CLAT Admission Process 2024

Are you a law aspirant gearing up to appear for the CLAT exam? Exciting times await you as you take the first step towards your legal career! But before you dive into preparing for the exam, it's essential to understand the CLAT admissions process. Here are some important points to keep in mind:

• CLAT admissions are based on merit, with a rank list being prepared based on your performance in the exam.
• The admission process includes online registration, filling out application forms, and submission of relevant documents.
• After the announcement of results, you will have to participate in the counseling process and select the college of your choice.

Sounds simple enough, right? But there are many nuances to the CLAT admissions process that you need to be aware of. So, read on to discover everything you need to know to secure a spot in your dream law school through CLAT Admissions!

Answering Some Common Queries on CLAT Admission Process

Here, we have answered the common doubts about CLAT admissions:

• How many steps are involved in the CLAT Admission? The procedure involves 5 major steps: Registration, making NLU choices, Seat Allotment, Fee Payment, and reporting to the designated NLU. 
• How are CLAT seats announced? The CLAT Seats are announced separately for General, SC, ST, OBC, and PwD categories. There are three rounds for seat allotment, and NLU has the right to change the total number of seats or break up seats before the final allotment. 
• How to know if I'm eligible for CLAT admission? If you score the CLAT Cut Off, you will be eligible for the admission process. 

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CLAT Admission Process 

The counselling and seat allotment process for LLB and LLM programs is done through the Centralised Online Counseling process. CLAT Admission Procedure has 5 steps. The detailed process is as follows:

First Indicative List

Along with the online announcement of the result, the CLAT Rank List will be published as well.

The merit list will be released on the official website. The first list of CLAT Counselling will be declared on the merit-cum-preference basis of the scores acquired in the exam. 

Payment of Counseling Fee And Selection of College/University

Those whose names appear in the CLAT Merit List can participate in the Admission process. The process involves fee payment and locking the choice of the institute.

You must pay an amount of INR 50,000 as per the schedule released by the conducting authorities.

After the payment of the admission fee, candidates will have to make one of the following choices:

• ‘Lock’ - After the payment of the CLAT admission fee, candidates will have to confirm their choice of NLU. After locking the choice, the seat will be frozen for the candidate, and it won’t be used further for seat allotment. 
• ‘Upward Shifting’ - As the name suggests, you must use this option if you wish to change your allotted institute to a higher choice. If you exercise this option, you will be allotted seats in the upper list of colleges as per the preference filled in the CLAT Application Form.

Second Indicative List

Once the admission fee is paid, CNLU will release the second admission list for the candidates who have secured their seats in the CLAT Participating Colleges. The exam conducting authority will also release the waitlist of selected candidates against those who are dropped out. 

Candidates appearing on the waitlist will also have to pay the admission fee of INR 50,000. If any applicant wants to withdraw, INR 10,000 will be deducted from the admission amount paid earlier. 

Publication of the Third List of Selected Candidates

The third admission list will be released with the names of waitlisted candidates from the second round. The other batch of waitlisted candidates will be named in a separate list.

Those on the waitlist must complete the choice-filling process and pay the admission fee in the second round.

Admission Formalities at Allotted College/University

The final step in the CLAT Admission Process is to visit the allotted participating college and complete the admission formalities. The selected candidates through the CLAT Exam will have to pay the balance towards the admission fee. Documents required for CLAT admission are as follows:

• CLAT Application Form
• CLAT Admit Card 
• CLAT Score Card
• Class 10th Marks-sheet (Date of Birth proof)
• Class 12th Marks-sheet (Academic Qualification/ Eligibility Criteria)
• Caste Certificate (If applicable)
• Specially-Abled Certificate (If applicable)
• NRI Certificate (If applicable)
• Sponsored NRI Certificate (If applicable)
• Domicile Certificate (If applicable) 
• Call Letter issued by CLAT authority
• Current passport-size photographs

If the candidate fails to claim CLAT admission, the entire amount of INR 50,000 will be forfeited. 

CLAT Counselling 

After the results, CLAT Counselling will begin. The counselling is basically shortlisting candidates for the CLAT admission process. Candidates qualifying for the CLAT Exam above the cut-off will be shortlisted for the counselling procedure. The Counselling Process is conducted in five steps as listed below:

• Step 1: Publication of 1st Symptomatic List
• Step 2: Counselling Fees Payment, Lock Upgrade & Withdrawal of Seats
• Step 3: Publication of the 2nd list having the names of finalized candidates after payment of counselling fees.
• Step 4: Publication of 3rd list allotting seats to candidates
• Step 5: Completion of CLAT Admission Process 

For the counselling process, you are shortlisted based on the CLAT Seat Allotment released after the results. A total of 3 seat allotment lists are released that include the names shortlisted for counselling.

