CLAT 2018: Notification, Application Form, Syllabus, Exam Pattern, Model Papers, Dates, Result, Counselling

CLAT is popularly known as Common Law Admission Test. It is a national level law entrance exam conducted by the NLUs in the rotational basis. The exam is conducted once in a year in the month of May. It is organised by Chanakya National Law University, Patna.

Through the CLAT Entrance Exam, the officials will provide the admissions in integrated LL.B and LL.M courses offered by the 18 National Law Universities (NLUs) of India.

CLAT 2018 | सामान्य लॉ प्रवेश परीक्षा

Exam Details	Dates
Name of the Conducting Body	Chanakya National Law University, Patna
Exam Name	Common Law Admission Test
Level of Exam	National level
Application Mode	Online
Exam Date	13th May 2018
Official Website	www.clat.ac.in

CLAT 2018 Courses Offered

The law courses offered through the CLAT Entrance Exam 2018 are as follows.

• B.S.W LL.B (Hons)
• B.Com LL.B (Hons)
• B.Sc LL.B (Hons)
• LLM
• B.A. LL.B (Hons)

CLAT Notification 2018

The Chanakya National Law University, Patna is going to announce the CLAT 2018 Notification in the fourth week of December 2017. Candidates who are willing to take the admissions in the law courses have to grab the opportunity to start your career in this field. Also, we have gathered the complete details through this page.

The application form will start from 1st January 2018 and the last date to submit the online application is 31st March 2018. Most of the candidates have already applied for the exam. So, check all the details related to Law Entrance Exam 2018 such as eligibility, syllabus, pattern, previous papers, etc through the below sections on this page.

CLAT 2018 Eligibility

To appear for CLAT Exam 2018, candidates have to fulfil the following eligibility conditions. The educational qualification, age limit, etc are provided below.

Educational Qualification

For UG courses

• Candidates should have qualified/ appearing 10+2 or equivalent exam with minimum qualifying marks as follows.
  • 45% marks for unreserved/OBC Aspirants.
  • 40% marks for SC/ST Candidates.

For PG courses

• Aspirants must have passed LL.B or equivalent degree with at least qualifying percentage of marks as below.
  • 55% marks for General/OBC Candidates
  • 50% for reserved Aspirants.

Age Limit

• Candidates must have 20 years as on July 1st, 2018 for general whereas 22 years for SC/ST aspirants.
• There is no upper age limit for the candidates applying for CLAT 2018.

CLAT Application Form 2018

Candidates have to fill & submit the CLAT 2018 Application form through online mode only. The online application form is available from 1st January 2018 to 31st March 2018. So, candidates have to fill the application form as soon as possible to avoid the late fees & server issues.

How to fill CLAT 2018 Online Application

• Registration
• Filling the details
• Upload the scanned documents/images required.
• Submit the Application form
• confirmation page
• Take the printout of the application form.

Application fee

• Candidates belonging to UR/OBC candidates have to submit Rs. 4000/- as the application fee.
• SC/ST candidates have to pay the registration fee of Rs. 3500/- only.

The application fee can be paid through online/E-Challan. The application form is non-refundable under any circumstances.

क्लैट 2018 Exam Dates – clat.ac.in

Events	Dates
Date of Issue of Notification	4th week of December 2017
Starting Date of Online application form	1st January 2018
Last Date for the submission of the online application form	4th week of March 2018
Availability of Admit card	3rd week of April 2018
Date of Entrance Exam	13th May 2018 (3.00 PM to 5.00 PM)
Release of Answer key	3rd week of May 2018
Objections on the Answer key	17th-19th May 2018
Date for uploading the final Answer Key	25th May 2018
Release of Result & Merit list	4th week of May 2018
First Seat Allocation List Release date	5th June 2018
Counselling Fee Payment & exercising options	6th to 8th June 2018
Release of Second Allotment List	12th June 2018
Payment of counselling fee & web options	13th to 14th June 2018
Release of Third Allotment List	19th June 2018
Counselling fee payment & exercising options	20th & 21st June 2018
Last date for the withdrawal from Allotment process	21st June 2018
Release of fourth Allotment list	24th June 2018
Payment of fees & completion of the admission process	28th to 30th June 2018
Receiving admissions status from NLUs in CLAT office	4th July 2018
Closing Date for admission Process	6th July 2018

