CLAT 2018 (Common Law Admission Test) Application Form, Exam Dates, Registration
India’s 18 National Law Universities (NLUs) rotationally conduct the national level Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for the aspirants willing to make careers in the legal services. The CLAT 2018 exam will be conducted by the National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Ernakulam. Students will appear in this combined test to secure enrollment in reputed law colleges/universities in the country which use CLAT score for admission cutoff list.
Admissions will be offered in the following law schools in India through CLAT 2018 exam for the coming session:-
• NLSIU, Bangalore
• NLIU, Bhopal
• NUJS, Kolkata
• NLUJ, Jodhpur
• HNLU, Raipur
• GNLU, Gandhinagar
• RMNLU, Lucknow
• RGNLU, Patiala
• NUALS, Kochi
• CNLU, Patna
• DSNLU, Visakhapatnam
• NLUO, Cuttack
• NUSRL, Ranchi
• NLUJAA, Guwahati
• TNNLS, Tiruchirappalli
• MNLU, Mumbai
• MNLU, Nagpur
• Institute of Law, Nirma University
The primary aim of CLAT 2018 is to streamline for admissions in graduate courses in law including BA LLB (Hons); BSc LLB (Hons); BBA LLB (Hons); BSW LLB (Hons) and BCom LLB (Hons) besides LLM programs in the above mentioned 18 NLU universities for which this combined test is conducted. Candidates with
Important Information About CLAT 2018
Since 2015, CLAT committee has brought several new transformations to conduct this entrance exam. Upon successful conduction of tests in online mode in 2015, now CLAT is continuing that practice since then. CLAT 2018 will also be conducted in the online mode. It is a biggest ever transformation in this all-India level law entrance examination. Below is mentioned important dates to remember:
• Commencement of online application for CLAT
CLAT 2018 Important Dates
Events | Dates (Officially confirmed) |
Exam notification | December 20, 2017 |
Application form begins | January 1, 2018 |
Application form ends | March 31, 2018 |
Issue of admit card | April 20, 2018 |
Conduct of online examination | May 13, 2018 |
Provisional Answer Key | May 15, 2018 |
Challenge window | May 16-May 18, 2018 |
Final Answer Key | May 26, 2018 |
Declaration of result and score card | May 31, 2018 |
Counselling and seat allotment | June 7-July 6, 2018 |
CLAT 2018 Details
Exam name | Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) |
Exam type | Undergraduate and Postgraduate |
Exam level | National |
Exam mode | Online |
Conducting authority | National University of Advanced Legal Studies Kochi (NUALS Kochi) |
Organising body | CLAT Committee |
Total number of participating institutes | 19 NLUs |
Total number of seats offered | 2400 for undergraduate programmes and 624 for postgraduate programmes (approx.) |
Number of test takers | 40000 (approximately) for UG programmes and 5500 (approximately) for postgraduate programmes |