Participating Institutes in CLAT & Admission Fees

The following institutes accept CLAT scores to admit students to LLB and LLM courses. The admission fee for each college is tabulated below:

Participating College	Admission Fee - BA LLB (Hons.)	College Brochure	Admission Fee - LLM
NLSIU Bangalore	General - INR 2,62,000 p.a SC/ST - INR 2,58,875 p.a Foreign Nationals - USD 2080 p.a	View/Download	General - INR 1,89,500 p.a. SC/ST - INR 1,86,375 p.a.
NALSAR Hyderabad	General - INR 2,47,000 p.a	View/Download	General - INR 1,75,000 p.a.
NLIU Bhopal	General - INR 2,48,750 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR - 2,14,750 p.a.
WBNUJS Kolkata	General - INR 1,72,200 Foreign Nationals - USD 5000 + other charges	View/Download	General - INR 1,45,000 p.a Foreign Nationals - USD 1500 + other charges
NLU Jodhpur	General - 1,44,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,14,000 p.a
HNLU Chhattisgarh	General - INR 1,75,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,03,500 p.a.
GNLU Gandhinagar	General - INR 2,37,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 2,07,000 p.a.
RMLNLU Lucknow	General - INR 1,44,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,04,000 p.a.
RGNUL Punjab	General - INR 2,11,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,14,000 p.a.
CNLU Patna	General - INR 1,92,000 p.a.	View/Download	NA
NUALS Kochi	General - INR 1,99,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,38,000 p.a.
NLUO, Cuttack	General - INR 2,11,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,61,000 p.a.
NUSRL Ranchi	General - INR 2,27,000 p.a. Foreign National - INR 4,54,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 2,03,000 p.a. Foreign National - INR 4,06,000 p.a
NLUJA Assam	General - INR 2,19,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,89,500 p.a.
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	General - INR 2,00,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,80,000 p.a.
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli	General - INR 2,23,000 p.a. SC./ST - INR 2,17,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,74,000 p.a. SC/ST - INR 1,68,000 p.a.
MNLU Mumbai	General - INR 2,02,000 p.a Foreign National - USD 10,000 + other charges	View/Download	General - INR 2,26,000 p.a Foreign National - USD 10,000 + other charges
MNLU Nagpur	General - INR 2,47,000 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,73,000 p.a
MNLU Aurangabad	General - INR 2,57,955 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,73,000 p.a.
HPNLU Shimla	General - INR 2,20,500 p.a.	View/Download	General - INR 1,71,500 p.a.
DNLU Jabalpur	General - INR 2,60,000 p.a.	View/Download	NA
DBRANLU Haryana	General - INR 1,78,000 p.a.	View/Download	NA

Other CLAT Participating Colleges

College/ University Accepting CLAT Scores
Shobhit University, Meerut	Gujarat Maritime University
RNB Global University	School of Law, NMIMS
ISBR Law College	Bennett University
Lloyd Law College	DIRD College
Glocal University	SRM University
Indore Institute of Law	Xavier Law School
Vivekananda Institute of Professional Studies	Alliance School of Law
Amity University	School of Law, Oriental University
Law College Dehradun	Manipal University,
GITAM School of Law	The North Cap University
Kalinga University	Dr K N Modi University
Harlal School of Law	Asian Law College
ICFAI Law School	Academy of Law, Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University
Galgotia University	The Raffles University
ICFAI Law School	IFIM Law School
REVA University	GLA University
Jain University	ITM University
School of Law, FIMT	Institute of Law, Nirma University

CLAT Admission Criteria for LLB and LLM Programs

The college-wise admission criteria for LLB and LLM programs offered at the law colleges are as follows:

NLSIU Bangalore

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	LLB Seats
General	115
SC (Scheduled Caste)	36
ST (Scheduled Tribe)	18
OBC - NCL	52
EWS	19
Grand Total	240

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLM Seats
SC (Scheduled Caste)	15
ST (Scheduled Tribe)	8
Other Backward Classes NCL	23
Economically Weaker Section	8
General	46
Grand Total	100

NALSAR Hyderabad

For BA LLB (H) -

• Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.
• Those who wish to take CLAT admission under the resident students of Telangana category seats must have resided for 4 years in Telangana state in the last 7 years.
• They must have obtained a 10+2 passing certificate from educational institutions in Telangana state only.

