CLAT
Common Law Admission Test 2027 (UG)
Collected from the official website on 14/11/2026. Our team has not verified these details yet.
CLAT is conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities for admission to the undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes of the 26 member NLUs. CLAT 2027 (for the 2027-28 academic year) is held on 06/12/2026.
Dates
Official 2027 dates
- Application opens
- 03/08/2026
- Last date to apply
- 07/11/2026
- Exam
- 06/12/2026 (Sunday), 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM
- Result
- Not published yet
- Conducted by
- Consortium of National Law Universities
- For
- Five-year integrated undergraduate law programmes (e.g. B.A. LL.B. (Hons.)) at the participating National Law Universities
- Mode
- Pen and paper (offline)
- Duration
- 2 hours (2:00 PM to 4:00 PM; 2:00 PM to 4:40 PM for eligible PwD candidates)
- Attempts per year
- 1
- Application fee
- General/OBC ₹4,000; SC/ST/BPL/PwD ₹3,500 (previous years' question papers ₹500 extra); online only, non-refundable.
Eligibility
No upper age limit. Passed 10+2 or equivalent with at least 45% marks (40% for SC/ST/PwD); candidates appearing in the qualifying exam in March/April 2027 may apply but must show proof of passing at admission. Indian Nationals/NRIs/PIO/OCI can appear; foreign nationals cannot.
Exam pattern
120 multiple-choice questions, 1 mark each, -0.25 for each wrong answer, across English Language, Current Affairs including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Techniques.
Score used for
UG admission at the 26 member National Law Universities through Consortium counselling; also used by some other law schools
For Maharashtra students
A Maharashtra student needs CLAT for the five-year law seats at the state's three NLUs - MNLU Mumbai, MNLU Nagpur and MNLU Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad) - and the other NLUs; Maharashtra's own five-year LL.B. CAP uses MAH-LL.B CET instead.