (1:00 PM) |
| Release of the second allotment list | January 22, 2026 |
The Consortium of National Law Universities conducted the Common Law Admission Test on December 7, 2025 from 2 pm to 4 pm. The test was conducted in offline mode in 131 cities in India to get admission to top law universities in India.
As mentioned above, CLAT is accepted by several top-ranked universities. Students can also opt for a non-NLU accepting CLAT from the list below. Here is the list of the top 10 law schools in India that accept CLAT scores.
Siksha “O” Anusadhan University is ranked tenth by the NIRF ranking in the law category 2025. The university was established in 1996 and has been accredited with a grade of “A” by NAAC. In session 2022-2023, the median salary of the law graduates who got a job from the college placement was Rs. 5,40,000.
Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
LLB | 120 | Rs. 2,85,000 |
BA LLB | 120 | Rs. 6,25,000 |
BBA LLB | 180 | Rs. 6,25,000 |
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences (SIMATs), Chennai is a deemed university established in 2005 and is ranked nineteenth by the NIRF ranking of law category 2025. NAAC has accredited the college with an “A++” grade. According to the data of NIRF, the median salary of the law graduates who got placed was Rs. 6,10,000 per annum for the session 2022-2023.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 120 | Rs. 13,75,000 |
BBA LLB | 120 | Rs. 13,75,000 |
B.Com LLB | 120 | Rs. 13,75,000 |
BSc LLB | 120 | Rs. 13,75,000 |
SASTRA University, Thanjavur was established in 1984 and was conferred as deemed to be a university in 2001. According to the NIRF ranking in the law category 2025, the university stands at the 11th rank. As per the data of NIRF, in the session of 2022-23, the median salary offered to law graduates of SASTRA University was Rs. 4,60,00 pa and a total of 135 out of 175 students got campus placement.
Courses | Total fee |
|---|---|
BA LLB | Rs. 7,95,000 |
BBA LLB | Rs. 7,95,000 |
Lovely Professional University was established in 2005. LPU offers admissions to various undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The university is accredited as “A” by the NAAC and is ranked 26th by the NIRF Law Ranking 2025. According to the data from the NIRF, in 2023, 12 out of 15 students got the placement and the median salary of the placed graduates was Rs. 8,10,000 per annum.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 120 | Rs. 12,00,000 |
BBA LLB | 120 | Rs. 12,00,000 |
LLM | N/A | Rs. 2,49,000 |
Alliance University in Bangalore was established in 2010. The university is ranked 20 by the NIRF ranking law category 2025. AU was also ranked 751-800 by the QS Asia University Rankings.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 180 | Rs. 15,00,000 |
BBA LLB | 180 | Rs. 15,00,000 |
Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad offers admission to various law programmes. The university was established in 2007 and is accredited “A” by NAAC. NIRF ranking has ranked Nirma University as 33 in 2025 under the law category. As per the Nirma University placement reports for 2021-2022, the highest salary offered in the placement of law graduates was Rs. 16 Lakh per annum.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 180 | Rs. 15,41,000 |
B.Com LLB | 120 | Rs. 15,41,000 |
LLM | n/a | Rs. 1,53,000 |
The ICFAI Law School, Dehradun was established in 2007. The university is a member of the Association of Indian Universities, New Delhi. According to the placement data of ICFAI, the highest package offered in college placement to law graduates was Rs. 5,00,000 pa.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 240 | Rs. 6,76,000 |
BBA LLB | 240 | Rs. 6,76,000 |
UPES School of Law is accredited with a grade of “A” by NAAC. The college was established in 2007. It is a constituent school of UPES, Dehradun. According to the placement data of UPES, the highest CTC offered to a law graduate in college placement was Rs. 15,00,000 per annum.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 240 | Rs. 20,37,000 |
BBA LLB | 300 | Rs. 19,36,000 |
B.Com LLB | 120 | Rs. 19,36,000 |
GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam was established in 2012 and is accredited an “A++” grade by NAAC. The college offers admission to various undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs in law.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 120 | Rs. 7,29,000 |
BBA LLB | 120 | Rs. 7,29,000 |
LLM | n/a | Rs. 1,32,000 |
Indore Institute of Law is affiliated with DAVV. It was established in 2003. The college has received the Rashtriya Siksha Ratan Award 2017 from the Global Achievers Foundation. The college is accredited with an “A+” grade by NAAC.
| Courses | Seats | Total fee |
|---|---|---|
BA LLB | 240 | Rs. 7,50,000 |
BBA LLB | 120 | Rs. 10,75,000 |
BBA LLB with Global Transitional studies | 30 | Rs. 18,30,000 |
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The CLAT scores are accepted by affiliated colleges that sign agreements with the Consortium of NLUs. 60+ colleges accept CLAT scores. A list of such colleges is given below.
Alliance University, Bengaluru | |
Maharshi Law School, Maharishi University of Information Technology | |
Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat | |
Gitam Deemed to be a University | |
School of Law, University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun | |
ICFAI Law School, Dehradun | |
Indore Institute of Law | |
Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad | |
Karnavati University, Unitedworld School of Law, Gandhinagar |
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
There are 25 NLUs, one off campus of GNLU Gandhinagar in Silvassa and IIULER Goa and other top participating universities that accept CLAT scores for admission. The best college to get admission to after CLAT is National Law School of India University, Bengaluru which is ranked number one by the NIRF ranking of the law category 2025.
The National Law School of India University, National Academy of Legal Study & Research, The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, National Law University, and National Law Institute University are few of the best law colleges after CLAT.
No, Symbiosis does not accept the CLAT score for admission.
Some of the top non-NLU law colleges in India other than NLUs are Amity Law School, Christ University Bangalore, KIIT University, etc.
Two NLUs do not accept CLAT scores, one is NLU Delhi and the other is NLU Meghalaya. The NLU of Delhi conducts the AILET for admission to law courses. At the same time, NLU Meghalaya conducts MEG UAT to select candidates for admission.
The number one college that accepts CLAT is the National Law School Of India University, Bengaluru.
No, the candidate must clear CLAT to get a seat at the top NLUs.
On Question asked by student community
Since you scored 8000 AIR in CLAT, getting into top NLUs may not be possible, so it is a good idea to look for affordable and good law colleges.
State government law colleges are usually low in fees, and have decent reputation. Some options include Government Law College, Mumbai, Faculty
Yes you can get addmission into UPES dehradun with the clat rank of 8037
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With 67 marks in and SC rank 415 in CLAT, you have a very good chance of getting admission in CNLU Patna BA LLB. The SC category cut-off at Patna NLU are usually much lower than the general category, so your rank is well within the likely range. Final admission
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For CLAT 2026 counselling , the only official registration window announced by the Consortium of NLUs was from 17 Dec 2025 to 27 Dec 2025 that was last date to register and pay the fee. There are no additional or alternate registration dates released for 2026 beyond this window.
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