About CLAT

About CLAT-2020:

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is the most important entrance examination for all Law aspirants. This national level entrance exam is conducted each year for admission to undergraduate and post-graduate Law courses. CLAT 2020 exam notification has been released.

Currently, there are 22 National Law Universities (NLU) in India. Each of them considers CLAT scores for admissions to their UG and PG programs.

As per the official notification, the CLAT 2020 exam will be held on – 10^th of May, 2020. NUSRL, Ranchi will conduct the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2020, the exam will be pen-and-paper based and of two hours duration. CLAT is conducted for admission to 5-year integrated law and LLM courses. The NLUs have a combined intake of around 2622 undergraduate and 720 postgraduate seats.

Aspirants have to know about the major changes to the CLAT exam pattern, including reduction in the number of questions for the UG test, which will now have 150 objective type questions instead of 200. Also, comprehension-based questions will be asked in both UG and PG exams. CLAT 2020 introduced cutoff marks for the PG objective paper. CLAT 2020 application form has started on January 1; last date for filling the online application form is March 31.

Changes in CLAT UG 2020

Changes in CLAT UG 2020:

1. CLAT 2020 will have 22 participating NLUs. DBRANLU Haryana is the new addition to the list of CLAT participating institutes.
2. The number of MCQs to come down to 150 from 200.
3. CLAT 2020 test paper will be of 12th standard level.
4. The quantitative section will be based on 10th standard content.
5. The seat intake for the UG program is now around 2620
6. Questions will be asked from - English Language, Current Affairs including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Aptitude.
7. Comprehension-based questions to be asked from Quantitative Techniques, Current Affairs, English, Deductive Reasoning and Logical Reasoning.

Changes in CLAT PG 2020

Changes in CLAT PG 2020:

1. PG paper will now have 100 objective type questions
2. Cut off marks have been introduced for objective paper. Candidates need to score minimum 40% (35% in case of SC, ST & PWD) marks in the objective paper, only then their descriptive paper will be evaluated.
3. Comprehension-based questions will also be asked.

CLAT 2020 Exam Overview

CLAT 2020 Exam Overview:

CLAT 2020 Important Dates

CLAT 2020 Important Dates:

The details of tentative schedule of CLAT 2020 is given below:

UG- CLAT 2020 Eligibility

UG- CLAT 2020 Eligibility:

1. Age limit: There will be no upper age limit for UG Programme in CLAT 2020.
2. Qualifying exam: As regards minimum percentage of marks in the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2 or an equivalent examination), the candidates must have secured:
   1. Forty five percent (45%) marks or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories
   2. Forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
3. Candidates who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April, 2020 are also eligible to appear in CLAT 2020 examination. However, they shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
4. The result of the qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of admission failing which the candidate shall be ineligible for admission to the Course.
5. In case of equal marks, the break of tie shall be by the following procedure and order as under:
1. Higher marks in the component / section on legal aptitude in the CLAT 2020 exam;
2. Higher age;
3. Computerised draw of lots.

UG – CLAT Introduction and Overview

Introduction and Overview of exam:

The UG-CLAT 2020 would focus on evaluating the comprehension and reasoning skills and abilities of candidates. Overall, it is designed to be a test of aptitude and skills that are necessary for a legal education rather than prior knowledge, though prior knowledge occasionally may be useful to respond to questions in the Current Affairs section.

The UG-CLAT 2020 shall be a 2-hour test, with 150 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall be negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. These questions would be divided across the following 5 subjects:

• English Language
• Current Affairs, including General Knowledge
• Legal Reasoning
• Logical Reasoning
• Quantitative Techniques

Syllabus UG – CLAT

Syllabus UG – CLAT 2020:

English Language:

In this section of the UG-CLAT 2020, you will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will be derived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing, and would be of a standard that a 12th standard student may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.

Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your comprehension and language skills, including your abilities to:

• Read and comprehend the main point discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpoints discussed or set out in the passage;
• Draw inferences and conclusions based on the passage;
• Summarise the passage;
• Compare and contrast the different arguments or viewpoints set out in the passage; and
• Understand the meaning of various words and phrases used in the passage.

