The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has begun registrations for the CLAT 2025 exam from July 15, 2024, register at www.consortiumofnlus.ac.in
Saloni | Aug 23, 2024 |
CLAT 2025: Registration Begins, Exam in December, Check Exam Date and Other Details
CLAT 2025: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has begun registrations for the CLAT 2025 exam from July 15, 2024. As per the CLAT 2024 Application Form Schedule, the last date to register for the CLAT 2025 is October 15, 2024. The date and time of the CLAT 2025 is set for Sunday, December 1, 2024, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. Candidates in the PwD category have been granted a time extension; their timings for the exam are from 2:00 PM to 4:40 PM. The CLAT 2025 will take place in more than 133 exam centres across India, in pen and paper (offline) mode. There will be 120 objective-type questions in the entire CLAT 2025.
The CLAT 2025 notification is out on the official website, www.consortiumofnlus.ac.in. For general category candidates, the application cost is Rs. 4,000; for candidates from lower castes, such as SC, ST, and BPL category candidates, it is Rs. 3,500. Subjects like legal aptitude, current affairs, general knowledge, English, arithmetic, and logical reasoning are included in the CLAT 2025 exam for UG candidates, and LLB subjects are included for PG candidates. Twenty-four national law universities (NLUs) accept the Common Law Admission Test as their entrance exam.
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) administers the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), a national admission examination. For entrance to the one-year LLM (PG) and five-year integrated LLB (UG) programs, this exam is administered once a year. The exam is designed to grant admission to 21 NLUs for postgraduate studies and 24 NLUs for undergraduate degrees. Every year, the exam is administered offline using a pen and paper. Subjects or topics covering legal aptitude, current events, general knowledge, English, math, and logical thinking are included in the CLAT Exam.
The candidate’s CLAT results determine their admission to one of the National Law Universities (NLUs). However, there are other universities beyond NLU that also accept applications based on a candidate’s CLAT results- (a) 61 other private affiliate colleges and (b) Some public organizations such as ONGC and BHEL.
The key highlights related to the CLAT 2025 exam are as follows:
| Events | Highlights |
| Exam Conducting Body | Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) |
| Frequency of Conduct | Once a year |
| CLAT 2025 exam date | 01.12.2024 |
| Exam Level | National-level exam |
| Exam purpose | 1. Admission to UG and PG law courses offered at the participating NLUs |
| 2. Admissions to Private and self-financed colleges | |
| 3. PSU recruitment for legal positions | |
| Application Fee | Rs. 4,000 for the General/ OBC category, Rs. 3500 for all other reserved categories |
| Mode of Exam | Pen-and-paper mode |
| Question paper language | English (expected to be held in vernacular/ regional languages too) |
| Duration of the exam | 2 hours |
| Number of Seats | UG program – more than 3,000 seats |
| PG program – around 1,000 seats | |
| Official website | Consortiumofnlus.ac.in |
Essential dates related to CLAT 2025 are:
| Event | Dates |
| Release of CLAT 2025 admission notification | July 7, 2024 (Out) |
| CLAT 2025 Registration date | July 15, 2024 (Out) |
| CLAT 2025 Registration last date | October 15, 2024 |
| Application correction window | Will be notified |
| Release of CLAT admit card | Third week of November 2024 |
| CLAT 2025 exam date | December 1, 2024 (Sunday, 2 pm to 4 pm) (Announced) |
| Release of provisional answer key | December 1, 2024 (Evening) |
| Release of final CLAT answer key | The first week of December 2024 |
| CLAT 2025 result declaration | The second week of December 2024 |
In order to register for the CLAT 2025 and want to get admitted to the Undergraduate programme (Five Year Integrated Law Degree) in National Law Universities (NLUs), candidates will require the below educational qualifications:
Candidates must have cleared 1+2 examinations with the minimum of:
In order to register for the CLAT 2025 and get admitted to the Postgraduate Programme (One-year LL.M Degree) in National Law Universities (NLUs), candidates will require the below educational qualifications:
Candidates should possess an LLB Degree or Equivalent Degree from a well-recognized institution with a minimum of:
Candidates will be required to some amount as registration fees to register for the CLAT 2025 examination:
Candidates can follow the below-mentioned steps to register for the CLAT 2025:
In case of any Doubt regarding Membership you can mail us at [email protected]
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