CLAT PG 2027 Application (Open), Exam Date (Out), Last Date for Applications, Eligibility Criteria

CLAT PG 2027 application form is now open on the official website as of August 3, 2026. The last date to complete the registration is October 31, 2026. CLAT PG 2027 exam date is December 6, 2026 (from 2 PM to 4 PM).

• The Consortium of NLUs released the CLAT 2027 notification on July 22, 2026; it covers both UG and PG (LLM) admissions. 
• According to the notification, CLAT PG registration is open from August 3 to October 31, 2026. 
• CLAT PG Exam 2027 is scheduled for December 6, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM. It will be an offline (pen-and-paper) exam.  
• Clearing CLAT PG will help you get admission to 26 NLUs and IIULER Goa (Indian Institute of Legal Education and Research, Goa). These scores are also used for PSU legal officer recruitment and the Army's JAG entry.  

Download Official Notification for CLAT PG 2027

What is CLAT PG?

CLAT PG 2027 (Common Law Admission Test – Postgraduate, also called CLAT LLM) is the national-level entrance exam conducted by the Consortium of NLUs for admission to LLM programs at 26 National Law Universities and IIULER Goa.  

CLAT PG scores are also used by PSUs such as ONGC, IOCL and NTPC to recruit legal officers, and a valid score is required for the Indian Army's JAG entry scheme. 

CLAT PG 2027 Highlights 

Here are the most important highlights of CLAT PG 2027 according to the official notification.  

Particulars	Details
Full Form	Common Law Admission Test - Postgraduate (CLAT LLM)
Conducting Body	Consortium of National Law Universities
Notification Status	Released (July 22, 2026)
Exam Date	Sunday, December 6, 2026
Exam Timing	2:00 PM – 4:00 PM (single shift)
Exam Frequency	Once a year
Exam Level	National
Application Mode	Online (open Aug 3 – Oct 31, 2026)
Application Fee	General/OBC/NRI/PIO/OCI: INR 4000 SC / ST / BPL: INR 3500
Attempts	No Age limit (Unlimited attempts)
Exam Mode	Offline (pen-and-paper, OMR)
Duration	2 hours
Participating Universities	26 NLUs + IIULER Goa  (Approx 1200 LLM seats)
Official Website	consortiumofnlus.ac.in

What Does the CLAT PG 2027 Notification PDF Contain?  

Along with the exam date, the official CLAT PG notification released on 22nd July 2026 includes all the important details regarding the exam. Here's what you need to know:  

Section	Details Included
Eligibility Criteria	Qualifying degree, minimum marks, final-year rules
Application Process	Registration steps and form-filling instructions
Important Dates	Registration, admit card, exam, counselling timeline
Exam Pattern	Question count, marking scheme, duration
Syllabus	Subject coverage for the PG paper
Application Fee	Category-wise fee structure (₹4,000 / ₹3,500)
Documents Required	Photograph, signature, category certificates
Reservation Policy	Category-wise reservation framework (NLU-wise seat matrices follow with counselling)
Counselling Process	Merit list, preference locking, seat allotment
General Instructions	Exam-day rules and candidate guidelines

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CLAT PG Eligibility Criteria 2027  

Before you apply, confirm you meet the CLAT PG eligibility criteria as mentioned by the Consortium. The eligibility conditions include:  

Criteria	Requirement
Educational Qualification	3-year LLB or 5-year integrated LLB from a recognized university
Minimum Marks	50% for General/OBC/NRI/PIO/OCI; 45% for SC/ST/PwD (as per recent Consortium notifications)
Final-year Students	Eligible - must furnish proof of passing at the time of admission
Age Limit	None (no lower or upper age limit)

• Can final-year LLB students apply? Yes. Final-year LLB students can apply, provided they submit evidence of passing the qualifying degree at the time of admission. 
• Is there an attempt limit? No. You can attempt CLAT PG as many times as you wish.  

CLAT PG Registration Process 2027  

The registration for CLAT PG in 2027 began on August 3, 2026 on the website consortiumofnlus.ac.in and will end on October 31, 2026. The application fee is ₹4,000 for candidates in the General, OBC and NRI categories and ₹3,500 for those in the SC, ST and BPL categories. Students who are in their final year of LLB are eligible to apply 

The CLAT PG registration process 2027 is fully online and takes about 30-40 minutes if your documents are ready. Follow the give steps to successfully register for CLAT PG 2027:  

Step 1- Register: Create your account with a working email ID and mobile number (verified by OTP). 

Step 2 - Fill in the Details: Complete the application with personal, academic and exam-city preferences. 