Category	BA LLB (Hons.)
	All India Students	Residents of Telangana
General	66	15
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)	19	5
Scheduled Caste (15%)	08	1
OBC - Non-Creamy	26	9
EWS	13	3
Grand Total	132	33

For LLM -

• A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.
• Those who wish to take CLAT admission under the resident students of Telangana category seats must have resided for 4 years in Telangana state in the last 7 years.
• They must have obtained an LLB degree from a university in Telangana state only.

Category	LLM
	All India Candidates	Residents of Telangana
General	33	8
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)	9	2
Scheduled Caste (15%)	4	1
OBC - Non Creamy	14	4
EWS	6	1
Grand Total	66	16

NLIU Bhopal

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	No. of Seats
General	52
SC	16
ST	20
OBC	14
NRI/NRI Sponsored	18
Supernumerary Quota (EWS)	12
Supernumerary Quota (J&K)	02
Grand Total	134

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	No. of Seats
General	30
SC	10
ST	12
OBC	8
Total	60

WBNUJS Kolkata

For BA (H) LLB - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	BA LLB
	All India Seat	West Bengal Domicile LLB	Total
General	51	22	73
Scheduled Caste	10	10	20
Scheduled Tribe	6	2	8
Foreign Nationals	2	0	2
OBC-A	0	4	4
OBC-B	0	3	3
NRI	20	0	20
PWD (Horizontal)	3	1	4
JK [supernumerary seats]	2	0	2
Grand Total	91	41	132

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	BA LLB
	All India Seats	WB Domicile	Total
General	54	15	69
Scheduled Caste	11	7	18
Scheduled Tribe	5	2	7
Foreign Nationals	0	0	2
OBC-A	0	3	3
OBC-B	0	3	3
PWD (Horizontal)	3	2	5
Grand Total	70	30	102

NLU Jodhpur

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	LLB
General	77
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)	8
Scheduled Caste (15%)	15
PWD (5%)	5
Total	104
NRI Sponsored/NRI	16

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLB
General	37
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%)	3
Scheduled Caste (15%)	7
PWD (5%)	3
Total	50

HNLU Raipur 

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	BA LLB
	All India Seats	State Domicile Seats
General	66	42
SC	13	14
ST	06	17
OBC	11	12
Total	85	85
Kashmiri Migrant’s Wards	5
Students from J&K	2
Foreign Nationals	2
NRI/NRI Sponsored	8

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	No. of Seats
General	45
SC	14
ST	7
OBC	24
Total	90
Supernumerary Seats for the Wards of Kashmiri Migrants	2
Students from Jammu & Kashmir	2

GNLU Gandhinagar

For Integrated LLB programs - Those who wish to seek admission in BA LLB (H), B.Com LLB (H), B.Sc LLB (H), BBA LLB (H), BSW LLB (H) programs must have an HSC certificate with the minimum of 50% marks (45% for reserved category students) from a recognized board.

Category	BA LLB
General	79
SC	23
ST	12
OBC	42
EWS	16
Total	172
NRI Sponsored/NRI	16
Foreign Nationals	5
J&K Residents	2
North East India	5
Sports Quota	4

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLM
General	26
SC	8
ST	4
EWS	5
OBC	14
Total	57
NRI Sponsored/NRI	5
Foreign Nationals	2
J&K Residents	1
North East India	2

RMLNLU Lucknow

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students of UP) from a recognized board. 

Category	Seats
General	80
SC (of UP)	34
ST (of UP)	03
OBC (of UP)	43
NRI/ NRI Sponsored	16
JK Students	02

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 55% marks (50% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	Seats
General	10
SC	05
ST	01
OBC	06
EWS	02
Foreign Nationals/NRI	05
J&K and North East State students	02

RGNUL Punjab

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	BA LLB
General	134
SC	27
ST	13
Foreign Nationals	05
Total	180
Kashmiri Migrants	9
Quota Seats for J&K Residents	2
NRI	5
EWS	18

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 55% marks (50% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	BA LLM
General	44
SC	09
ST	05
Foreign Nationals	02
Total	60
Kashmiri Migrants	3
Quota Seats for J&K Residents	2
EWS	6

CNLU Patna

For BA LLB (H) and BBA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	Seats Available
General	55
EWS under Unreserved Category	14
SC of Bihar	22
ST of Bihar	1
Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) of Bihar	25
Backward Class	17
Women of Backward Class	4
Total	138

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 55% marks (50% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	BA LLB
	All India Seats	State Merit
General	61	0
State Merit	0	11
SC of Kerala	0	10
ST of Kerala	0	2
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes	0	36
Total	61	59

NUALS Kochi

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	BA LLB
	All India Seats	State Merit
General	61	0
State Merit	0	11
SC of Kerala	0	10
ST of Kerala	0	2
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes	0	36
Total	61	59

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 55% marks (50% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLM
	All India Seats	State Merit
General	31	0
State Merit	0	5
SC of Kerala	0	5
ST of Kerala	0	1
Socially and Educationally Backward Classes	0	18
Total	31	29

NLUO, Odisha

For BA LLB (H) and BBA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 60% marks (55% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board. 