CLAT Exam Centers 2018

The Common Law Admission Test Centers are as follows. Candidates have to choose any of the following test centres while filling the application form. The exam centre is allotted to the candidates on the basis

CLAT 2018 Exam Centers	State/Union Territory
Vijayawada	Andhra Pradesh
Visakhapatnam
Agra	Uttar Pradesh
Allahabad
Barabanki
Ghaziabad
Ghorakpur
Lucknow
Greater Noida
Kanpur
Unnao
Varanasi
Noida
Ahmedabad	Gujarat
Gandhinagar
Amritsar	Punjab
Patiala
Banglore	Karnataka
Mysore
Bardang	Sikkim
Gangtok
Bhopal	Madhya Pradesh
Indore
Bhubaneswar	Orissa
Cuttak
Bilaspur	Chattisgarh
Raipur
Chandigarh	Punjab
Jalandhar
Mohali
Chennai	Tamil Nadu
Coimbatore
Madurai
Thiruchirapalli
Dehradun	Uttarakhand
Nainital
Delhi	Delhi
Faridabad	Haryana
Gurgaon
Kurukshetra
Hyderabad	Telangana
Imphal	Manipur
Jaipur	Rajasthan
Jodhpur
Kota
Jammu	Jammu & Kashmir
Srinagar
Jamshedpur	Jharkhand
Ranchi
Kangra	Himachal Pradesh
Shimla
Kochi	Kerala
Thiruvananthapuram
Kolkatta	West Bengal
Mumbai	Maharashtra
Nagpur
Navi Mumbai
Pune
Muzzafarpur	Bihar
Patna
Shillong	Meghalaya

CLAT 2018 Syllabus

The CLAT Syllabus 2018 includes the following topics.

• General knowledge,
• Current Affairs,
• Legal Aptitude,
• Elementary Mathematics,
• Constitutional Law, etc

CLAT Exam Pattern 2018

Common Law Admission Test Pattern 2018 for UG &PG courses us as follows.

For UG/PG Programs:

• The entrance exam is conducted through the online (computer based) exam.
• The medium of the exam is of English language.
• 1 mark is awarded for each correct answer.
• The exam paper comprises of 200 MCQ type questions.
• The question paper is for 200 Marks.
• 0.25 mark is deducted for each wrong answer.
• The duration of the exam is 2 hours.

Subject Name	No. of Marks
English (including comprehension)	40
Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability)	20
General knowledge & Current Affairs	50
Logical Reasoning	40
Legal Aptitude	50
Total Marks	200

CLAT Previous Papers

All the successful applicants of the exam must have a complete knowledge of syllabus. Plan for the preparation as soon as possible with the help of the syllabus & exam pattern. After that, download the CLAT Question Papers through online and utilise the sample papers in your preparation of the exam. Candidates will get the better score by practising more & more papers as they can get the idea of exam pattern, mostly stressed topics, etc.

Download CLAT Admit Card 2018 @ www.clat.ac.in

The Admit Card is available through online from 3rd week of April 2018. After the completion of the successful registration of the candidates, the officials will release the admit cards for the applicants to appear for the test. So, the interested candidates who are willing to appear for the test have to enter the roll number to download the CLAT 2018 Admit Card through online.

Candidates have to carry the admit card along with the photo identity proof at the time of appearing for the exam. It is mandatory for the applicants to appear for the test.

CLAT 2018 Answer Key

The CLAT Answer Key 2018 is displayed on the official site on 3rd week of May 2018. With the help of the key, candidates can calculate the score obtained in the exam before the announcement of the result. Through the exam key, tally the answers you have kept on the day of the exam to get the rough idea of the marks.

CLAT Cut Off Marks 2018

The CLAT Cut Off 2018 is different for different NLUs. Cut off depends on the different factors such as the number of test takers, the difficulty level of the exam, etc. The candidates who will meet the cut off marks are only eligible to get the seats in the NLUs.