Current Affairs Including General Knowledge:

In this section, you will be provided passages of up to 450 words each. The passages will be derived from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing. The questions may include an examination of legal information or knowledge discussed in or related to the passage, but would not require any additional knowledge of the law beyond the passage.

Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:

• Contemporary events of significance from India and the world;
• Arts and culture;
• International affairs; and
• Historical events of continuing significance.

Quantitative Techniques:

The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT 2020 will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from such passages, graphs, or other representations, and apply mathematical operations on such information.

The questions will require you to:

• Derive, infer, and manipulate numerical information set out in such passages, graphs, or other representations; and
• Apply various 10th standard mathematical operations on such information, including from areas such as ratios and proportions, basic algebra, mensuration and statistical estimation.

Legal Reasoning:

In this section, you will be expected to read passages of around 450 words each. The passages may relate to fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of law. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues to better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.

Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:

• Identify and infer the rules and principles set out in the passage;
• Apply such rules and principles to various fact situations; and
• Understand how changes to the rules or principles may alter their application to various fact situations.

Logical Reasoning:

The Logical Reasoning section of the UG-CLAT 2020 will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:

• Recognize an argument, its premises and conclusions;
• Read and identify the arguments set out in the passage;
• Critically analyse patterns of reasoning, and assess how conclusions may depend on particular premises or evidence;
• Infer what follows from the passage and apply these inferences to new situations; 
• Draw relationships and analogies, identify contradictions and equivalence, and assess the effectiveness of arguments.

Preparing Guide for the UG-CLAT

Preparing Guide for the UG-CLAT 2020:

The Consortium plans to publish various preparatory materials for the UG-CLAT 2020, including:

• Guides to the question paper and sample questions;
• Model question papers; and
• Instructional materials and exercises for each of the subjects that the UG-CLAT 2020 comprises.

The Consortium will also provide candidates who have successfully completed their application to the UG-CLAT 2020 access to a learning platform where you may access the preparatory materials described above, as well as your scores on various exercises and model question papers.

In addition, you should develop your capacity to read and understand bodies of text, ensure you stay abreast of news and current affairs by regularly reading quality newspapers and periodicals, and improve your speed of answering questions on quantitative techniques by practising with materials such as 10th standard mathematics textbooks.

UG- CLAT Question Paper Format

UG- CLAT 2020 Question Paper Format:

Important Instructions for UG Programme

Important Instructions for UG Programme:

• The online enrolment for CLAT 2020 will open on 1st January 2020 and close on 31st March 2020.
• The applications have to be submitted ONLINE only from website consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
• The CLAT 2020 examination will be held in the month of May 2020
• The CLAT 2020 examination will be held in OFFLINE mode
• The candidates are first required to register themselves at the CLAT 2020 website by using personal mobile number and e-mail Id. Upon registration, an OTP will be sent to the given mobile number for validation. Once your mobile number is validated, you can login using your mobile number and the password you provided at the time of registration.
• Please fill the form carefully. The Name of the candidate and the parents should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the Certificates/Mark sheets/Identity proof. Any change/alteration found may disqualify your candidature.
• No alteration/editing in the online application form can be done after successful submission/final submission of the form. The information once furnished by the candidate with regard to the category to which the candidate belongs, the preference for the NLUs and the Centre of the Entrance Test submitted by the candidates through online application mode shall be final and no change whatsoever, shall be allowed thereafter under any circumstances.
• The candidates are required to read the instructions carefully and furnish correct and authentic information. In case the information furnished at any stage of the application, examination and admission process is found to be false or incorrect or if there is any discrepancy or mismatch between the information furnished by the candidate at the relevant section and the certificates/documents produced at the time of admission, the provisional admission offered to the candidate shall stand cancelled with immediate effect without assigning any further reason and the candidate shall stand disqualified from being considered for further admission to the NLUs by the CLAT Consortium Office.
• The candidate shall fill his/her preference order for all 22 NLUs at the time of online application itself. No change shall be allowed in the preference once the form is submitted by the candidate.

