CLAT Entrance Exam 2023:- The Consortium of NLUs will conduct the CLAT 2023 exam on Dec 18, 2023. In another major development, the consortium has also announced that it will conduct the CLAT 2023 exam on December 18, 2023. So, it will mark the first time the CLAT exam is being held twice in the same year. CLAT Exam 2023 and CLAT 2023 applicants will also rejoice at the fact that the counseling fee has been reduced for all categories - Rs. 30, 000 for General (down from Rs. 50,000) and Rs.20,000 for reserved categories.
The consortium hasn't yet released the CLAT EXAM 2023 application form and CLAT 2023 application form dates, but it is likely that the CLAT application form 2023 will commence sometime in December. The CLAT exam will be conducted in pen-and-paper mode, include MCQs and will be of 2 hours duration. CLAT 2023 question paper will include questions from five topics - English, Current Affairs, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quants. CLAT 2023 exam scores will be used for admission to 5-year LLB and one-year LLM courses offered by the 22 participating NLUs. The application fee is Rs. 4000 for open and Rs. 3500 for SC/ST/BPL candidates. Interested candidates who meet the prescribed eligibility criteria must apply before the last date.
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The Common Law Admission Test, or CLAT, is a national-level entrance exam conducted by the Consortium of NLUs for admission to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programs offered by 22 participating NLUs. Currently, UG courses are offered by all the 22 NLUs, while PG courses are offered at 19 NLUs. The exam is conducted in offline mode; UG paper comprises 150 MCQs from five subjects like Current Affairs, English, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques.
Note that NLU Delhi is the only NLU that doesn't accept CLAT scores; it conducts its own entrance exam, AILET.
Apart from the NLUs, which tend to be the first choice of candidates:
The table below indicates some key highlights of the CLAT exam important for candidates to know.
Features | Details |
Exam name | Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) |
Conducting body | Consortium of NLUs (aka the CLAT Consortium) |
Exam frequency | Twice a year - CLAT 2023 will be conducted on July 1, 2023 - CLAT 2023 will be conducted on December 18, 2023 |
Exam purpose | Admission to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law courses offered by 22 participating NLUs |
Exam fee | Rs 4,000 (General category) and Rs 3,500 (Reserved category) |
Exam mode | Pen-and-paper exam |
Exam duration | 2 hours |
CLAT syllabus | UG courses
PG courses
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Number of applications | 70,277 (2021) |
Number of test-takers | 62,106 (2021) |
Number of seats | UG courses - 3,012 PG courses - 997 |
Number of test cities | 82 |
Counseling | Candidates will be shortlisted for counseling based on their CLAT 2023 (or CLAT 2023) merit ranks. - Typically, candidates five times the number of available seats are invited for counseling. |
Accepting colleges | There are 22 members NLUs of the consortium that accepts CLAT scores for admission to 5-year LLB and LLM courses.
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Exam helpdesk number | 08047162020 |
Official website |
CLAT Entrance Exam will be held on May 8. Further, CLAT 2023 exam dates also announced and will be held on December 18; so we have two CLAT in 2023. Refer to the table below to stay updated with CLAT 2023 and CLAT 2023 exam dates.
Event | CLAT 2023 |
Release of admission notification | November 14, 2023 |
Online registration starts | 1st week of January 2023 (Tentative) |
Release of CLAT admit cards | 4th week of April 2023 |
CLAT exam | May 8, 2023 (Announced) |
Official CLAT answer key releases | To be notified |
Window to raise objections | To be notified |
Release of final answer key | To be notified |
Declaration of results | To be notified |
Commencement of counseling | To be notified |
The consortium will release the updated eligibility criteria of CLAT Exam 2023 for admission to 5-year LLB and LLM courses on its official website. These criteria will include parameters like academic qualification, minimum marks, age limit, etc.
Course-wise CLAT Exam eligibility criteria:
| UG programme | PG programme |
Qualifying exam | The candidate must have passed 10+2 or an equivalent exam | The candidate must have passed 5-year integrated or 3-year LLB exam. |
Minimum marks | General - 45% SC/ST - 40% | General - 50% SC/ST - 45% |
Age limit | No upper age limit has been prescribed for UG courses. | There is no upper age limit for admission to PG courses. |
The NLU Consortium will release CLAT Exam application form 2023 tentatively in the 1st week of January, 2023. The CLAT application form will be available in online mode only at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. To register for CLAT Exam 2023, you need to have a valid email ID and phone number. Upon registration, you can fill the various fields in the form like applicant details, upload documents, select the exam center, and pay the application fee.
How to fill the CLAT 2023 application form
Category | CLAT Application Fee (in Rs) |
General/OBC/PwD/NRI/PIO/OCI | 4,000 |
SC/ST/BPL | 3,500 |
CLAT previous years' question papers fee | 500 |
The consortium will release the CLAT exam pattern for the admission batch 2023 at its official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. The exam pattern would highlight details like the format of the CLAT 2023 exam, types of questions asked, marking scheme, and topics one needs to prepare for the exam. To prepare for CLAT 2023 exam, you need to carefully go through the syllabus and align your preparation accordingly. A snapshot of CLAT exam pattern 2023 for both the UG and PG is given below.
CLAT 2023 exam pattern - Mode, Topics, Marking Scheme, Number of Questions
Category | UG program | PG program |
Duration | 2 hours | 2 hours |
Mode | Offline mode | Offline mode |
Type of Questions | Objective-type, comprehension-based questions | Objective-type, comprehension-based questions |
Number of Questions | 150 | 120 |
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Total Marks | 150 marks | 120 |
Marking scheme | +1 mark for a correct answer. -0.25 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer. | +1 mark for a correct answer. -0.25 marks will be deducted for an incorrect answer. |
CLAT Exam syllabus 2023 will be prescribed by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) and include details like the subjects and subject-wise topics one needs to prepare for the pen-and-paper exam. Further, the CLAT Exam syllabus will help you:
The awareness of which topics are needed for CLAT Exam 2023, along with the knowledge of which topics are important and which aren't, would help you prepare more effectively and thereby zero in on scoring opportunities. In the table below, we bring you the subject-wise topics and the number of questions asked.
Subjects | Number of Questions | Marks | Weightage (%) |
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge | 35-39 | 35 - 39 | 23.33 - 26 |
English Language | 28-32 | 28 - 32 | 18.66 - 21.33 |
Logical Reasoning | 28-32 | 28 - 32 | 18.66 - 21.33 |
Quantitative Techniques | 13-17 | 13 - 17 | 8.66 - 11.33 |
Legal Reasoning | 35-39 | 35 - 39 | 23.33 - 26 |
Total | 150 | 150 | 100 |
Key takeaway from CLAT syllabus 2023
In CLAT Exam LLM, questions are asked from Law subjects such as Constitutional Law, Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence, and more.
While preparing for CLAT Books 2023, it is important for candidates to have a plan in mind. This is how candidates should plan their CLAT Exam preparation:
