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CLAT 2023

The Consortium of NLUs successfully conducted CLAT 2023 from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM on December 18, 2022. According to the preliminary response, test participants assessed CLAT 2023 as simple to moderate.

  • In CLAT 2023, two applicants achieved a perfect score of 100.
  • The highest score in the UG version of CLAT 2023 is 116.75.
  • In CLAT 2023 PG, one applicant achieved the top 99.99 percentile. The top score in the CLAT 2023 PG is 95.25.
CLAT 2023 Events CLAT 2023 Important Dates
CLAT 2023 Application Form Opens 8th August 2022
CLAT 2023 Application Last Date 18th November 2022
CLAT 2023 Admit Card Release Date 6th December 2022
CLAT 2023 Examination Date 18th December 2022
CLAT 2023 Result Announcement 23rd December 2022

CLAT Exam 2023:

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national-level entrance exam for undergraduate and postgraduate law programs offered by India's 22 National Law Universities.

CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities, which is comprised of representative universities. Several affiliated universities and organizations use the CLAT exam for admissions and recruitment, respectively.

CLAT Full Form

CLAT Full Form is Common Law Admission Test which has been organized by a group of National Law University. A core committee of Vice-Chancellors across seven participating NLUs decided to conduct a common entrance test organized by them in rotation as per their year of establishment. Correspondingly, the first Common Law Admission Test was conducted by the Nation Law School of India University, Bangalore in the year 2008. In the subsequent years from 2009 to 2019, the exams were being conducted by the representative members in rotation. It was in the March 2019 when a Consortium of NLUs was formed to conduct the entrance exam for CLAT. List of NLUs who conducted CLAT after 2008 -

  • 2009 - NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad
  • 2010 - National Law Institute University
  • 2011 - The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences
  • 2012 - National Law University, Jodhpur
  • 2013 - Hidayatullah National Law University, Gujarat
  • 2014 - National Law University
  • 2015 - Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University
  • 2016 - Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law
  • 2017 - Chanakya National Law University
  • 2018 - National University of Advanced Legal Studies[13] and
  • 2019 - National Law University Odisha

The above colleges have been organizing the exam for almost 10 years which has been finally handed over to the consortium of NLUs. CLAT 2023 was successfully held by the Consortium of NLUs on December 18, 2022, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM.

CLAT 2023 Syllabus

Candidates are offered the UG & PG level law courses through CLAT which is a national level entrance exam. The syllabus is not very vast, rather it requires precise speculation of a situation. CLAT 2023 Syllabus for undergrads was based on the 12th standard subject matters and also a few quantitative techniques from class 10th. The question paper for CLAT UG 2023 exams was based on Current Affairs, General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques, Logical reasoning and English language. CLAT 2023 has been rated easy to moderate by test takers based on preliminary feedback. The Logical Reasoning and Current Affairs sections of the CLAT 2023 paper were more difficult than the other sections.

For more information visit CLAT 2023 Syllabus.

CLAT 2023 Application Fees

Category Application Fees
General/ OBC/ PWD/ NRI/ PIO/ OCI 4000
SC/ ST/ BPL 3500

For more information visit CLAT Exam Fees.

CLAT 2023 Application Form

Each year more than 50k students compete for the admissions to various National Law Universities across the country. This year also, a huge multitude of law aspirants have applied for UG and PG law programs. Candidates are required to visit the CLAT Official Website in order to apply. The application and registration process for CLAT 2023 exams was fulfilled online. The candidates were required to complete each steps properly while filling up the form and registering themselves at the website. After the submission of complete details, a pop-up will open on the screen for the confirmation regarding registration process. Candidates are informed to activate an account linked with their mobile number. Fill up all your personal and academic details and submit with necessary enclosures and documents. The application form fee differs category-wise.

For more information visit CLAT 2023 Application Form.

CLAT Exam

CLAT Exam is conducted each year for the enrolment of candidates under UG & PG law courses across the National Law universities in India. A consortium of NLUs Conducted CLAT 2023 on December 18, 2022. The scores obtained in this exam will be valid for one year only and can be referred to any government or private affiliated law colleges for admission under law programs. The CLAT UG exam is for two hours duration with a total of 150 marks for 150 questions. There is negative marking system as well.Different sections of the exam paper carry different set of question numbers. The CLAT PG exam paper contains 120 MCQ for 120 marks with a negative marking scheme. The exam duration is two hours.

