CLAT admissions are carried out via an online centralized process conducted separately for UG and PG programs. CLAT Counseling is expected to begin in the second week of October 2022. CLAT is a national level qualifying exam conducted to admit eligible students to UG and PG law courses. 

• 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. 
• CLAT Admission procedure involves 5 major steps: registration, making NLU choices, seat allotment, fee payment, and reporting to the designated institute. Each stage is critical, and candidates are advised to be aware of each stage in depth. 
• Candidates qualifying above the CLAT Cut Off will be eligible for the admission process. The cut off marks are released along with the results. 

CLAT Admission Process 2023

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 CLAT Counselling list 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. Candidates have to 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, the candidates use this option if they wish to change their allotted institute to a higher choice. If a candidate exercises this option, they 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 2023 admission, the entire amount of INR 50,000 will be forfeited. 

CLAT Counselling 2023

After the results, the CLAT Counselling 2023 will begin. The counselling is basically shortlisting candidates for the CLAT 2023 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 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 2023

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

Participating Institutes in CLAT 2023 & Admission Fees

The following institutes accept CLAT scores to admit students to LLB and LLM courses. The admission fee for each college is as 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 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	Seats Available
General	62
SC	12
ST	6

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	Seats in Business Law	Seats in Human Rights Law
General	23	15
SC	05	03
ST	02	02

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	Seats Available (All India candidates)	Seats available (For Telangana state students)
General	75	11
SC	14	04
ST	07	01
OBC	NIL	08

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	Seats Available (All India candidates)	Seats available (For Telangana state students)
General	37	04
SC	07	02
ST	04	01
OBC	NIL	05

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	Seats Available (All India candidates)	Seats available (For MP state students)
General	39	26
SC	08	08
ST	04	10
OBC	NIL	07
Supernumerary Quota/ NRI/ NRI Sponsored	02 (reserved for candidates from J&K)	18

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	Seats Available (All India candidates)	Seats available (For MP state students)
General	23	15
SC	05	05
ST	02	06
OBC	NIL	04

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	Seats Available (All India candidates)	Seats available (For WB state students)
General	44	22
EWS	06	04
SC	10	08
ST	05	02
OBC	NIL	02
Foreign Nationals	04	NIL
NRI	18	NIL
JK Seats	02	NIL
PWD	03	02

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	Seats Available (All India candidates)	Seats available (For WB state students)
General	18	06
EWS	03	01
SC	04	03
ST	02	01
OBC	NIL	02
Foreign Nationals	02	NIL
PWD	02	01

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	Seats
General	75
SC	16
ST	8
NRI/ NRI Sponsored	16
Specially Abled Persons	5

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	Seats
General	35
SC	08
ST	04
Specially Abled Persons	03

HNLU Chhattisgarh

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Chhattisgarh)
General	62	33
SC	12	10
ST	06	26
OBC	NIL	11

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	Seats
General	46
SC	09
ST	05

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 (H)	B.Com LLB (H)	B.Sc LLB (H)	BBA LLB (H)	BSW LLB (H)
General	68	22	22	22	22
NRI	10	02	02	02	02
Foreign National	02	01	01	01	01

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	Seats
General	38
SC	09
ST	05
NRI	06
Foreign Nationals	02
J&K and North East State students	03

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	Seats
General	133
SC	27
ST	14
NRI	05
Ancestral Resident of Village Sidhuwal	01

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	29
SC	06
ST	03
Foreign Nationals	02

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
General	60
SC (of Bihar)	19
ST (of Bihar)	01
EBC (of Bihar)	22
BC (of Bihar)	14
WBC	04

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	20
SC (of Bihar)	06
ST (of Bihar)	01
EBC (of Bihar)	07
BC (of Bihar)	05
WBC	01

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Kerala)
General	31	05
SC	NIL	05
ST	NIL	01
SEBC	NIL	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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Kerala)
General	31	05
SC	NIL	05
ST	NIL	01
SEBC	NIL	18