CLAT Category wise Cut off Marks 2018

NLUs	Category
	GEN	OBC	SC	ST
NLSIU, Banglore	145.2	132.6	102.4	99.1
NALSAR, Hyderabad	142.9	133.6	104.67	98.12
WBNUJS, Kolkatta	136.56	104.6	86	71.23
NLIU, Bhopal	134.23	104.6	89	76
NLU, Jodhpur	131.88	104.6	81.23	83.77
GNLU, Gandhinagar	125	11.23	73	64
HNLU, Raipur	122.05	109.11	80	62
RMLNLU, Lucknow	120.11	103	81	61
RHNLU, Patiala	115.29	101.77	68	57
NUALS, Kochi	119	103	62	55
CNLU, Patna	115.29	101.77	68	57
NLU, Odisha	121	104	66	59
NUSRL, Ranchi	117	102	70	61
NLU Mumbai	127	111.23	78.23	59.76
NLUJA, Assam	114	99	69	50
TNNLS, Tamil Nadu	116	102	67	53
DSNLU, Visakhapatnam	119	104	62	51.11

CLAT 2018 Result

The CLAT Result 2018 is announced on the 4th week of May 2018. The officials will also release the merit list of the qualified candidates along with the result. On the basis of the merit list only, the officials will invite the candidates to the counselling process.

CLAT Rank Card 2018

After the announcement of results, the CLAT Score Card 2018 is available through online. Candidates have to enter the roll number/name to download the rank card. Due to heavy traffic, the official website will become busy. So, download the scorecard as soon as possible.

CLAT 2018 Counselling

The admissions are provided into law UG/PG programs through the centralised counselling. The seats are allotted for the candidates on the basis of the merit/rank list. The CLAT Counselling 2018will begin on 1st week of June 2018. Candidates have to pay Rs. 50, 000/- as a counselling fee to take the admissions compulsory in NLUs.

CLAT Participating Universities/Colleges 2018

The list of participating colleges of Common Law Admission Test 2018 is as tabulated below.

Name of the Institution	Location
National Law School of India University	Banglore
Nalsar University of Law	Hyderabad
West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences	Kolkatta
National Law Institute University	Bhopal
National Law University	Jodhpur
Hidayatullah National Law University	Raipur
Gujarat National Law University	Gandhi Nagar
Dr Ram Manohar Lohia National Law university	Lucknow
Chanakya National Law university	Patna
National University of Advanced Legal studies	Kochi
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	Patiala
National University of Study & Research in law	Ranchi
National Law University	Cuttak
National Law university & Judicial Academy	Guwahati
Damodaram Sanjeevayya National Law University	Visakhapatnam
Tamil Nadu National Law School	Srirangam
Maharashtra National Law University	Mumbai
Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU)	Nagpur

List of Colleges Accepting CLAT 2018 Score

Institutions considering CLAT Score/Rank 2018

Alliance University, Bangalore, Karnataka

Indore Institute of Law, Indore

Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat

Asian Law College, Noida

Amity university, Uttar Pradesh

Azim Premji University, Bengaluru

Delhi Institute of Rural Development (DIRD), Holambi, Delhi

Disha Law college, Raipur

Harlal School of Law, Greater Noida (UP)

IFIM Law College, Karnataka

Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmadabad

Jagannath University, Jaipur

JECRC University, Jaipur

JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus School of Law, Grater Noida, UP

Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida, UP

Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur

Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad

Manipal University, Jaipur

MATA Law School, Raipur

Mewar University, Rajasthan

NIMT INstitute of Method & Law (NIMT Vidhi Evam Kanun Sanathan), Delhi, NCR

Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore

RNB Global University, Bikaner

Ramiah institute of Legal Studies (RILS), Bengaluru

Renaissance Law College, Indore

School of Law, The Northcap university, Gurgoan (Delhi/NCR)

Siddhartha Law college, Dehradun

SRM University, Delhi-NCR, Sonipat

We have gathered the complete details of CLAT Exam 2018 through this article. Also, candidates can refer the official site for any further information of Common Law Admission Test 2018.

CLAT 2018 Contact Details

Chanakya Law University,

Nyaya Nagar, Mithapur,

Patna-800001, Bihar, India,

Email-ID: admissions2018@clat.ac.in.

Ph: 91-6122361114, 91-6122361115.

Common Law Admission Test Important Links 2018

The important download links regarding the exam are as provided below. Candidates can go through these links to get the complete details of Common Law Entrance Exam 2018.

CLAT 2018 Syllabus	CLAT Previous Papers	CLAT 2018 Admit Card
CLAT Answer Key 2018	CLAT 2018 Results	CLAT Score Card 2018
CLAT 2018 Counselling