For more information visit CLAT Exam.

CLAT College Ranking

Lots of Top CLAT Colleges including government and private institutions are taking part in the entrance exam for admission of students under UG & PG degree programs in the field of law. Students mostly seek and prefer the National Law Universities for the study of law. Today, a number of private institutions are imparting quality education in law field and have gained a good ranking status among the premier institutions across India. The top ranked NLUs are also recognized globally for their world-class infrastructure and career prospects. Some of the top ranked government and private colleges/ universities participating in the CLAT 2023 Exams are -

  • National Law School of India University, Bangalore
  • National Law Institute University, Bhopal
  • National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad
  • Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
  • Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur
  • West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata
  • Chanakya National Law University, Patna
  • National Law University Odisha, Cuttack
  • Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala
  • National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati
  • Alliance School of Law, Bangalore
  • Amity University, Noida
  • Asian Law College, Noida

For more information visit CLAT College Ranking.

CLAT Counseling

CLAT 2023 counseling will be held in five rounds to fill all undergraduate and postgraduate course seats. Before downloading the admit card from the official website, candidates could mention their admission preference to National Law Universities (NLUs). Given the country's COVID-19 situation, the mode of counseling is online. According to reports, NUSRL, Ranchi has been responsible for carrying out Centralized Counseling this year.

According to the official website, CLAT Counselling 2023 will take place in January 2023. The exam authority, the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs), will complete the CLAT 2023 admission process before March 2023, so that the new session begins on time.

For more information visit CLAT Counseling.

CLAT 2023 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

CLAT 2023 will be conducted on December 18, 2022.
Candidate is advised to visit the page for re-printout of application form, generate the printout and keep the hard copy and soft copy (printout) of the application.
Yes, you are eligible for the CLAT 2023 examination.
CLAT 2023 examination will be conducted through online mode.
There is no age limit for appearing in the exam.
The examination would be conducted by the consortium of National Law Universities (NLU)
Each year the CLAT exam is attempted by more than 50,000 candidates.
LST session is conducted usually for two hours in which a student is acquainted with the basic concepts of the topic in hand with the help of examples and instances for the best possible understanding. Much emphasis is laid on practice as it is considered to be the key to crack competitive exams. Class exercises are handed over to the students followed by rigorous discussion. CL believes in interactive learning so that the students are at ease and do not hesitate to come up with doubts or clarifications.
This completely depends on one's ability to grasp concepts and to learn. Anything between 8 to 16 months is good for preparation, depending on the average number of hours invested per day and the quality of preparation.
Yes. Being Government institutions, there are reservations in different National Law Universities. All NLUs have reservations for SCs and STs and quite a few of them have seats for OBCs as well. Fewer have regional quotas and some also have reservations for women, wards of defense personnel and even NRI sponsored Candidates.
Yes. Though law is a subject of humanities, students of any stream can sit for the law exam. The paper is evenly balanced so that no particular stream is given a complete edge over the other. In fact, most of the students who sit and qualify the law exam over the years have been science students as it was the most popular stream. It is only in recent years that Arts and Commerce students are also seen appearing in sizable numbers.

Apart from CLAT, which is the gateway to the 18 National Law Schools in India' certain other entrance exams which any law aspirant should keep in mind and appear for are:

  • AILET - All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) for admission in National Law University (NLU), Delhi.
  • Symbiosis Entrance Test (SET) conducted by the Symbiosis International University to get admission into Symbiosis Law School.
  • CET IPU - The Common Entrance test conducted by Indraprastha University, Delhi for various law colleges situated in Delhi and NCR including Amity Noida.
  • LSAT-India is a standardized test adopted as an admissions criterion by multiple law colleges across India.
  • Christ University Law Entrance Exam - conducted by Christ University, Bangalore for admission to School of Law, Christ University.

No, there are no changes in syllabus.
Yes, study materials are easily available on google.
There are 5 parts in the CLAT exam. Each part is equally important,so each part holds the weightages of 20% of scores.
June 15th, 2023.
The Admit Card can be downloaded by the student by logging into their account through a registered phone number and password.
Aadhar card/ Voter ID/ Ration Card/ PAN Card/ Driving License.
No. A student has to carry a black/blue ballpoint pen
Yes. Make sure the photograph and other details are clearly visible
Email: clat@consortiumofnlus.ac.in Phone: 080-47162020 (between 10:00 am to 05:00 pm on all working days).
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