CLAT 2016 – Common Law Admission Test

Common Law Admission Test popularly known as CLAT 2016 is national level exam on rotation by 16 National Law Universities (NLUs). This exam is conducted to offer admission to candidates in different postgraduate and undergraduate courses such as L.L.B & L.L.M. The all India entrance exam CLAT is conducted by the Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU) in various law universities of India. Candidates who are interested can fill the application form from January, 2016.  Candidates will get admission on merit cum preference basis and allocation of candidates to various NLU’s will be similar. Candidate should be below 20 years to apply for the examination. CLAT exam shall be held in the second week of May, 2016. Applicants can get the eligibility, application form, exam pattern and dates of CLAT exam below.

CLAT 2016 Exam Summary
Exam Name	Common Law Admission Test
Commonly known as	CLAT
Exam level	National Level
Conducting Authority	Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University (RMLNLU)
Exam Stream	Law Entrance Exam

CLAT 2016 Eligibility Criteria

Candidates interested to apply for the CLAT 2016 examination must satisfy the below conditions:

For U.G Course:

• Applicants completed their Higher Secondary Certificate or its equivalent examination from a recognized university or board can apply for the examination.

• Applicants must not exceed than 20 years of age as on 1^st July, 2016 (22 in case of SC/ ST candidate) to apply for the examination.
• Applicants must score a minimum of 45% of aggregate marks in their HSC/ 12^th examination and 40% in case of SC/ ST category applicants to be eligible for the test.

For P.G Course:

• Applicants must have completed their graduation degree (L.L.B/ B.L) or its equivalent degree from a recognized university to be eligible for the test.
• Applicants should have scored at least 55% of aggregate marks in graduation to apply for the examination (50% in case of SC/ ST candidates).

Applicants who are appearing their final year can also apply for the examination.

CLAT 2016 Application Process

Applicants need to follow the steps given below to apply for CLAT 2016:

Step 1: Applicants have to visit www.clat.ac.in to apply for the examination.

Step 2: Applicants should enter their personal, qualification and other details as mentioned in the application form.

Step 3: Applicant need to upload their recent passport size photograph and signature in JPG format only as mentioned in the application form.

Step 4: For the completion of the process applicants must pay their application fees online through Credit/ Debit Card/ Net Banking.

CLAT 2016 Application fees

Applicants ought to pay the application fees of Rs 4000/- (approx) for general category students and Rs 3500/- (approx) for reserved category students.

CLAT 2016 Exam Pattern

• The CLAT exam comprises of 200 multiple choice questions.
• Applicants 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer given and 1 mark will be added for every correct answer.
• The overall time for the examination will be 2 hours.
• The distribution of subject and marks for UG exam is as follows:

Subject	No of Questions	Marks
English including comprehension	40	40
General knowledge/ Current Affairs	50	50
Elementary Math ( Numerical Ability)	20	20
Legal aptitude	50	50
Logical reasoning	40	40
Total	200	200

• The distribution of subject and marks for PG exam is as follows:

Subject	No of Questions	Marks
Constitutional Law	50	50
Jurisprudence	50	50
Other law subjects (including Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, Family Law, Property Law, IPR, etc.)	50	50
Total	150	150

CLAT 2016 Participating Universities

There are 16 Law Universities that will participate in CLAT 2016. These universities will accept CLAT 2016 Test Score for admission into the various Law Courses.

1. National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore
2. NALSAR University of Law (NALSAR), Hyderabad
3. The National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal
4. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata
5. National Law University (NLU), Jodhpur
6. Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur
7. Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar
8. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow
9. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Patiala
10. Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna
11. The National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi
12. National Law University  Odisha (NLUO), Cuttack
13. National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi
14. National Law University and Judicial Academy (NLUJA), Assam, Guwahati
15. Damodar Sanjeevaiya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam,Andhra Pradesh
16. The Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS)

CLAT 2016 Category wise UG and PG Seats

SR. No.	Category	Seats
		Under- Graduate	Post- Graduate
1	General	1032	325
2	SC	284	65
3	ST	153	37

CLAT 2016 Exam Dates
CLAT Exam Events	Important Dates
Starting date for submission of online application form	January, 2016
Last date for submission of filled-in online application form	March, 2016
Download of Admit Cards/Hall Tickets	April, 2016
Date of CLAT – 2016 Online examination for UG & PG	May, 2016

The above dates are tentative. No official dates have been declared yet. Keep visiting our website in order to get any updates.