Step 3 - Upload Documents: Passport-size photograph, signature, and category/BPL/PwD certificates (PDF) if applicable. 

Step 4 - Pay the application fee online  

Before you hit submit, here are 5 things that disqualify or cost candidates every year. Take care of these mistakes:  

• Spelling errors in your name or your parents' names can lead to rejection of candidature. Type exactly as per your certificates.
• Once the fee has been paid, no modifications can be made to the program (UG/PG), category, or BPL fields.
• When you send in more than one form, only the most recent one will be taken into account and the fees paid earlier will not be refunded.
• Keep scanned copies of your documents ready before you start: photograph (recent, plain background), signature, and category certificates in PDF.
• Pay on a stable connection; a failed transaction close to 31st October can cost you the attempt.

CLAT PG Application Fee 2027  

Category	Application Fee
General / OBC / NRI / PIO / OCI	₹4,000
SC / ST / BPL	₹3,500

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CLAT PG Reservation Policy 2027  

CLAT PG does not have a single all-India reservation system; instead each NLU implements its own set of rules based on state and category, meaning the reservation advantage you actually receive depends on the particular NLU among which you are ranked, rather than on a fixed national percentage.

Reservation Type	How It Applies in CLAT PG
Vertical (SC / ST / OBC / EWS)	Applied NLU-wise; percentages vary by university and state policy
PwD (Persons with Disability)	Horizontal reservation across categories, per each NLU's norms
State Domicile Quotas	Most NLUs reserve a share of seats for candidates domiciled in their state
Other Horizontal Categories	Some NLUs provide quotas for women, wards of defence personnel, etc.

Which college you get selected at depends on your score and your CLAT PG counselling.  

CLAT PG Exam Pattern 2027  

CLAT PG 2027 is a 2-hour offline exam with 120 passage-based objective questions worth 1 mark each. There is negative marking of 0.25 per wrong answer and no sectional division. The paper draws 20-24 passages from primary legal materials like landmark judgments, acts and regulations, with 4-6 questions per passage.  

Here are the most important CLAT PG exam pattern highlights for the 2027 exam:  

Particulars	Details
Mode	Offline (OMR)
Medium	English
Duration	2 hours (2 PM to 4 PM)
Question type	Passage-based MCQs
Total questions/marks	120 / 120
Marking	+1 correct; −0.25 incorrect; 0 unattempted
Sections	None (single integrated paper since 2021)
Passages	20-24 passages, 4-6 questions each

Is CLAT PG Harder than CLAT UG?

CLAT UG tests aptitude and comprehension with no prior legal knowledge assumed, while CLAT PG assumes a full LLB and tests how precisely you apply that law to unfamiliar passages under a tighter one-minute-per-question pace.

CLAT PG 2027: What's New This Year?  

The Consortium has constituted an Expert Committee, chaired by Justice (Retd.) Indu Malhotra, to review the examination process and recommend reforms for both the UG and PG exams.  

The committee includes eminent law professors from institutions such as Oxford, LSE, Columbia, Cambridge and BML Munjal University. Its mandate covers strengthening transparency, question quality and fairness across every stage of the exam.  

What this Means for Your CLAT PG 2027 Preparation?  

• The CLAT PG exam pattern and syllabus for 2027 stand unchanged. The Consortium has confirmed the existing 120-question, passage-based format continues this cycle. Do not restructure your preparation around rumoured changes. 
• Expect tighter question quality. The committee's remit follows the answer-key disputes of recent cycles. Cleaner, less contestable passages and keys are likely to be implemented. 
• Any reform the committee recommends will be announced on consortiumofnlus.ac.in before it applies. Treat social-media claims of pattern changes as noise; we update this page the same day for every official announcement. 

Beyond the committee, the 2027 notification continues the Consortium's push for clearly defined timelines, standardised admission procedures across participating NLUs, and better candidate communication through the official portal.  

CLAT PG Syllabus 2027  

The paper tests the substantive law you studied during your LLB. The CLAT PG syllabus 2027 covers:  

• Constitutional Law (highest weightage, every year) 
• Jurisprudence 
• Criminal Law (including the new criminal codes: BNS, BNSS, BSA) 
• Law of Contract & Specific Relief 
• Administrative Law 
• Torts 
• Family Law 
• Property Law 
• Company Law 
• Public International Law 
• Tax Law 
• Environmental Law 
• Labour & Industrial Law 

If you prepared sincerely for your LLB semester exams, you already know 70% of this syllabus. CLAT PG tests how well you can apply it to unseen passages under time pressure.  

