CLAT PG 2021 - Exam Dates, Application, Admit Card, Syllabus & Exam Pattern

The NLU consortium has released the application form of CLAT 2021 PG on January 1. The CLAT PG application form is for admission to the one-year LLM courses offered by the participating NLUs. Candidates who meet the CLAT 2021 eligibility criteria need to duly fill and submit the application form and submit it before the last date. CLAT PG 2021 will be conducted in online mode on June 13; previously it was slated for May 9, but has been postponed to avoid clashes with CBSE Board exams. The application form of CLAT PG & UG is the same. Candidates can check updates related to the national-level exam at its official website: consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
Latest CLAT PG Updates - CLAT 2021 application form open now; apply by March 31

The Common Law Admission Test PG 2021  exam will be conducted at around 300 test centres across the country. The test will incude comprehension-based questions from various legal subjects of graduation level. As per the exam pattern of CLAT LLM, there will be a total of 120 objective type questions, which will be passage-based. Each question will be one mark and each incorrect answer will invite a penalty of -0.25 marks. Candidates should check the CLAT 2021 Syllabus for PG before starting the exam preparation.

The CLAT 2021 admit card will be released in online mode in the 3rd week of April tentatively. The consortium will declare the result of CLAT PG 2021 in the form of a scorecard, which will contain information like marks and AIR secured by the candidate, category, and category. CLAT PG answer keys and question papers will also be released on the official website of the consortium before the declaration of results.

Contact Details

Address - P.O. Bag 7201, Nagarbhavi, Bangalore - 560 072 Karnataka, India

E-mail - clat@consortiumofnlus.ac.in

Phone - 08047162020 (10:00 am to 05:00 pm on all working days)

The NLU consortium will update the eligibility criteria of CLAT PG 2021 on its official website, which will pertain to requirements like qualifying exam passed, marks obtained in the qualifying exam, and age limits. Only such applicants who meet the CLAT PG eligibility criteria 2021 requirements will be considered for admission; or else they may be disqualified from the admission process. 

Eligibility criteria of CLAT PG 2021

• Qualifying exam: The candidate must have completed 3-year or -year LLB exam.
• Marks in qualifying exam: /OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI category candidates need to score minimum 55% marks or an equivalent grade. SC/ST candidates need 50% marks or an equivalent grade. 
• Appearing in qualifying exam:  Candidates appearing in the qualifying exam in April/May 2021  can also apply.
• Upper age limit: There is no upper age limit.

Mode of Application : Online

Mode of Payment : Net Banking | Credit Card | Debit Card

The CLAT consortium will release the application form of CLAT PG 2021  on January 1; the application form will be available in online mode. Eligible candidates need to submit duly filled CLAT PG application form 2021 before the last date. The application must be filled using correct and verifiable data. If a candidate is found using counterfeit information, he or she will be disqualified.  

How to fill CLAT PG application form 2021:

• Online Registration - To register online, the candidate has to create an applicant account by entering details like name, phone number, and email id. On successful registration, a password will be generated for the new account.   
• Filling of application form - Next fill in various sections in the form like personal details, correspondence, and address details. Also, select the course of study.
• Uploading of documents - In this step, upload photograph, signature, and domicile certificates as per the format specified in the table below:

Document specifications

• Payment of application fee - After confirming the application is duly filled, pay the fee. The only online payment option is available through net banking, credit, or debit cards.

Application Fees

As per the previous year's t CLAT PG exam pattern released by the consortium, the PG exam will include only comprehension-based questions; there will be no descriptive questions. Also, there are cutoff marks. 

Exam pattern of CLAT PG 2021

• There will be no descriptive section
• Only multiple-choice questions (MCQs) will be asked
• There will be 120 MCQs
• Questions will be comprehension based
• +1 mark will be awarded for correct, while -1/4 mark will be deducted for an incorrect answer
• Questions will be asked from Constitutional Law and Other areas of law such as Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labour & Industrial Law

Mode of exam: Online

Exam duration: 2 hours

Cutoff marks for CLAT PG 2021

• The consortium of NLUs has introduced cut off marks for the objective paper
• It is mandatory for candidates to qualify in the objective paper, or else their subjective papers will not be evaluated.
• The number of objective questions will be 120

The consortium will make available the hall ticket cum admit card of CLAT PG 2021 to all candidates who have successfully registered for the exam. The CLAT admit card  2021 PG is an essential document need to appear in the national-level exam. It will also be required for post-exam events like counselling. So carefully preserve the CLAT PG admit card.