Other instructions

• Indian Nationals/NRIs/PIO/OCI seeking admission in either of the UG programmes shall appear in CLAT 2020.
• Foreign Nationals need not appear for the test
• The application form, complete in all respects and after payment of fees must be finally submitted on or before 31st March, 2020 (11:59 P.M.). Incomplete application forms shall not be considered. The candidates shall fill and submit the application form well in time to avoid last minute hassles. The CLAT Office or the organizing University shall in no case be responsible for any incomplete information or misinformation or inconvenience faced by the candidate in this regard.
• For any information relating to the 22 NLUs, the candidate may refer to the e-brochure of the respective Institutions available in the Consortium website. 
• For NRI/Foreign National seats, the applicants are advised to refer to the e-brochures as well as the websites of the respective NLUs for more details. All NRI Category candidates have to appear for the CLAT 2020 examination for those NLUs where such category is admitted through CLAT 2020 rankings and not admitted directly by the concerned Universities.

Documents to be uploaded with the Online Application UG-CLAT

Documents to be uploaded with the Online Application:

1. Front facing passport size recent photograph with plain background
2. Signature of the candidate
3. Category certificate if you are applying under SC/ST/OBC
4. Relevant certificate issued by competent authority if you are applying if candidate is P.W.D
5. Relevant certificate issued by competent authority if you are coming under BPL category

NOTE:

• The original certificates/documents issued by the competent authority as specified in the brochure are to be submitted to the allotted University in the form and manner as specified by the respective universities at the time of admission.
• The photograph and signature of the candidate need not be attested while submitting the Online Application Form.
• All documents/certificates should be uploaded in pdf format only.

Application Fee UG-CLAT

Application Fee:

• Application fees can be paid only online.
• Application fee for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI candidates: Rs.4,000/-
• Application fee for SC/ST/BPL category candidates: Rs.3,500/-
• The cost of previous years' question papers is Rs.500/- (not included in the CLAT 2020 application fee of Rs.4,000/- or Rs.3,500/- as the case may be.)
• The candidates themselves will have to bear the bank transaction charges for remitting the fee online. The actual bank transaction charges will be displayed in the payment gateway page after you choose the mode of payment. 
• Application Fees is non-refundable.

PG-CLAT 2020 Eligibility

PG-CLAT 2020 Eligibility:

1. Qualifying exam: The candidate must have passed LLB or equivalent exam from a recognised university.
2. Marks in qualifying exam: A minimum of 55% marks or its equivalent is required for candidates belonging to General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories. SC/ST candidates are eligible for 5% relaxation in minimum marks.
3. Age limit: There is no upper age limit.
4. Candidates appearing in qualifying exam in April/May 2020 may also apply.

PG - CLAT Introduction and Overview

Overview for PG-CLAT 2020:

The PG-CLAT 2020 will feature an emphasis on the comprehension abilities of the students. It shall be of 120 minutes duration, with two sections:

• The first section would include 100 objective-type questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
• The second section would require candidates to write 2 descriptive essays.
• Candidates who secure 40% (35% in case of SC, ST, and PWD) marks in the objective section will qualify for the evaluation of their answers in the descriptive section.

The paper will be based on the mandatory subjects of the undergraduate program and include Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labour & Industrial Law.

Objective Section:

In this section of the PG-CLAT 2020, you will be provided extracts from primary legal materials such as important court decisions in various fields of law, statutes or regulations. Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate the:

• Ability to read and comprehend the issues discussed in the passage, as well as any arguments and viewpoints discussed or set out in the passage;
• Awareness of the issues discussed in the passage, as well as of legal issues and facts related to and arising out of the passage and the judgment or statute from which it is extracted;
• Summarise the passage; and
• Ability to apply your knowledge of the fields of law discussed in the passage.

Descriptive Section:

In this section of the PG-CLAT 2020, you will be required to write essays answering Any 2 questions from amongst the list of questions supplied. Your answers must not exceed 800 words each, and you will be required to demonstrate the following in your response:

• Awareness of the legal, factual, and philosophical issues arising out of the questions you choose to answer;
• Ability to structure your answer, and clearly set out various arguments and perspectives related to the topic set out in the questions and to draw a conclusion based on the above.

Preparing Guide for the PG-CLAT 2020

Preparing Guide for the PG-CLAT 2020:

As part of your preparations for the PG-CLAT 2020, you should:

• Read and refresh your knowledge of important judgments, and try to discern various issues discussed in such judgments;
• Refresh your knowledge of important constitutional and legislative provisions, particularly those that may have been discussed in recent judgments; it would also be useful to ensure you are aware of historical case law and amendments related to such provisions, so that you have a more complete awareness of such provisions and the issues related to them; 
• Practice writing essays of the type indicated above, with clear presentations of issues, factual matters, arguments and conclusion.

