July 6, 2022
The seat allotment process of CLAT is the allocation of National Law Universities and courses for those who cleared the entrance exam and appeared in the counselling.
The consortium published the first seat allotment list on the official notification. The Consortium of NLUs shall conduct the seat allotment along with the counselling.
You have to log in to the portal and check whether you are allotted a seat or not after counselling round.
This post takes you through detailed CLAT Seat Allotment 2022, categories for seat distribution, and more.
Latest Updates:
12 May 2022: Tamilnadu National Law University - Tiruchirappalli
As per the latest notice, aspirants who had indicated as OBC in the All India category field will automatically be applied for the All India OBC category in TNNLU.
To get complete details about the seat matrix at Tamilnadu National Law University, check the official notice.
07 May 2022: Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur
According to the latest notice published by the DNLU, 12 Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Seats have been made supernumerary.
Out of 12 seats, 6 seats are reserved for those having the domicile of M.P. State. For more information, check the official notice.
Have a look at the table below to know all the important events related to the CLAT 2022 Seat Allotment dates.
Participating NLUs reserve the right to change the seats and break up seats as per their policy before the final AdmissionProcess for CLAT.
CLAT Seat Allotment Event | Scheduled Date |
Publication of first seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 30 June 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round I) | 30 June 2022 - 02 July 2022 |
Choice locking/Shifting for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round I) | 30 June 2022 - 02 July 2022 |
Publication of second seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 07 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round II) | 07 July 2022 - 09 July 2022 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round II)/Exercising option for shifting seats/Withdrawing of allotted seats | 07 July 2022 - 09 July 2022 |
Publication of third seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 12 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round III) | 12 July 2022 - 13 July 2022 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round III) begins | 12 July 2022 - 13 July 2022 |
Publication of fourth seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 16 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round IV) | 16 July 2022 - 17 July 2022 |
Choice locking/Shifting for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round IV) | 16 July 2022 - 17 July 2022 |
Publication of fifth seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 19 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round V) | 19 July 2022 - 20 July 2022 (05:00 pm) |
Choice locking/Shifting for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round V) | 19 July 2022 - 20 July 2022 (05:00 pm) |
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The total seats in CLAT are distributed based on the reservations of categories.
In each of the CLAT Participating Colleges, NLU will reserve the seats based on these categories.
You will be given first preference over other students if you secure a better rank on the merit list.
Have a look at the list of categories for CLAT Seat Allotment.
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Generally, the seat allotment process through the Common Law Admission Test includes four steps and as explained below:
Through the merit list, CNLU will inform you about your All India Rank, including category rank, which will decide whether you will get a seat or not.
The merit list for the CLAT entrance exam will be released for both UG and PG courses at the time of result declaration.
The CLAT seat allotment is declared based on the following two factors:
The exam conducting body will release the invite list consisting of names and admit card numbers of those shortlisted for the counselling and seat allotment.
The CLAT Counselling procedure is done via an online centralized system. It is conducted separately for UG and PG programs. You will be issued counselling letters if your name is present on the invite list.
You can download the call letter by logging into the CLAT official website. You will have to pay the registration fee of Rs. 50,000, which will be adjusted with the semester fee at the allotted NLU.
During counselling, you have to submit all the required documents without fail.
The seat allotment process for CLAT will be conducted in 3 rounds. After each round, the Consortium will release the CLAT Provisional List.
For each NLU, a separate seat allotment list will be released. You can choose any of the three options after the seat allotment - accept the allotted seat, apply for an upgrade, and exit the process.
Read more: Best online classes for the CLAT exam
This year, the total number of seats in CLAT 2022 Admission is around 2,175. Out of which the distribution is as follows:
To get an idea about the seat break-up procedure, you can check the tentative seat break-up pdf provided below.
Course Type | |
CLAT UG Seats Break-up | Click here |
CLAT PG Seats Break-up | Click here |
From this year, NLSIU will have a different reservation criterion for admission. There will be a new entrance examination for students applying to NLSIU. The new examination is National Law Admission Test (NLAT).
The total number of seats in BA LLB (Hins) has increased from 80 to 120. Also, in NLSIU Bangalore, a new category for "Karnataka Students" has been added.
