Common Law Admission Test 2016 | CLAT Entrance Exam Date 2016

About

• The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is an All India Entrance Test for admission to Under Graduate and Post Graduate Programmes (LLB & LLM) for the academic year 2016

• CLAT 2016 Organising University: Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU) Lucknow

• The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is an all India entrance examination conducted on rotation by 16 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admissions to their under-graduate and post-graduate degree programmes (LL.B & LL.M)

The 16 participating NLUs in the order of their establishment are:

1) National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU)

2) National Academy of Legal Study & Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad

3) National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)

4) The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS)

5) National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)

6) Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU)

7) Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU)

8) Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU)

9) Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL)

10) Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU)

11) National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS)

12) National Law University Odisha, Cuttack (NLUO)

13) National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL)

14) National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam, Guwahati (NLUJAA)

15) Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU)

16) The TamilNadu National Law School, Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS)

Now there are 16 participating NLUs and following the practice the eighth Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2016) will be conducted by the Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National University, Lucknow

Conducted By

Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National University, Lucknow

Programme Offered

The Under-Graduate Programme offered by the National Law Universities:

The Sixteen NLUs offer a five-year integrated under-graduate law courses leading to the award of 

• B.A. LL.B (Hons), 

• B.Sc LL.B (Hons), 

• BBA LLB (Hons), 

• BSW LLB (Hons), 

• B.Com LLB (Hons) degrees. 

• While BA LL.B (Hons) is offered by most of the universities, 

• B.Sc LLB (Hons) Course is offered by WBNUJS (Kolkata), NLU (Jodhpur) and GNLU (Gandhinagar); 

• BBA LLB (Hons) is offered by NLU (Jodhpur), GNLU (Gandhinagar), CNLU (Patna) and NLUO (Cuttack); 

• whereas BSW LLB (Hons) and B.Com LLB (Hons) degree courses are offered by GNLU (Gandhinagar) alone

Eligibility for CLAT 2016

• Educational Qualification for UG Programme: A candidate should have obtained Higher Secondary School/ Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent certificate from a recognized Board with not less than 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of SC/ST candidates), as prescribed by the respective Statutes of the participating Universities

• Age for UG Programme: A candidate should be below 20 years of age as on 01st July 2016 (22 years in case of SC/ST and Persons with Disability candidates, as prescribed by the respective Statutes of the participating Universities

Exam Pattern CLAT 2016

The CLAT-2016 Question Paper for UG courses shall multiple choice type questions as per the following scheme

• Maximum Marks: 200
• Duration of CLAT-2016: 02:00 Hours
• Total Number of Questions: 200
• Negative Marking: 0.25 Mark/wrong answer

Subject areas with weightage

• English including Comprehension: 40 Marks
• General Knowledge and Current Affairs: 50 Marks
• Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability): 20 Marks
• Legal Aptitude: 50 Marks
• Logical Reasoning: 40 Marks

How to Apply

Link: - http://www.clat.ac.in/

• For the CLAT 2016 examination, the candidates need to apply online through the official website on the prescribed date. Beside online registration, no other mode of submitting the application would be permitted

• The application form will be available from 01st week of January 2016, candidates can check our website for regular updates onCLAT 2016

• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab (Website www.rgnul.ac.in), is conducting the CLAT 2016

• The candidates must have to remit the application fee (Rs.4000/- for general candidates and Rs.3500/- for reserve category) by online. The online payment can be made through the CLAT website with net banking, debit card or credit card

Application Fee

• The candidates has to pay the application fee for general OBC/PWD and other category candidates Rs.4000/- while submitting the Application Form of CLAT-2016

• The fee is Rs.3500/- in case of the SC/ST category candidates

Test City

CLAT Testing Venues in the following 42 Cities

Agra Ahmedabad, Allahabad, Amritsar, Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cuttack, Dehradun, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Gantok, Ghaziabad, Gorakhpur, Greate Noida, Gurgaon, Guwahati, Haldwani, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kochi, Kolkata, Kurushetra, Lucknow, Mumbai, Noida, Patiala, Patna, Raipur, Ranchi, Shilong, Shimla, Srinagar, Tiruchirappali, Varanasi, Vijayawada & Visakhapatnam

For any further information, please visit website www.clat.ac.in

Important Dates

• Commencement of Submission of Online Application Form: 01st January 2016

• Last Date for Submission of Dully Filled in Online Application Form: 31st March 2016 (11.59 PM)

• Date of CLAT-2016 Online Exam: 08th May 2016 (03.00 PM to 05.00 PM)