When will the CLAT 2025 First Merit List be released?

When will the CLAT 2025 First Merit List be released?

Mirza Farhan BaigUpdated on 30 Dec 2024, 09:54 AM IST

The Consortium of National Law Universities was supposed to publish the first CLAT 2025 merit list on December 26, 2024. However, due to the court petitions filed against the CLAT 2025 answer key, the publication of the first merit list of CLAT 2025 is delayed. The consortium will soon revise the CLAT results 2025 after the directions given by the Delhi High Court. Given that the publication of CLAT first merit list delayed along with the CLAT 2025 counselling schedule.
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When will the CLAT 2025 First Merit List be released?
When will the CLAT 2025 First Merit List be released?

As per the recent notification by the Consortium of NLUs, the revised CLAT 2025 first merit list date and counselling schedule will be announced after they finish the appeal process in the Supreme Court and expect a favourable outcome. With the current scenario, candidates who appeared for the Common Law Admission Test can expect the first CLAT merit list date to be released in the month of January 2025.


notification by the Consortium of NLUs,on CLAT 2025 first merit list

What After the Release of CLAT 2025 First Merit List?

There are five rounds of CLAT 2025 counselling, and the consortium will publish the CLAT merit list 2025 for each round. After the first CLAT merit is published online on the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The shortlisted students must pay the confirmation fee for a seat allotment at CLAT participating colleges 2025. Candidates included in the merit list will be allotted seats based on the CLAT 2025 scores, NLU preferences, category, and CLAT seat matrix 2025.

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Steps to Download the CLAT 2025 First Merit List

Here are the steps to download the CLAT first merit list:

  • Visit the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in

  • Click on CLAT 2025

  • Click on the CLAT 2025 first merit list

  • Next, click on the desired NLU for which the CLAT merit list is required.

  • The CLAT merit list 2025 will be displayed on the screen

  • Download and save the CLAT merit list PDF.

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Details Mentioned in the CLAT 2025 First Merit List

The CLAT merit list contains the following details:

  • All India rank of the candidate

  • CLAT 2025 Admit card number

  • Vertical reservation category

  • Horizontal reservation category

  • Admission status

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Q: When will the CLAT 2025 first merit list be released?
A:

The Consortium of NLUs will tentatively publish the first CLAT merit list in January 2025.

Q: How many rounds of centralised CLAT counselling will be held?
A:

There will be five rounds of CLAT counselling and additional rounds will be conducted at institute-level in case of vacant seats.

Q: When will CLAT 2026 be held?
A:

The consortium will conduct the CLAT 2026 exam in December 2025.

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Hello,

CLAT or Common Law Admission Test, a national level examination, is conducted for admission to the law colleges and universities.

With your rank you can get mid tier NLUs and newer NLUs. Some of the Institutes are RGNUL Patiala, CNLU Patna, NLUT Agartala, etc. Keep a eye on the cut off scores and counseling rounds.

Here is a college predictor via your rank designed by Careers360.

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Check out the official website of Careers360 for more information regarding the colleges.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-rank-wise-college-list

Thank you.

Hello,

No, with a CLAT rank of 9515, it does not offer any admission to the University School of Law and Legal Studies.

As per the stats provided, USLLS BA LLB (Hons) lists the OBC category entries from 4600 to 5600 ranks.

For further clarifications visit

https://www.careers360.com/colleges/university-school-of-law-and-legal-studies-new-delhi/cut-off

Hope it helps with your query. Good luck.

Hello,

For your mentioned rank, the top elite law universities are constrained to be limited, especially when the chance is fairly divided among reserved category people.

But apart from CLAT rank, NRI admissions have some different processes.

Some NLUs handle counselling with required eligibility and quotas. The counselling registration window is open until December 27, 2025. You can apply to know through them. Because even missing application deadlines will lessen your eligibility.

NRI admissions regarding CLAT can be applied directly with the major required document proofs.

Cutoffs to 10,000 are being allotted after regular rounds for counselling, but the course fee for this will be 10-20 lakhs per annum only if the candidate is either of these: NRI, OCI, or PIO.

For further clarifications check the official portal

Consortium of  (https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2026/) NLUs.

Hope it helps with your query. Good luck.

Hello,

Here is your CLAT 2026 Rank-Wise College List - Available NLUs in your rank range. I am providing you the link. Kindly open and check it out.

https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-2026-rank-wise-college-list

I hope it will help you. For any further query please let me know.

Thank you.

Hello,

With an OBC category rank of 2796 and All India Rank (AIR) 15163 in CLAT 2026, your chances of admission into a National Law University (NLU) are moderate too low for the top NLUs, but you may still secure a seat in some of the newer or lower-ranked NLUs depending on the cutoffs and counselling rounds.

For more access mentioned link below:

https://law.careers360.com/articles/nlu-cutoff

Hope it helps.