LLB Seats
Category | LLB Seats |
General | 93 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 18 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 9 |
NRI | - |
SAP/PwD | 6 |
Grand Total | 120 |
LLM Seats
The university will reserve 3 seats for the PWD category, comprising 5% of the total intake.
Up to 25% of the total seats in the horizontal reservation category, subject to a maximum of 13 seats, shall be admitted under the horizontal preference of “Karnataka Students”.
Category | LLM Seats | |
Business Laws | Human Rights Law | |
General | 23 | 15 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 5 | 3 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 2 | 2 |
NRI | NA | NA |
SAP/PwD | - | - |
Grand Total | 30 | 20 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NALSAR (NLU Hyderabad).
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB (Hons.) | |
All India Students | Residents of Telangana | |
General | 65 | 16 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 6 | 2 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 13 | 3 |
Grand Total | 84 | 21 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM | |
All India Candidates | Residents of Telangana | |
General | 31 | 7 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 3 | 1 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 6 | 2 |
Grand Total | 40 | 10 |
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The reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Bhopal for BA LLB and LLM has been given below.
Out of the 63 seats for all India General candidates, 25 seats are reserved for the aspirants possessing a domicile certificate of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
LLB Seats
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 52 |
SC | 16 |
ST | 20 |
OBC | 14 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored | 36 |
EWS | 48 |
Supernumerary Quota | 6 |
LLM Seats
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 30 |
SC | 10 |
ST | 12 |
OBC | 8 |
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NLU Kolkata offers courses of BA LLB and LLM. The CLAT reservation for both programs has been tabulated below.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | ||
LLB | West Bengal Domicile LLB | Total | |
General | 51 | 22 | 73 |
Scheduled Caste | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Scheduled Tribe | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
OBC-A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
OBC-B | 0 | 2 | 2 |
NRI | 18 | 0 | 18 |
PWD (Horizontal) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
JK [supernumerary seats] | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Grand Total | 89 | 38 | 127 |
LLM Seats
Category | BA LLB | ||
LLB | WB Domicile | Total | |
General | 33 | 10 | 43 |
Scheduled Caste | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Scheduled Tribe | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
OBC-A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
OBC-B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
NRI | 2 | 0 | 2 |
PWD (Horizontal) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Grand Total | 44 | 18 | 62 |
Here is the reservation policy followed by NLU Jodhpur. The university will offer LLB courses to a minimum of 20 students.
LLB Seats
Category | LLB |
General | 77 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 8 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 15 |
PWD (5%) | 5 |
Total | 104 |
NRI Sponsored/NRI | 16 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLB |
General | 37 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 3 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 7 |
PWD (5%) | 3 |
Total | 50 |
Using the CLAT College Predictor, you can easily predict the chances of admission to the Law College of your choice. The reservation of seats at NLU Raipur has been explained in the table below.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | |
All India Seats | State Domicile Seats | |
General | 66 | 36 |
SC | 13 | 10 |
ST | 06 | 27 |
OBC | 0 | 12 |
Total | 85 | 85 |
Kashmiri Migrant’s Wards | 5 | |
Students from J&K | 2 | |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | |
NRI/NRI SPonsored | 8 |
LLM Seats
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 46 |
SC | 9 |
ST | 5 |
Total | 60 |
Supernumerary Seats for the Wards of Kashmiri Migrants | 2 |
Students from Jammu & Kashmir | 2 |
NLU Gandhinagar provides admission to BA LLB and LLM, the reservation of which has been given below.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB |
General | 115 |
SC | 14 |
ST | 27 |
NRI Sponsored/NRI | 18 |
Foreign Nationals | 6 |
J&K Residents | 2 |
North East India | 5 |
Sports Quota | 4 |
Total | 191 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM |
General | 38 |
SC | 9 |
ST | 5 |
EWS | 6 |
NRI Sponsored/NRI | 6 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 |
Total | 66 |
J&K Residents | 1 |
North East India | 2 |
Here is the reservation of seats at NLU Punjab.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB |
General | 133 |
SC | 27 |
ST | 14 |
Foreign Nationals | 5 |
Ancestral Resident of Village Sidhuwal | 1 |
Total | 180 |
Kashmiri Migrants | 9 |
Quota Seats for J&K Residents | 2 |
NRI | 5 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM |
General | 29 |
SC | 6 |
ST | 3 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 |
Total | 40 |
Kashmiri Migrants | 2 |
Quota Seats for J&K Residents | 2 |
The CLAT courses offered at NLU Lucknow are BA LLB and LLM. Check the CLAT Seat reservation of these courses here.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB (Hons.) |
General | 80 |
OBC from UP | 43 |
SC from UP | 34 |
ST from UP | 3 |
EWS of UP | 9 |
Total | 169 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Nationals | 16 |
Residents of J&K | 2 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM |
General | 10 |
OBC from UP | 5 |
SC from UP | 4 |
ST from UP | 1 |
EWS | 2 |
Total | 24 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Nationals | 5 |
Residents of J&K | 2 |
The tabulated data below depicts the number of CLAT seats for each category for PG and UG courses at NLU Patna.
Category | Seats Available |
General | 59 |
Full Term (EWS) under Unreserved Category | 7 |
SC of Bihar | 21 |
ST of Bihar | 1 |
Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) of Bihar | 24 |
Backward Class | 16 |
Women of Backward Class | 4 |
Total | 132 |
The table below contains information about the reservation of seats at NLU Kochi.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | |
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 |
LLM Seats
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 |
NLU Odisha offers BA LLB, BBA LLB, LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law, and LLM in Constitution and Administrative Law. Check the table below for CLAT reservations in all the courses.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | BBA LLB |
General | 85 | 43 |
SC | 08 | 4 |
ST | 13 | 6 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored | 10 | 5 |
Foreign Nationals | 4 | 2 |
LLM Seats
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 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Ranchi.
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 |
SRI Sponsored/NRI/Foreign Nationals | 18 | |
Supernumerary Seats for J & K Residents | 0 |
NLU Assam follows the reservation of CLAT seats given in the table below.
Category | LLB |
General | 31 |
SC of Assam | 4 |
ST (Hills) | 3 |
ST (Plains) | 6 |
OBC | 16 |
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Check the table below for the reservation of total seats in CLAT at NLU Visakhapatnam.
Category | BA LLB |
General | 30 |
NRI/Foreign Nationals | 12 |
SC of Andhra Pradesh | 9 |
ST of Andhra Pradesh | 4 |
BC of Andhra Pradesh | 17 |
EWS | 6 |
Total | 66 |
NLU Tiruchirappalli or TNNLS offers B.Com LLB and BA LLB both in the law undergraduate course. Mentioned below is the reservation statistics for the candidates.
Category | Bachelor’s | |
Tamil Nadu | All India | |
General | 18 | 44 |
ST | 1 | 4 |
SC (O and A) | 10 | 9 |
MBC | 11 | 0 |
BC (Muslim) | 2 | 0 |
BC (Others) | 15 | 0 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Mumbai for LLB and LLM.
Category | LLB |
General/Open | 37 |
SC | 13 |
ST | 7 |
Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) (A) | 3 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) | 3 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) | 4 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) | 2 |
Special Backward Classes | 2 |
Other Backward Classes | 19 |
EWS | 10 |
NLU Nagpur offers LLB and LLM, and the reservation of CLAT seats for both the courses has been given below.
Category | LLB |
Unreserved | 46 |
SC of Maharashtra | 16 |
ST of Maharashtra | 8 |
De-notified Tribes (A) of Maharashtra | 4 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) of Maharashtra | 3 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) of Maharashtra | 4 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) of Maharashtra | 2 |
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of Maharashtra | 12 |
OBC of Maharashtra | 23 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Aurangabad.
Category | LLB |
Unreserved | 23 |
SC of Maharashtra | 8 |
ST of Maharashtra | 4 |
De-notified Tribes of Maharashtra | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) | 1 |
OBC of Maharashtra | 11 |
Special Backward Class (SBC) | 1 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats for various categories at MNLU Aurangabad.
Category | BA LLB | BBA LLB |
General | 46 | 46 |
SC | 9 | 9 |
ST | 5 | 5 |
PWD | 3 | 3 |
Wards of Serving/Retired/Defence Personnel | 3 | 3 |
Himachal Pradesh Domicile Candidates | 15 | 15 |
Kashmiri Migrants | 3 | 3 |
Residents of J&K | 2 | 2 |
NRI & Foreign Nationals | 9 | 9 |
Check out the table below to know the number of seats available for each category at DNLU Jaipur.