NLUO, Cuttack

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 (H) Seats (All India)	BA LLB (H) Seats (Odisha)	BBA LLB (H) Seats (All India)	BBA LLB (H) Seats (Odisha)
General	64	21	32	11
ST	10	03	04	02
SC	06	02	03	01
NRI/ NRI Sponsored	10	NIL	05	NIL
Foreign Nationals	04	NIL	02	NIL

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	CCL Seats (All India)	CCL Seats (Odisha)	CAL Seats (All India)	CAL Seats (Odisha)
General	13	04	13	04
ST	02	01	02	01
SC	01	01	01	01
NRI/ NRI Sponsored	02	NIL	02	NIL
Foreign Nationals	01	NIL	01	NIL

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	All India Seats	Jharkhand State Seats
General	27	27
SC	09	06
ST	05	16
General EBC	03	03
EBC	16	05
BC	NIL	03

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	All India Seats	Jharkhand State Seats
General	09	09
SC	02	02
ST	02	04
General EBC	01	01
EBC	06	02
BC	NIL	02

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	Seats
General	31
SC (of Assam)	04
ST (of Assam - Plains)	06
EBC (of Assam - Hills)	03
OBC	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	Seats
General	15
SC (of Assam)	02
ST (of Assam - Plains)	03
EBC (of Assam - Hills)	02
OBC	08

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Andhra Pradesh)
General	48	30
SC	NIL	09
ST	NIL	04
BC	NIL	17
EWS	06	06

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Andhra Pradesh)
General	10	06
SC	NIL	02
ST	NIL	01
BC	NIL	03
EWS	01	01

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Tamil Nadu)
General	44	18
SC	09	10
ST	04	01
BC	NIL	17
MBC/ DNC	NIL	11

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Tamil Nadu)
General	07	03
SC	01	02
ST	01	01
BC	NIL	03
MBC/ DNC	NIL	02

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Maharashtra)
General	25	NIL
SC	NIL	13
ST	NIL	07
BC	NIL	14
SBC	NIL	02
MBC	NIL	19
SEBC	12	NIL
EWS	10	NIL

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Maharashtra)
General	11	NIL
SC	NIL	07
ST	NIL	04
BC	NIL	06
SBC	NIL	01
MBC	NIL	10
SEBC	06	NIL
EWS	05	NIL

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Maharashtra)
General	44	NIL
SC	NIL	16
ST	NIL	08
BC	NIL	13
SBC	NIL	02
MBC	NIL	23
SEBC	NIL	14

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Maharashtra)
General	07	NIL
SC	NIL	03
ST	NIL	01
BC	NIL	03
MBC	NIL	04
SEBC	NIL	02

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.

Category	Seats (All India)	Seats (Maharashtra)
General	16	NIL
SC	NIL	08
ST	NIL	04
BC	NIL	07
SBC	NIL	01
OBC	NIL	11
ESBC	NIL	07
EWS	NIL	06

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	Seats (All India)	Seats (Maharashtra)
General	05	NIL
SC	NIL	03
ST	NIL	01
BC	NIL	03
MBC	NIL	04
ESBC	NIL	02
EWS	NIL	02

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 (H) Seats (All India)	BBA LLB (H)Seats (Tamil Nadu)
General	46	46
SC	09	09
ST	05	05
PWD	03	03
Wards of defence personnel	03	03
HP domicile candidates	15	15
Kashmiri Migrants	03	03
Residents of J&K	02	02
NRI	09	09

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 (All India)
General	31
SC	06
ST	03
PWD	02
Wards of defence personnel	02
HP domicile candidates	10
Women	10
Residents of J&K	04
NRI	06
BC/ OBC	11
EWS	04

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	Seats
General	66
SC (of MP)	10
ST (of MP)	12
OBC (of MP)	08
SC	09
ST	05
NRI	10
Supernumerary Quota	02

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 Seats	Haryana Seats
General	66	11
SC	14	05
ST	07	NIL
PWD	03	01
Ward of landowners of RGEC	NIL	06
Domicile of Haryana	NIL	07
Supernumerary Seats	12	NIL