PG - CLAT 2020 Question Paper Format

PG- CLAT 2020 Question Paper Format:

Syllabus PG- CLAT 2020

Syllabus PG- CLAT 2020:

1. Constitutional Law
2. Other areas of law such as Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labour & Industrial Law

Note: Only candidates who secure 40% (35% in case of SC, ST, and PWD) marks in the objective section will qualify for the evaluation of their answers in the descriptive section.

Important Instructions for PG Programme

Important Instructions for PG Programme:

• The online enrolment for CLAT 2020 will open on 1st January 2020 and close on 31st March 2020.
• The applications have to be submitted ONLINE only from website consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
• The CLAT 2020 examination will be held in the month of May 2020
• The CLAT 2020 examination will be held in OFFLINE mode
• The candidates are first required to register themselves at the CLAT 2020 website by using personal mobile number and e-mail Id. Upon registration, an OTP will be sent to the given mobile number for validation. Once your mobile number is validated, you can login using your mobile number and the password you provided at the time of registration.
• Please fill the form carefully. The Name of the candidate and the parents should be spelt correctly in the application as it appears in the Certificates/Mark sheets/Identity proof. Any change/alteration found may disqualify your candidature.
• No alteration/editing in the online application form can be done after successful submission/final submission of the form. The information once furnished by the candidate with regard to the category to which the candidate belongs, the preference for the NLUs and the Centre of the Entrance Test submitted by the candidates through online application mode shall be final and no change whatsoever, shall be allowed thereafter under any circumstances.
• The candidates are required to read the instructions carefully and furnish correct and authentic information. In case the information furnished at any stage of the application, examination and admission process is found to be false or incorrect or if there is any discrepancy or mismatch between the information furnished by the candidate at the relevant section and the certificates/documents produced at the time of admission, the provisional admission offered to the candidate shall stand cancelled with immediate effect without assigning any further reason and the candidate shall stand disqualified from being considered for further admission to the NLUs by the CLAT Consortium Office.
• The candidate shall fill his/her preference order for all 18 NLUs at the time of online application itself. No change shall be allowed in the preference once the form is submitted by the candidate.

Other instructions

• Indian Nationals/NRIs/PIO/OCI seeking admission in either of the PG programmes shall appear in CLAT 2020.
• Foreign Nationals need not appear for the test
• The application form, complete in all respects and after payment of fees must be finally submitted on or before 31st March, 2020 (11:59 P.M.). Incomplete application forms shall not be considered. The candidates shall fill and submit the application form well in time to avoid last minute hassles. The CLAT Office or the organizing University shall in no case be responsible for any incomplete information or misinformation or inconvenience faced by the candidate in this regard.
• For any information relating to the 18 NLUs, the candidate may refer to the e-brochure of the respective Institutions available in the Consortium website.
• For NRI/Foreign National seats, the applicants are advised to refer to the e-brochures as well as the websites of the respective NLUs for more details. All NRI Category candidates have to appear for the CLAT 2020 examination for those NLUs where such category is admitted through CLAT 2020 rankings and not admitted directly by the concerned Universities.

Documents to be uploaded with the Online Application PG-CLAT

Documents to be uploaded with the Online Application:

1. Front facing passport size recent photograph with plain background
2. Signature of the candidate
3. Category certificate if you are applying under SC/ST/OBC
4. Relevant certificate issued by competent authority if you are applying if candidate is P.W.D
5. Relevant certificate issued by competent authority if you are coming under BPL category

NOTE:

• The original certificates/documents issued by the competent authority as specified in the brochure are to be submitted to the allotted University in the form and manner as specified by the respective universities at the time of admission.
• The photograph and signature of the candidate need not be attested while submitting the Online Application Form.
• All documents/certificates should be uploaded in pdf format only.

Application Fee PG-CLAT

Application Fee:

• Application fees can be paid only online.
• Application fee for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI candidates: Rs.4,000/-
• Application fee for SC/ST/BPL category candidates: Rs.3,500/-
• The cost of previous years' question papers is Rs.500/- (not included in the CLAT 2020 application fee of Rs.4,000/- or Rs.3,500/- as the case may be.)
• The candidates themselves will have to bear the bank transaction charges for remitting the fee online. The actual bank transaction charges will be displayed in the payment gateway page after you choose the mode of payment.