Category | BA LLB |
General | 48 |
M.P. State SC | 19 |
M.P. State ST | 24 |
M.P. State OBC | 17 |
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 12 |
J & K Residents | 2 |
The following table shows the number of CLAT seats available for each category at DBRANLU Haryana.
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 |
If you get shortlisted for the seat allotment process, you must keep the following documents ready.
Check out the table below to know the list of colleges participating in the CLAT entrance exam 2022.
S.No. | National Law Universities | General Category Seats | Total seats |
1 | National Law School of India University, Bangalore | 93 | 120 |
2 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad | 81 | 105 |
3 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 65 | 122 |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 74 | 115 |
5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | 75 | 104 + 16 seats for NRI/ NRI sponsored candidates |
6 | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur | 62 | 180 |
7 | Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | 115 | 180 |
8 | Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 80 | 178 |
9 | Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala | 133 | 180 |
10 | Chanakya National Law University, Patna | 60 | 120 |
11 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | 31 | 60 |
12 | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack | 114 | 180 |
13 | National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | 60 | 140 (including 20 special category seats) |
14 | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | 47 | 60 |
15 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 72 | 120 (including 12 seats for Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians.) |
16 | Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy | 62 | 120 (including 6 seats for NRI/OCI quota) |
17 | Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 69 | 100 |
18 | Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 39 | 130 |
19 | Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | 19 | 60 |
20 | Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur (MPDNLU) | 76 | 120 |
21 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 46 | 60 |
22 | Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Law University | 77 | 120 |
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Go through the table below to know the list of colleges accepting CLAT scores for providing admission to post-graduate courses.
S.No. | National Law Universities | General Category Seats | Total seats |
1 | National Law School of India University, Bangalore | 38 | 50 |
2 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad | 38 | 50 |
3 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 35 | 60 |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 31 | 42 |
5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | 37 | 50 |
6 | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur | 35 | 45 |
7 | Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | 38 | 60 |
8 | Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 10 | 27 |
9 | Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala | 29 | 40 |
10 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | 20 | 40 |
11 | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack | 32 | 50 |
12 | National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | 20 | 50 (10 Special category seats) |
13 | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | 23 | 30 |
14 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 16 | 24 (including 2 seats for Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians) |
15 | Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy | 10 | 18 |
16 | Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 10 | 50 |
17 | Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 6 | 20 |
18 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 15 | 20 |
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The conditions of the CLAT Reservation Policy are taken into consideration and worked over at the time of the allotment procedure.
During the counselling, the following categories are considered for seat-reservation purposes.
After each round of the seat allotment process, you will have the following options:
Accept/Lock the seat
Once you select the accept/lock seat option, the allotted NLU is freezed. Thereafter, you will not be considered for further allotment rounds.
You have to pay the fee and go ahead with other admission formalities.
Apply for Upgrade
This option is used if want to change the allotted NLU. In the next round, you will be allotted a seat in your preferred college depending on the availability of vacant seats in that college.
You are considered an active participant if you select the upgrade option.
Exit the Admission Process
If you are not interested to join the allotted NLU, you can exit from the admission process.
You must know that once exited, you will not be given another chance to participate in the counselling for NLU admissions.
National Law University Odisha will conduct the CLAT 2022 Seat Allotment for undergraduate and postgraduate law programs.
Frequently Asked Questions
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Updated On : July 6, 2022
The seat allotment process of CLAT is the allocation of National Law Universities and courses for those who cleared the entrance exam and appeared in the counselling.
The consortium published the first seat allotment list on the official notification. The Consortium of NLUs shall conduct the seat allotment along with the counselling.
You have to log in to the portal and check whether you are allotted a seat or not after counselling round.
This post takes you through detailed CLAT Seat Allotment 2022, categories for seat distribution, and more.
Latest Updates:
12 May 2022: Tamilnadu National Law University - Tiruchirappalli
As per the latest notice, aspirants who had indicated as OBC in the All India category field will automatically be applied for the All India OBC category in TNNLU.
