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Top Law Colleges in India accepting CLAT Score 2024

The Common Law Admission Test is one of the most popular law entrance exams in India. It is conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLUs) for admission to 5-year integrated LLB and LLM courses at NLUs. However, being a national-level law entrance exam, CLAT also widely accepted by law schools across the country. Apart from 24 NLUs, over 60 government and private law schools accept the scores for CLAT for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes.

Top law colleges in India accepting CLAT: Eligibility criteria

The general eligibility criteria to get admission to top law colleges in India that are accepting CAT scores are mentioned below:

Integrated LLB: Candidates must have completed their higher secondary education from a recognised board. The qualifying marks are 45% for the general category and 40% for the reserved categories.
LLM: Candidates must have a bachelor's degree in law from a recognised university. The qualifying marks of 55% for the general category and 50% for the reserved categories

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Top National Law Universities in India Accepting CLAT Scores 2025

Barring National Law University Delhi and NLU Meghalaya, all remaining NLUs accept CLAT scores. The top 10 NLUs accepting CLAT along with their NIRF ranking 2023 are as mentioned below in the table.

Top 10 NLUs accepting CLAT scores

NLUs	Year of Establishment	NIRF Ranking
NLSIU Bangalore	1986	1
NLU Hyderabad	1998	3
WBUJS Kolkata	1999	4
NLU Jodhpur	1999	-
GNLU Gandhinagar	2003	7
NLIU Bhopal	1997	18
NLU Lucknow	2005	21
MNLU Mumbai	2014	-
NLU Odisha, Cuttack	2009	30
HNLU Raipur	2003	-

Top Government Law Colleges Accepting CLAT other than NLUs

Other than NLUs, CLAT is also accepted by several government law schools. The most popular among those are the Faculty of Law, Delhi University and IIM Rohtak. Delhi University offers BA LLB and BBA LLB courses, whereas, IIM Rohtak offers a BBA LLB programme. Here are the top three government law colleges other than NLUs that accept CLAT scores.

College name	Courses offered	Fees
Faculty of Law, Delhi University	BA LLB and BBA LLB	Rs. 1.9 Lakh per year
IIM Rohtak	BBA LLB	Rs. 6 Lakh per year
National Forensic Sciences University, Gujarat	BSc LLB	Rs. 5 Lakh per year

Admission process of the top law colleges in India that are accepting CLAT

The candidates must apply for the Common Law Admission Test conducted by the Consortium of NLUs. The CLAT application form for the test is released by the conducting body in the month of July.
The CLAT is conducted once a year in December in offline mode.
Once the results of the entrance test are declared, the consortium conducts the CLAT counselling for the shortlisted candidates.
Candidates who appear in the counselling are considered for the seat allotment in the NLUs.
For other participating law colleges, the candidates have to apply directly to the respective college. The college grants admission to the candidates based on their CLAT scores.

Best law colleges in India accepting CLAT

Name of college	Total fees
National Law School of India University, Bangalore	Rs. 17,43,000
NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad	Rs. 8,85,000
National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata	Rs. 13,23,000
Gujarat National Law University	Rs. 8,92,000
Siksha ‘O’ Anusandhan, Bhubaneswar	Rs. 6,25,000
Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences	Rs. 13,75,000
Shanmugha Arts Science Technology Research and Academy	Rs. 7,95,000
Lovely Professional University	Rs. 12,00,000
National Law Institute University, Bhopal	Rs. 9,72,000
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	Rs. 9,30,000