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CLAT PG Preparation Strategy 2027 

With the exam on December 6, 2026, you have four months from registration to prepare for CLAT PG 2027. Here's a brief plan that works:  

• August to September (concept phase): Start by studying Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence and Criminal Law since these are the subjects that give the highest return. Meanwhile, also read the Bare Acts, quoting the statutory text exactly as it appears.
• October (including the coverage and case law): complete the study of Contracts, Family, Property, Company and International Law; keep a continuous record of important judgments from 2025 to 2026 and, in relation to the more recent papers, select five or more passages from the decisions of the previous year.
• November: do one full mock every 2 to 3 days and carry out an error analysis. Practice 120 questions within 120 minutes; the LegalEdge faculty observe that most PG aspirants tend to run out of time when doing the Constitutional Law passages, even though they don't under-time the paper as a whole, so allocate extra seconds to those passages in your mocks.
• In the last fortnight, you should just do some revision, read the Bare Act and take mock tests—don't begin any new topics.

CLAT PG Admit Card 2027  

The CLAT PG admit card 2027 is expected in the 2nd week of November 2026, exclusively online. It is not posted physically. You have to download it from the official website.

How to Download CLAT PG 2027 Admit Card?

You can follow the steps below to download the admit card:

Step 1: Visit consortiumofnlus.ac.in and open the CLAT 2027 login  

Step 2: Sign in with your registered mobile/email and password  

Step 3: Find and click on the link showing the admit card. Now, verify every detail. 

Step 4: Make printouts of the admit card. It will be required at the time of entry. 

If any detail is wrong, raise it with the Consortium helpdesk immediately; corrections close fast in the exam run-up.  

CLAT PG Exam Centres 2027

CLAT PG is an offline exam conducted in various cities across the country. While you are filling the application form, you have to choose your preferred exam centres for the exam.

State	Exam Centre City
Andhra Pradesh	Chittor/Tirupathi
Kurnool
Rajahmundry
Vijayawada
Vishakapatnam
Assam	Guwahati
Bihar	Muzaffarpur
Patna
Chhattisgarh	Bilaspur
Durg
Raipur
Gujarat	Gandhinagar
Rajkot
Surat
Vadodara
Haryana	Faridabad
Gurugram
Hisar
Kurukshetra
Sonepat
Himachal Pradesh	Shimla
Jammu and Kashmir	Jammu
Srinagar
Jharkhand	Jamshedpur
Ranchi
Karnataka	Bengaluru
Hubli / Dharwad
Mangalore
Mysore
Kerala	Calicut
Ernakulam
Kottayam
Thiruvananthapuram
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
Gwalior
Indore
Jabalpur
Maharashtra	Amrawati
Aurangabad
Mumbai
Nagpur
Navi Mumbai
Pune
Thane
Manipur	Imphal
Meghalaya	Shillong
National Capital Territory of Delhi	New Delhi
Odisha	Bhubaneswar
Cuttack
Punjab	Amritsar
Jalandhar
Mohali
Patiala
Chandigarh UT	Chandigarh
Rajasthan	Jaipur
Jodhpur
Kota
Sikkim	Gangtok
Tamil Nadu	Chennai
Coimbatore
Madurai
Salem
Tirunelveli
Trichy
Telangana	Hyderabad
Tripura	Agartala
Union Territory	Puducherry
Union Territory (part of Dadra and Nagar Haveli)	Silvassa
Union Territory (part of Daman and Diu)	Diu
Uttar Pradesh	Agra
Allahabad
Bareilly
Ghaziabad
Gorakhpur
Greater Noida / Noida
Jhansi
Kanpur
Lucknow
Meerut
Varanasi
Uttarakhand	Dehradun
Haldwani
West Bengal	Asansol
Barrackpore
Hooghly
Kharagpur
Kolkata
Malda
Siliguri

CLAT PG 2027 Result & Merit List 

The CLAT PG result 2027 is expected within weeks of the exam on consortiumofnlus.ac.in. You will require your login credentials to check your scorecard.

How to Download CLAT PG Scorecard 2027?

You can follow the steps below to download CLAT PG scorecard.

Step 1: Log in with your credentials  

Step 2: Open the scorecard link  

Step 3: Verify your details and download the PDF.  

The scorecard shows your name, roll number, category, CLAT score, All-India Rank and category rank. The Consortium then publishes a merit list, on which counselling invitations are based.  

CLAT PG Cut Off 2027  

The moment your score is out, the question becomes: is it enough? Make sure you analyse the CLAT PG cut off marks round-wise and category-wise to set a realistic target NLU list.  