To get complete details about the seat matrix at Tamilnadu National Law University, check the official notice.
07 May 2022: Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur
According to the latest notice published by the DNLU, 12 Economically Weaker Section (EWS) Seats have been made supernumerary.
Out of 12 seats, 6 seats are reserved for those having the domicile of M.P. State. For more information, check the official notice.
Have a look at the table below to know all the important events related to the CLAT 2022 Seat Allotment dates.
Participating NLUs reserve the right to change the seats and break up seats as per their policy before the final AdmissionProcess for CLAT.
CLAT Seat Allotment Event | Scheduled Date |
Publication of first seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 30 June 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round I) | 30 June 2022 - 02 July 2022 |
Choice locking/Shifting for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round I) | 30 June 2022 - 02 July 2022 |
Publication of second seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 07 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round II) | 07 July 2022 - 09 July 2022 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round II)/Exercising option for shifting seats/Withdrawing of allotted seats | 07 July 2022 - 09 July 2022 |
Publication of third seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 12 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round III) | 12 July 2022 - 13 July 2022 |
Choice locking for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round III) begins | 12 July 2022 - 13 July 2022 |
Publication of fourth seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 16 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round IV) | 16 July 2022 - 17 July 2022 |
Choice locking/Shifting for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round IV) | 16 July 2022 - 17 July 2022 |
Publication of fifth seat allotment list of CLAT 2022 | 19 July 2022 |
Payment of fees for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round V) | 19 July 2022 - 20 July 2022 (05:00 pm) |
Choice locking/Shifting for allotted seats for CLAT Seat Allotment (Round V) | 19 July 2022 - 20 July 2022 (05:00 pm) |
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The total seats in CLAT are distributed based on the reservations of categories.
In each of the CLAT Participating Colleges, NLU will reserve the seats based on these categories.
You will be given first preference over other students if you secure a better rank on the merit list.
Have a look at the list of categories for CLAT Seat Allotment.
Download Self Designed Question Papers for CLAT Exam by LegalEdge
Generally, the seat allotment process through the Common Law Admission Test includes four steps and as explained below:
Through the merit list, CNLU will inform you about your All India Rank, including category rank, which will decide whether you will get a seat or not.
The merit list for the CLAT entrance exam will be released for both UG and PG courses at the time of result declaration.
The CLAT seat allotment is declared based on the following two factors:
The exam conducting body will release the invite list consisting of names and admit card numbers of those shortlisted for the counselling and seat allotment.
The CLAT Counselling procedure is done via an online centralized system. It is conducted separately for UG and PG programs. You will be issued counselling letters if your name is present on the invite list.
You can download the call letter by logging into the CLAT official website. You will have to pay the registration fee of Rs. 50,000, which will be adjusted with the semester fee at the allotted NLU.
During counselling, you have to submit all the required documents without fail.
The seat allotment process for CLAT will be conducted in 3 rounds. After each round, the Consortium will release the CLAT Provisional List.
For each NLU, a separate seat allotment list will be released. You can choose any of the three options after the seat allotment - accept the allotted seat, apply for an upgrade, and exit the process.
Read more: Best online classes for the CLAT exam
This year, the total number of seats in CLAT 2022 Admission is around 2,175. Out of which the distribution is as follows:
To get an idea about the seat break-up procedure, you can check the tentative seat break-up pdf provided below.
Course Type | |
CLAT UG Seats Break-up | Click here |
CLAT PG Seats Break-up | Click here |
From this year, NLSIU will have a different reservation criterion for admission. There will be a new entrance examination for students applying to NLSIU. The new examination is National Law Admission Test (NLAT).
The total number of seats in BA LLB (Hins) has increased from 80 to 120. Also, in NLSIU Bangalore, a new category for "Karnataka Students" has been added.
LLB Seats
Category | LLB Seats |
General | 93 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 18 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 9 |
NRI | - |
SAP/PwD | 6 |
Grand Total | 120 |
LLM Seats
The university will reserve 3 seats for the PWD category, comprising 5% of the total intake.
Up to 25% of the total seats in the horizontal reservation category, subject to a maximum of 13 seats, shall be admitted under the horizontal preference of “Karnataka Students”.
