When will CLAT 2025 Counselling Start?

When will CLAT 2025 Counselling Start?

Sukriti SahooUpdated on 18 Feb 2025, 11:51 AM IST

The Consortium of National Law Universities has delayed the CLAT 2025 counselling process. The release of the first CLAT 2025 seat allotment originally scheduled for December 2026 has been delayed. The CLAT 2025 counselling process has been delayed due to the court cases filed against NLU Consortium for alleged discrepancies in CLAT 2025 final answer key. The counselling process for CLAT 2025 will begin after the declaration of the CLAT 2025 revised result. However, the exam authority will release the revised CLAT 2025 counselling schedule tentatively in the third or last week of March 2025.

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When will CLAT 2025 Counselling Start?
When will CLAT 2025 Counselling Start?

Candidates who have a valid score in the Common Law Admission Test were allowed to register for CLAT 2025 counselling on its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in through their login by paying the registration fee and submitting NLU preferences. The CLAT 2025 counselling process is online which includes registration, application fee payment and seat allotment.

The CLAT 2025 admission process is conducted for admissions into 5-year LLB and LLM programmes of 24 NLUs, 1 private university, and 60+ affiliated colleges. CLAT 2025 was conducted on December 1, 2024. The CLAT 2025 revised result will be declared soon. The consortium will conduct the CLAT counselling 2025 process in 5 rounds.

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How to Register for CLAT 2025 Counselling

  • Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in.

  • Login to the CLAT 2025 account and validate the invitation for CLAT counselling 2025

  • Click on the “Make Payment” option

  • Provide the bank account details into which, refunds, if any will be processed.

  • Complete payment of the CLAT 2025 counselling registration fee

  • Upon the candidate receives the successful payment message, the CLAT 2025 counselling registration will be completed

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Documents Required for CLAT 2025 Counselling

  • Marksheet of Class 10th/12th/graduation (if applicable)

  • CLAT 2025 admit card

  • Transfer Certificate

  • Migration Certificate

  • Caste certificate (if applicable)

  • Income certificate (if applicable)

  • Domicile certificate (if applicable)

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NLU Preference List for CLAT 2025 Counselling

Candidates have to give their NLU preferences after the declaration of the result through their CLAT login. Candidates will have to provide a maximum of 15 preferences. Giving a maximum choice of NLU preference will increase the chances of admission in the CLAT counselling 2025. Candidates will get admission to those NLU that they have mentioned in their NLU preferences.

How to fill NLU Preferences

  • Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in

  • Login to CLAT 2025 account

  • Click on update preferences

  • Select the NLUs in the order of preference

CLAT 2025 Counselling Fees

At the time of CLAT 2025 counselling, candidates will have to pay three types of fees. Candidates can check the CLAT 2025 counselling fees mentioned in the below table:

CLAT Counselling Fees

Type of FeesAmountDetail

CLAT 2025 counselling registration fee

Rs. 30000 for general, Rs. 20000 for ST/ SC/ OBC/ BC/ EWS/ PWD

Fees to be paid to register fr the counselling process

Confirmation fee

Rs. 20000

Fees to be paid to confirm the allotted seat

Balance university fees

As per university’s fee policy

Balance 1st-semester fees to be paid after adjusting the confirmation fee. Varies across NLUs.

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Yes, you can prepare CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) in Hindi Medium and access syllabus in Hindi from mentioned link below:

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Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) is a national level entrance exam for the programs related to engineering. It has two levels known as JEE mains (first level) and JEE advance (second level) . Many colleges from all over India in both government and private sector consider its scores. It is an online computer based test conducted by NTA ( National Testing Agency). Physics , Chemistry and mathematics are the major subjects to be focused in this exam.

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The CLAT PG exam pattern consists of 120 questions and 2-hour MCQ exam with negative marking.

Subjects Covered:

  1. Constitutional Law

  2. Jurisprudence

  3. Criminal Law

  4. Contract Law

  5. Other core law subjects

Here are some tricks which you must follow:

  1. Practice Previous Year Papers & Mock Tests
  2. Focus on Constitutional Law & Jurisprudence
  3. Time Management in Exam
  4. Revision Strategy

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