Category	BA LLB	BBA LLB
General	85	43
SC	08	4
ST	13	6
NRI/NRI Sponsored	10	5
Foreign Nationals	4	2

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLM (Corporate Law & Commercial Law)	LLM (Constitution Law & Administrative Law)
General	17	17
SC	2	2
ST	3	3
NRI/NRI Sponsored	2	2
Foreign Nationals	1	1

NUSRL Ranchi

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	BA LLB
	Domicile	Other States
General	27	27
SC	6	9
ST	16	5
OBC	0	16
EBC	5	0
BC	3	0
SAP	3	3
Total	60	60
SRI Sponsored/NRI/Foreign Nationals	18
Supernumerary Seats for J & K Residents	0

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLB
General	31
SC of Assam	4
ST (Hills)	3
ST (Plains)	6
OBC	16
Total	60

NLUJA Assam

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	LLB
General	31
SC of Assam	4
ST (Hills)	3
ST (Plains)	6
OBC	16
Total	60

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

DSNLU Visakhapatnam

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	BA LLB
General	78
NRI/Foreign Nationals	12
SC of Andhra Pradesh	9
ST of Andhra Pradesh	4
BC of Andhra Pradesh	17
EWS	6
Total	138

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

TNNLU Tiruchirappalli

For BA LLB (H) and B.Com LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	Bachelor’s
	BA LLB	B.Com LLB
General	9	9
ST	5	6
SC (O and A)	1	0
OBC	15	14
BC (Muslim)	6	7
BC (Others)	15	0
NRI	3	3
Total	60	60

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

MNLU Mumbai

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	LLB	LLM
General/Open	37	17
SC	13	7
ST	7	4
Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) (A)	3	2
Nomadic Tribes (B)	3	1
Nomadic Tribes (C)	4	2
Nomadic Tribes (D)	2	1
Special Backward Classes	2	1
Other Backward Classes	19	10
EWS	10	5
Total	100	50

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

MNLU Nagpur

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	LLB	LLM
Unreserved	46	18
SC of Maharashtra	16	6
ST of Maharashtra	8	3
De-notified Tribes (A) of Maharashtra	4	1
Nomadic Tribes (B) of Maharashtra	3	1
Nomadic Tribes (C) of Maharashtra	4	2
Nomadic Tribes (D) of Maharashtra	2
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of Maharashtra	12	50
OBC of Maharashtra	23	9
Total	120	45

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

MNLU Aurangabad

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

Category	LLB	LLM
Unreserved	23	23
SC of Maharashtra	8	8
ST of Maharashtra	4	4
De-notified Tribes of Maharashtra	2	2
Nomadic Tribes (B)	2	2
Nomadic Tribes (C)	2	2
Nomadic Tribes (D)	1	1
OBC of Maharashtra	11	11
Special Backward Class (SBC)	1	1
Total	60	60

HPNLU Shimla

For BA LLB (H) and BBA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 50% marks (45% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	BA LLB	BBA LLB
General	93	46
SC	18	9
ST	9	5
PWD	6	3
Wards of Serving/Retired/Defence Personnel	6	3
Himachal Pradesh Domicile Candidates	30	15
Kashmiri Migrants	6	3
Residents of J&K	2	2
NRI & Foreign Nationals	18	9
Total	120	60

For LLM - A candidate will be eligible for the LLM program if they have an LLB degree with 55% marks (50% marks for SC/ST candidates) from a recognized university.

DNLU Jabalpur

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	BA LLB
General	60
M.P. State SC	20
M.P. State ST	24
M.P. State OBC	16
Economically Weaker Section (EWS)	12
J & K Residents	2
Total	120
Supernumerary	14

DBRANLU Haryana

For BA LLB (H) - Students must have passed 10+2 examinations with 45% marks (40% marks for SC/ST category students) from a recognized board.

Category	All India Category	Haryana Category
General	63	12
SC	13	2
ST	7	0
EWS	7	1
BC-A	0	4
BC-B	0	2
DSC	0	2

Conclusion

In conclusion, the CLAT admission process can be overwhelming, but with the right guidance and preparation, you can crack it. Keep yourself updated with the latest news and trends in the legal world, and stay focused on your goals.