Category | LLM Seats | |
Business Laws | Human Rights Law | |
General | 23 | 15 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 5 | 3 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 2 | 2 |
NRI | NA | NA |
SAP/PwD | - | - |
Grand Total | 30 | 20 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NALSAR (NLU Hyderabad).
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB (Hons.) | |
All India Students | Residents of Telangana | |
General | 65 | 16 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 6 | 2 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 13 | 3 |
Grand Total | 84 | 21 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM | |
All India Candidates | Residents of Telangana | |
General | 31 | 7 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 3 | 1 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 6 | 2 |
Grand Total | 40 | 10 |
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The reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Bhopal for BA LLB and LLM has been given below.
Out of the 63 seats for all India General candidates, 25 seats are reserved for the aspirants possessing a domicile certificate of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
LLB Seats
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 52 |
SC | 16 |
ST | 20 |
OBC | 14 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored | 36 |
EWS | 48 |
Supernumerary Quota | 6 |
LLM Seats
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 30 |
SC | 10 |
ST | 12 |
OBC | 8 |
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NLU Kolkata offers courses of BA LLB and LLM. The CLAT reservation for both programs has been tabulated below.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | ||
LLB | West Bengal Domicile LLB | Total | |
General | 51 | 22 | 73 |
Scheduled Caste | 10 | 8 | 18 |
Scheduled Tribe | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
OBC-A | 0 | 4 | 4 |
OBC-B | 0 | 2 | 2 |
NRI | 18 | 0 | 18 |
PWD (Horizontal) | 3 | 2 | 5 |
JK [supernumerary seats] | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Grand Total | 89 | 38 | 127 |
LLM Seats
Category | BA LLB | ||
LLB | WB Domicile | Total | |
General | 33 | 10 | 43 |
Scheduled Caste | 6 | 4 | 10 |
Scheduled Tribe | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | 0 | 2 |
OBC-A | 0 | 2 | 2 |
OBC-B | 0 | 1 | 1 |
NRI | 2 | 0 | 2 |
PWD (Horizontal) | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Grand Total | 44 | 18 | 62 |
Here is the reservation policy followed by NLU Jodhpur. The university will offer LLB courses to a minimum of 20 students.
LLB Seats
Category | LLB |
General | 77 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 8 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 15 |
PWD (5%) | 5 |
Total | 104 |
NRI Sponsored/NRI | 16 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLB |
General | 37 |
Scheduled Tribe (7.5%) | 3 |
Scheduled Caste (15%) | 7 |
PWD (5%) | 3 |
Total | 50 |
Using the CLAT College Predictor, you can easily predict the chances of admission to the Law College of your choice. The reservation of seats at NLU Raipur has been explained in the table below.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | |
All India Seats | State Domicile Seats | |
General | 66 | 36 |
SC | 13 | 10 |
ST | 06 | 27 |
OBC | 0 | 12 |
Total | 85 | 85 |
Kashmiri Migrant’s Wards | 5 | |
Students from J&K | 2 | |
Foreign Nationals | 2 | |
NRI/NRI SPonsored | 8 |
LLM Seats
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 46 |
SC | 9 |
ST | 5 |
Total | 60 |
Supernumerary Seats for the Wards of Kashmiri Migrants | 2 |
Students from Jammu & Kashmir | 2 |
NLU Gandhinagar provides admission to BA LLB and LLM, the reservation of which has been given below.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB |
General | 115 |
SC | 14 |
ST | 27 |
NRI Sponsored/NRI | 18 |
Foreign Nationals | 6 |
J&K Residents | 2 |
North East India | 5 |
Sports Quota | 4 |
Total | 191 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM |
General | 38 |
SC | 9 |
ST | 5 |
EWS | 6 |
NRI Sponsored/NRI | 6 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 |
Total | 66 |
J&K Residents | 1 |
North East India | 2 |
Here is the reservation of seats at NLU Punjab.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB |
General | 133 |
SC | 27 |
ST | 14 |
Foreign Nationals | 5 |
Ancestral Resident of Village Sidhuwal | 1 |
Total | 180 |
Kashmiri Migrants | 9 |
Quota Seats for J&K Residents | 2 |
NRI | 5 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM |
General | 29 |
SC | 6 |
ST | 3 |
Foreign Nationals | 2 |
Total | 40 |
Kashmiri Migrants | 2 |
Quota Seats for J&K Residents | 2 |
The CLAT courses offered at NLU Lucknow are BA LLB and LLM. Check the CLAT Seat reservation of these courses here.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB (Hons.) |
General | 80 |
OBC from UP | 43 |
SC from UP | 34 |
ST from UP | 3 |
EWS of UP | 9 |
Total | 169 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Nationals | 16 |
Residents of J&K | 2 |
LLM Seats
Category | LLM |
General | 10 |
OBC from UP | 5 |
SC from UP | 4 |
ST from UP | 1 |
EWS | 2 |
Total | 24 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored/Foreign Nationals | 5 |
Residents of J&K | 2 |
The tabulated data below depicts the number of CLAT seats for each category for PG and UG courses at NLU Patna.