Here are five factors move the cut off every year:  

• Number of candidates appearing 
• Difficulty level of the paper 
• Total seats available (including new NLUs joining) 
• Previous-year cut-off anchoring 
• Overall score distribution 

You can check the previous year's CLAT PG cutoff in the table below.

CLAT PG 2026 Round 1 Cut Off

NLU	General	OBC	EWS	SC	ST
NLSIU Bengaluru	87	591	474	1402	2356
NALSAR Hyderabad	114	306	264	1511	1652
NLIU Bhopal	391	841	-	2797	4352
WBNUJS Kolkata	429	-	-	1851	3077
NLU Jodhpur	448	989	949	2615	2616
HNLU Raipur	775	1768	-	3645	5479
GNLU Gandhinagar	342	1282	898	2843	3442
GNLU Silvassa	1001	2076	1638	4434	6634
RMLNLU Lucknow	290	1100*	947*	2774*	5892*
RGNUL Patiala	824	-	-	3606	6314
CNLU Patna	968	-	1832*	5356*	14916*
NUALS Kochi	1131	-	14642*	11498*	-
NLU Odisha	907	-	-	3972	6818
NUSRL Ranchi	1119	1896	14635*	4228	6408
NLUJA Assam	1322	2258	1953	4805	5103
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	1279	2199	1922	4371	6053
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli	1361	2708	-	4699	6479
MNLU Mumbai	458	2952*	3252*	3827	11147*
MNLU Nagpur	1108	6454*	5303*	7363*	11838*
MNLU Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar	1726	9827*	9390*	10563*	15650*
HPNLU Shimla	1655	-	2254	4758	6781
MPDNLU Jabalpur	1660	2316	2555	5011	7488
DBRANLU Sonepat	1996	3526	2827	5655	8320
NLUT, Agartala	2060	-	-	15804*	15751*
RPNLUP, Prayagraj	811	1733*	2072*	3828*	-
IIULER Goa	1882	2875	2888	4694	5611

*state reservation

CLAT PG 2026 Round 2 Cut Off

NLU	General	OBC	EWS	SC	ST
NLSIU Bengaluru	88	832	611	-	-
NALSAR Hyderabad	122*	333	1275*	1625	-
NLIU Bhopal	400	-	-	5876*	12034*
WBNUJS Kolkata	449	4224*	-	4401*	3262
NLU Jodhpur	480	1193	1018	2924	2766*
HNLU Raipur	850	2105	-	3972	5528*
GNLU Gandhinagar	1656*	1383	1082	3157	3450
GNLU Silvassa	1088	2754	1832	4911	-
RMLNLU Lucknow	-	1205*	1073*	-	-
RGNUL Punjab	884	-	-	4093	6772
CNLU Patna	1032	2919*	2011*	5724*	-
NUALS Kochi	1280	-	-	11978*	-
NLU Odisha	982	-	-	4389	7447
NUSRL Ranchi	1276	2456	-	4747	13364*
NLUJA Assam	1685	2430	2022	4884	10055*
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	1361	2949	2508	6688*	-
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli	1491	3274	-	5011	-
MNLU Mumbai	522	3541*	-	-	-
MNLU Nagpur	1158	7100*	5686*	7792*	-
MNLU Sambhajinagar	2028	10347*	10022*	11987*	-
HPNLU Shimla	1864	-	2883	-	7636
MPDNLU Jabalpur	1726	-	2638	5215	8350
DBRANLU Sonepat	2349	4016	3170	6001	8634
NLUT Agartala	2460	-	-	-	-
RPNLU Prayagraj	-	1990*	2613*	4332*	-
IIULER Goa	2164	3189	3343	-	-

*state reservation

CLAT PG 2026 Round 3 Cut Off

NLU	General	OBC	EWS	SC	ST
NLSIU Bengaluru	-	-	-	-	-
NALSAR Hyderabad	-	-	-	-	-
NLIU Bhopal	-	950	-	-	5108
WBNUJS Kolkata	463	7665*	-	-	-
NLU Jodhpur	489	1211	1125	-	-
HNLU Raipur	-	-	-	-	-
GNLU Gandhinagar	-	1411	-	-	-
GNLU Silvassa	-	-	-	-	-
RMLNLU Lucknow	-	-	-	3169*	-
RGNUL Punjab	900	-	-	4137	6823
CNLU Patna	1078	2875*	-	-	-
NUALS Kochi	1287	-	-	-	-
NLU Odisha	995	-	-	4421	-
NUSRL Ranchi	1541	4811	13789*
NLUJA Assam	-	-	-	5003	-
DSNLU Visakhapatnam	1366	2988	-	-	-
TNNLU Tiruchirappalli	-	3415	-	5033	-
MNLU Mumbai	-	-	-	4884*	-
MNLU Nagpur	-	-	-	-	-
MNLU Sambhajinagar	-	11470	-	-	-
HPNLU Shimla	1901	-	-	-	-
MPDNLU Jabalpur	-	-	-	5867	-
DBRANLU Sonepat	2426	4349	-	6246	8663
NLUT Agartala	2579	-	-	-	-
RPNLU Prayagraj	-	-	3246*	-	-
IIULER Goa	2300	3809	3718	5835	-

*state reservation

Note: NLU allotment runs on All-India Rank, not raw marks. You can use the official CLAT PG answer key to estimate your score within 48 hours of the exam.  