Note: Application Fees is non-refundable.

Admit Card – CLAT 2020

Admit Card:

The Admit Card/Hall ticket can be downloaded by the candidate by logging into his/her account. The exact date on which the hall tickets will be made available will be intimated on the website.

CLAT Application Form

CLAT Online Application Form 2020:

The Candidates seeking admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law courses offered by participating NLUs need to fill the application form of CLAT 2020, which has opened in online mode on January 1. Last date to fill CLAT application form is March 31. In such cases where the candidate fills more than one application form, only the last one will be considered.

Steps to fill CLAT application form

1. Get registered by entering details like name, email id and mobile number
2. Next fill in all relevant sections in the application form, including personal, academic and contact details.
3. Upload scanned copies of signature, photograph and other documents in prescribed specification
4. Finally pay the application fee and then submit the completed application form.

Application correction facility

Application correction facility:

Last year exam conducting authorities didn't have a CLAT application correction window. So, it is unlikely CLAT application form correction facility will be available this year as well. Therefore, it is important that candidates take proper care when filling the CLAT 2020 application form so as to keep mistakes away.

CLAT Exam Centres 2020

CLAT Exam Centres 2020:

NUSRL, Ranchi will release the list of exam centres of CLAT 2020 where the national-level exam will be conducted. The exam will be conducted at more than 60 test centres across the country.

The candidate is generally allotted a CLAT test centre opted by him/her at the time of filling out the application form, unless there is an unforeseen event, in which case one will be allotted an alternate centre. Candidates can check the details of the allotted test centre, like name and address, on the CLAT admit card.

CLAT Answer Key 2020

CLAT Answer Key 2020:

After the completion of CLAT exam, exam officials will first release provisional answer key of CLAT 2020. The provisional CLAT 2020 answer key of all the four paper codes - A, B, C, and D will be released and will contain code-wise keys to all questions asked in exam. UG and PG programs, answer keys will be released separately.  

All candidates may go through the provisional CLAT 2020 answer keys and may compare their answers with the official version and thus calculate probable scores. Also, if the candidate feels like any key in the answer key is wrong, they may challenge the key (s). The final CLAT answer key 2020 will be published after considering all such grievances of candidates, before declaration of result.

CLAT Result 2020

CLAT Result 2020:

This year NUSRL, Ranchi, is the exam conducting body, will declare the result of CLAT 2020 on May 24. CLAT 2020 result can be checked online by logging into the official result portal by entering candidate’s application or registration number and date of birth. Important details like the qualifying status of the candidate, marks and rank obtained in the exam will be displayed in the CLAT result.

CLAT Merit List 2020

CLAT Merit List 2020:

The candidates who have appeared in the offline exam would be able to check CLAT 2020 merit list when the result will declaration. CLAT authorities will release a total of three provisional merit lists of CLAT 2020. Also, the merit lists would be institute-specific and contain details like the name of the merit list candidate, category, state and category-rank. The feature of CLAT merit rank 2020 is it will be used for shortlisting candidates for counselling and making seat allotments.

CLAT Counselling 2020

CLAT Counselling 2020:

NUSRL, Ranchi, is have authority for conducting the CLAT 2020 counselling and seat allotment process, which will be held only in online mode. The counselling process is open for the CLAT-qualified candidates only; eligible candidates would be issued counselling call letters, which have to be downloaded. The eligible candidate has to next get registered oneself for counselling, participate in choice filling and locking process. Once should take care when filling choices during counselling of CLAT, as apart from the merit rank, opted choices will also be taken into account when making seat allotments.

CLAT Seat Allotment

CLAT Seat Allotment 2020:

The admission conducting authority will make the seat allotment of CLAT 2020 for the 22 participating NLUs in three rounds, for both UG and PG courses. The first round of CLAT 2020 seat allotment will be declared sometime around the second week of June. CLAT seat allotment result would include details like the state (or All India) rank of the candidate, category, admit card number, and also the status of admission. All Candidates who have been allotted seats will have to pay the necessary fees and complete other formalities to confirm their seats. If any candidate who wishes to withdraw/shift seats can do so before the start of subsequent rounds of CLAT seat allotment 2020.