Category | Seats Available |
General | 59 |
Full Term (EWS) under Unreserved Category | 7 |
SC of Bihar | 21 |
ST of Bihar | 1 |
Extremely Backward Classes (EBC) of Bihar | 24 |
Backward Class | 16 |
Women of Backward Class | 4 |
Total | 132 |
The table below contains information about the reservation of seats at NLU Kochi.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | |
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 |
LLM Seats
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 |
NLU Odisha offers BA LLB, BBA LLB, LLM in Corporate and Commercial Law, and LLM in Constitution and Administrative Law. Check the table below for CLAT reservations in all the courses.
LLB Seats
Category | BA LLB | BBA LLB |
General | 85 | 43 |
SC | 08 | 4 |
ST | 13 | 6 |
NRI/NRI Sponsored | 10 | 5 |
Foreign Nationals | 4 | 2 |
LLM Seats
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 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Ranchi.
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 |
SRI Sponsored/NRI/Foreign Nationals | 18 | |
Supernumerary Seats for J & K Residents | 0 |
NLU Assam follows the reservation of CLAT seats given in the table below.
Category | LLB |
General | 31 |
SC of Assam | 4 |
ST (Hills) | 3 |
ST (Plains) | 6 |
OBC | 16 |
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Check the table below for the reservation of total seats in CLAT at NLU Visakhapatnam.
Category | BA LLB |
General | 30 |
NRI/Foreign Nationals | 12 |
SC of Andhra Pradesh | 9 |
ST of Andhra Pradesh | 4 |
BC of Andhra Pradesh | 17 |
EWS | 6 |
Total | 66 |
NLU Tiruchirappalli or TNNLS offers B.Com LLB and BA LLB both in the law undergraduate course. Mentioned below is the reservation statistics for the candidates.
Category | Bachelor’s | |
Tamil Nadu | All India | |
General | 18 | 44 |
ST | 1 | 4 |
SC (O and A) | 10 | 9 |
MBC | 11 | 0 |
BC (Muslim) | 2 | 0 |
BC (Others) | 15 | 0 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Mumbai for LLB and LLM.
Category | LLB |
General/Open | 37 |
SC | 13 |
ST | 7 |
Denotified Tribes (Vimukta Jatis) (A) | 3 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) | 3 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) | 4 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) | 2 |
Special Backward Classes | 2 |
Other Backward Classes | 19 |
EWS | 10 |
NLU Nagpur offers LLB and LLM, and the reservation of CLAT seats for both the courses has been given below.
Category | LLB |
Unreserved | 46 |
SC of Maharashtra | 16 |
ST of Maharashtra | 8 |
De-notified Tribes (A) of Maharashtra | 4 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) of Maharashtra | 3 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) of Maharashtra | 4 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) of Maharashtra | 2 |
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of Maharashtra | 12 |
OBC of Maharashtra | 23 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Aurangabad.
Category | LLB |
Unreserved | 23 |
SC of Maharashtra | 8 |
ST of Maharashtra | 4 |
De-notified Tribes of Maharashtra | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (B) | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (C) | 2 |
Nomadic Tribes (D) | 1 |
OBC of Maharashtra | 11 |
Special Backward Class (SBC) | 1 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats for various categories at MNLU Aurangabad.