How to download CLAT PG admit card 2021

• Go to the consortium website
• Entering registration number and password to login
• The admit card will be displayed on screen for download.
• Download and take a printout of CLAT PG 2021 admit card

How to address discrepancies in CLAT PG admit card 2021

After or before downloading the admit card, check that details like the name is correctly spelt, that the right photo is included, and that the information is legible. In case it is not so, and there is an issue like a wrong photo is uploaded in place of the applicant, he/she needs to get in touch with exam officials immediately and get it rectified.

Details mentioned on the CLAT PG admit card:

• Name
• Roll number
• Date and time of CLAT PG 2021 exam
• Name and address of exam centre
• Exam day guidelines

CLAT PG 2021 exam day document checklist : Along with the admit card, the candidate also needs to bring with them a valid photo id proof, including Aadhaar card/PAN card/driving license/passport, etc.

Exam conducting authorities will first release the provisional answer keys of CLAT PG 2021 along with the question papers. The CLAT answer key will contain answers to all the questions asked in the online exam. The candidate can thus refer their answers with those given in the CLAT PG answer key 2021 to calculate expected scores.

For calculating marks, refer to the official marking scheme. In case the candidate feels like there is any discrepancy in any of the keys, they may challenge the provisional key(s) within a given time frame on payment of a fee. Exam officials will notify a window during which challenges can be filed.

All objections will be considered by the consortium before officials release the final answer key of CLAT PG 2021. An important distinction between the final and provisional keys is the keys mentioned in the provisional key can be challenged, but no challenges to the final keys are entertained. 

The exam conducting authority will declare the result of CLAT PG 2021 within a few weeks of the conduct of the online exam. CLAT 2021 result will be released at the consortium website in the form of score cards, which will include details like the score, AIl India Rank (AIR), and category of the candidate. To check CLAT PG result 2021, follow the steps listed below.

How to check CLAT PG 2021 result 

• Click on the result link
• A login window will open
• Enter registration/application number and date of birth
• The CLAT PG result 2021 will be displayed on the screen
• Download and take a print of the result.

Preparation of CLAT PG merit list

The marks obtained by candidates in the CLAT PG exam would be used to prepare the CLAT PG merit list 2021 which will be used for the counselling and seat allotment process. In such a case where two or more candidates score the same marks in CLAT PG 2021 exam, a tie-breaking procedure would be adopted to decide the merit rank.  

The CLAT PG 2021 cutoff is the minimum rank or score that a candidate has to obtain in order to obtain admission to the LLM course at any of the participating NLUs. The CLAT PG cutoff 2021 will be category-specific and released separately for the NLUs. This means the candidate needs to meet the cutoff criteria for his/her category for the applied institute to be considered for admission, or else the candidate would be likely out of the admission process. 

The CLAT PG cutoff depends on following factors:

• The number of candidates appearing in CLAT PG 2021
• The performance of applicants in the exam
• The number of applicants to the college in question
• Number of sanctioned seats
• The category of the candidate.

NOTE: If any of the above parameters change, the CLAT PG cutoff will also be changed. 

Mode of Counselling: Online

The consortium will conduct CLAT 2021 counselling in ONLINE mode. The counselling registration will be conducted soon after the declaration of results, wherein candidates have to select/edit NLU preferences and pay a counselling fee of Rs. 50,000.

Candidates will be shortlisted for the counselling process based on their marks in the CLAT 2021 entrance exam. The consortium will publish INVITE lists for the UG and PG programmes, wherein candidates approximately FIVE times the number of seats available for each category will be invited for counselling. 

The allotment of CLAT seats will be made basis the merit rank of the candidate and NLU preference selected. 

Post seat allotment, the candidates have the following options before them:

• Accept the allotted seat
• Exit the admission process.

The upgrade option is available for Round I and II only.