What is the Difference Between CLAT PG and AILET PG?

Both of these exams are conducted for admission to law courses. If you are confused between these two exams, check the points below.

• Conducting Authority & Admission Scope: CLAT PG is conducted by the Consortium of National Law Universities for admission to LL.M. programmes at participating NLUs, whereas AILET PG is conducted by National Law University Delhi specifically for admission to its LL.M. programme. 

• Exam Pattern: There is a comprehension-based format for CLAT PG with questions from various areas of law, while AILET PG consists of 100 law-based MCQs covering different branches of law. 

• Competition & Seat Availability: CLAT PG provides access to multiple NLUs through a single exam, while AILET PG is conducted for admission only to NLU Delhi, making the competition structure different for aspirants.

How Does the CLAT PG Counselling Process Work?  

The CLAT PG counselling is carried out online by the Consortium in several rounds, and after each allocation of a seat the candidates decide:

• Freeze (confirm the seat and pay the confirmation fee),  
• Float (hold the seat while staying eligible for upgrades in later rounds), or  
• Exit (withdraw from the process)  

Seats are allotted strictly on rank, category, and your NLU preference order.  

Here's the step-by-step CLAT PG counselling process: 

Step 1: Register for counselling on the Consortium portal once results are declared (separate counselling registration fee applies). 

Step 2: Lock your NLU preferences carefully. Your order here decides your allotment; you cannot re-order later in that round. 

Step 3: Seat allotment is published round wise on your CLAT login  

Step 4: You choose Freeze / Float / Exit. Freezing requires paying the confirmation fee (₹20,000 in recent cycles, adjusted against university fees). Exiting after choosing freeze/float has attracted a ₹5,000 deduction.  

Step 5: Document Verification: keep originals + photocopies of your CLAT admit card and scorecard, Class 10/12 marksheets, LLB degree/marksheets, category or PwD certificates, and photographs  

Selected candidates should report to the allotted NLU on the notified date to complete admission.  

CLAT PG 2027: Participating NLUs & Colleges  

In IIULER Goa and the other 26 NLUs, the CLAT PG 2027 programme provides around 1,200 or more LLM places. Since the exact number of seats varies slightly from year to year as the NLUs finalise their intakes, consider this figure to be an estimate until each university publishes its final matrix near the time of counselling.

NLU Delhi is the major exception as it admits students through its own exam, AILET PG 2027.  

Several private law schools, including JGLS Sonipat, Nirma University and NMIMS, also accept CLAT PG scores.  

Here's what CLAT PG 2026 counselling data tells you about the rank you should target (General category, Round 1 closing ranks):    

Tier	NLUs	Closing Rank Range (General)*
Top	NLSIU Bengaluru, NALSAR Hyderabad	AIR 87 - 114
Upper-mid	NLIU Bhopal, WBNUJS Kolkata, NLU Jodhpur, GNLU Gandhinagar, MNLU Mumbai, RMLNLU Lucknow	AIR ~290 - 460
Mid	HNLU Raipur, RGNUL Patiala, NLU Odisha, CNLU Patna, RPNLU Prayagraj	AIR ~775 - 1,000
Newer / emerging	NUALS Kochi, NUSRL Ranchi, NLUJA Assam, DSNLU, TNNLU, MNLU Nagpur, HPNLU Shimla, MPDNLU Jabalpur, DBRANLU Sonepat, NLUT Agartala, GNLU Silvassa, MNLU Chh. Sambhajinagar, IIULER Goa	AIR ~1,000 - 2,100

Here are the key takeaways based on the CLAT PG 2027 notification:  

• Read the complete CLAT PG 2027 notification carefully  
• Download the official notification PDF for reference  
• Verify your eligibility, including category-wise minimum marks  
• Keep all documents ready: photo, signature, and category/domicile certificates in PDF  
• Decide your category and program fields carefully, they lock after fee payment  
• Apply well before 31st October and started your CLAT PG preparation on the official schedule