Category | BA LLB | BBA LLB |
General | 46 | 46 |
SC | 9 | 9 |
ST | 5 | 5 |
PWD | 3 | 3 |
Wards of Serving/Retired/Defence Personnel | 3 | 3 |
Himachal Pradesh Domicile Candidates | 15 | 15 |
Kashmiri Migrants | 3 | 3 |
Residents of J&K | 2 | 2 |
NRI & Foreign Nationals | 9 | 9 |
Check out the table below to know the number of seats available for each category at DNLU Jaipur.
Category | BA LLB |
General | 48 |
M.P. State SC | 19 |
M.P. State ST | 24 |
M.P. State OBC | 17 |
Economically Weaker Section (EWS) | 12 |
J & K Residents | 2 |
The following table shows the number of CLAT seats available for each category at DBRANLU Haryana.
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 |
If you get shortlisted for the seat allotment process, you must keep the following documents ready.
Check out the table below to know the list of colleges participating in the CLAT entrance exam 2022.
S.No. | National Law Universities | General Category Seats | Total seats |
1 | National Law School of India University, Bangalore | 93 | 120 |
2 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad | 81 | 105 |
3 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 65 | 122 |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 74 | 115 |
5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | 75 | 104 + 16 seats for NRI/ NRI sponsored candidates |
6 | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur | 62 | 180 |
7 | Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | 115 | 180 |
8 | Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 80 | 178 |
9 | Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala | 133 | 180 |
10 | Chanakya National Law University, Patna | 60 | 120 |
11 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | 31 | 60 |
12 | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack | 114 | 180 |
13 | National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | 60 | 140 (including 20 special category seats) |
14 | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | 47 | 60 |
15 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 72 | 120 (including 12 seats for Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians.) |
16 | Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy | 62 | 120 (including 6 seats for NRI/OCI quota) |
17 | Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 69 | 100 |
18 | Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 39 | 130 |
19 | Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | 19 | 60 |
20 | Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur (MPDNLU) | 76 | 120 |
21 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 46 | 60 |
22 | Dr B.R. Ambedkar National Law University | 77 | 120 |
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Go through the table below to know the list of colleges accepting CLAT scores for providing admission to post-graduate courses.
S.No. | National Law Universities | General Category Seats | Total seats |
1 | National Law School of India University, Bangalore | 38 | 50 |
2 | National Academy of Legal Studies and Research, Hyderabad | 38 | 50 |
3 | National Law Institute University, Bhopal | 35 | 60 |
4 | West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences, Kolkata | 31 | 42 |
5 | National Law University, Jodhpur | 37 | 50 |
6 | Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur | 35 | 45 |
7 | Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar | 38 | 60 |
8 | Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow | 10 | 27 |
9 | Rajiv Gandhi National Law University, Patiala | 29 | 40 |
10 | National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi | 20 | 40 |
11 | National Law University Odisha, Cuttack | 32 | 50 |
12 | National University of Study and Research in Law, Ranchi | 20 | 50 (10 Special category seats) |
13 | National Law University and Judicial Academy, Guwahati | 23 | 30 |
14 | Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University, Vishakhapatnam | 16 | 24 (including 2 seats for Foreign Citizens / Non-Resident Indians) |
15 | Tamil Nadu National Law School, Trichy | 10 | 18 |
16 | Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai | 10 | 50 |
17 | Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 6 | 20 |
18 | Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla | 15 | 20 |
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The conditions of the CLAT Reservation Policy are taken into consideration and worked over at the time of the allotment procedure.
During the counselling, the following categories are considered for seat-reservation purposes.
After each round of the seat allotment process, you will have the following options:
Accept/Lock the seat
Once you select the accept/lock seat option, the allotted NLU is freezed. Thereafter, you will not be considered for further allotment rounds.
You have to pay the fee and go ahead with other admission formalities.
Apply for Upgrade
This option is used if want to change the allotted NLU. In the next round, you will be allotted a seat in your preferred college depending on the availability of vacant seats in that college.
You are considered an active participant if you select the upgrade option.
Exit the Admission Process
If you are not interested to join the allotted NLU, you can exit from the admission process.
You must know that once exited, you will not be given another chance to participate in the counselling for NLU admissions.
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