CLAT Cutoff 2020

CLAT Cutoff 2020:

To get admission into a participating National Law University (NLU), the candidate needs to meet the CLAT 2020 cutoff for the particular institute in which he/she want to take admission and the category they belong to. It is because the CLAT cutoff 2020 is usually the last rank (or score) for which admission is offered. Any candidate who scores below the CLAT 2020 cutoff rank will have little chance of admission although some other universities also consider CLAT score for admission.

CLAT Cutoff of Previous year

CLAT Cutoff of Previous year:

CLAT Participating Institutes

CLAT Participating Institutes 2020:

All 22 NLUs that are participating institutes of CLAT 2020; the NLUs are government institutes. As participating institutes, the NLUs will use CLAT 2020 scores for admitting of candidates to their undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programs.

Apart from the NLUs, there are 52 other private institutes and one university that also use CLAT scores for admission purpose.

CLAT 2020 - Participating NLUs:

Private Law Colleges accepting CLAT scores

Private Law Colleges accepting CLAT scores:

There are some private law colleges which also accept CLAT scores for admission to their law programmes. Below you can find a list of some colleges accept CLAT score:

1. Alliance School of Law, Bangalore
2. Asian Law College, Noida
3. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru
4. Disha Law College, Raipur
5. Amity University, Noida
6. Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat
7. Harlal School of Law, Greater Noida
8. IFIM Law College, Bengaluru
9. Indore Institute of Law, Indore
10. Delhi Institute of Rural Development (D.I.R.D.), Holambi, Delhi
11. Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmadabad
12. ISBR Law College, Bangalore
13. Jagannath University, Jaipur
14. JECRC University, Jaipur
15. JIMS Engineering Management Technical Campus School of Law, Noida
16. Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida
17. Maharaja Surajmal Brij University, Bharatpur
18. Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad
19. Manipal University, Jaipur
20. MATS University, Raipur
21. Ramaiah Institute of Legal Studies (RILS), Bengaluru
22. Mewar University, Chittorgarh
23. Galgotias University, Greater Noida
24. Shri Vaishnav Institute of Law, Indore
25. Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies [NMIMS] (Deemed to be University), Mumbai
26. NIMT Institute of Method & Law (NIMT Vidhi Evam Kanun Sansthan), Delhi NCR
27. Prestige Institute of Management & Research, Indore
28. RNB Global University, Bikaner
29. Renaissance Law College, Indore
30. School of Law, The NorthCap University, Gurugram, Haryana
31. Siddhartha Law College, Dehradun
32. SRM University, Haryana
33. Vivekanand Global University, Jaipur

FAQs - CLAT

Frequently Asked Question (FAQs) - CLAT 2020:

Q-1: Is there any change in the exam pattern for CLAT 2020?

A: Yes, this year CLAT 2020 will include less number of questions than earlier, now 150 question is there instead of 200 earlier. Also, comprehension-based questions will now be asked from Quantitative Techniques, English, Current Affairs, Deductive Reasoning and Logical Reasoning.

Q-2: Will CLAT conduction body email the CLAT admit card to the candidate?

A: The admit card will be available only through candidate log-in accounts, and will not be sent by email or any other means.

Q-3: what is the upper age limit for appearing in CLAT 2020 for admission to UG or PG law courses?

A: There is no upper age limit.

Q-4: When will the application form of CLAT 2020 open?

A: CLAT 2020 applications will open from January 1 onward. Applications will be available in online mode only.

Q-5: What is the exam date of CLAT 2020?

A: The pen-and-paper (offline) based exam will be conducted on 10 May 2020.

Q-6: Who will conduct CLAT 2020 exam?

A: National University of Study and Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi will conduct CLAT 2020 exam.

Q-7: Will admission to all law courses in the country be based on CLAT scores only?

A: No, only participating NLUs and some private colleges use CLAT scores for admission. Meanwhile many others institutes conduct their own test for admission purpose.

Q-8: Is there negative marking in CLAT 2020?

A: The pen-and-paper based CLAT 2020 will have negative marking for multiple choice questions (MCQ). For each incorrect answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.