Common Law Admission Test
Registration opens
3 Aug 2026
Registration closes
7 Nov 2026
The Consortium of NLUs extended the CLAT 2027 registration deadline from 31 Oct to 7 Nov 2026 (last year it also moved from 31 Oct to 7 Nov). Confirm on consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
Correction window opens
~Nov 2026
Provisional
Estimate. The Consortium has not announced the application correction window. Registration closes on 7 Nov 2026, so corrections are assumed to open shortly after that. This will move once the Consortium announces it on consortiumofnlus.ac.in.
Admit card release
~Nov 2026
Provisional
Consortium estimate: "third week of Nov 2026."
Exam date
6 Dec 2026
Result declared
~Dec 2026
Provisional
Consortium estimate: "third week of Dec 2026."
Counseling begins
~Dec 2026
Provisional
Consortium estimate: "late Dec 2026."
Application fee
₹4000(₹3500 SC/ST/reserved)
Official website
https://consortiumofnlus.ac.inCLAT is the centralized entrance exam for admission to the 5-year integrated LLB (and LLM) programs at 22 National Law Universities, plus over 60 other law schools nationwide that also accept CLAT scores. It was introduced in 2008 to replace each NLU's own separate entrance exam with one common, standardized test - two NLUs (NLU Delhi and NLU Meghalaya) still run their own separate exams outside CLAT.
Mode
Offline (pen-and-paper, OMR-based)
Duration
2 hours
Questions
120
Total marks
120
Marking scheme
+1 correct / -0.25 incorrect
Sections
All questions are passage-based MCQs.
Centralized counselling run by the Consortium of NLUs - you rank your preferred NLUs in order, and seats are allotted by your CLAT rank, category, and seat availability at each university.
Last verified 2 Nov 2026. Dates and eligibility can change - always confirm on the official notification before applying.
CLAT 2027
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