Updated On : July 17, 2023
📚 Reader's Digest: CLAT seat allotment is an important process for those wishing to pursue a law career. It is the process of assigning seats in a law college to students who have successfully cleared the CLAT. Read this article for an overview of the CLAT seat allotment process for UG & PG courses.
CLAT Seats 2024 Allotment is not just a seat allocation process; it's a gateway to a fulfilling law career. Each step in this journey holds immense importance as it determines the future of aspiring law students.
Recently, the Consortium published the fifth seat allotment list on its official website. The Consortium of NLUs conducts the seat allotment along with the CLAT counselling.
The seat allotment process is conducted in multiple rounds, depending on the available seats in the CLAT participating institutes. You must pay the course fee and complete the admission formalities to secure your seats.
Here are the steps that you must follow to book your seat:
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Look at the table below for all the important events related to the CLAT Seat Allotment dates:
Particulars | Schedule |
---|---|
Registration for Admissions | TBA |
Publication of First Allotment List | TBA |
Payment of Confirmation Fee | TBA |
Publication of Second Allotment List | TBA |
Payment of Confirmation Fee | TBA |
Payment of University Fee (Freeze Option) | TBA |
Publication of Third Allotment List | TBA |
Payment of University Fee | TBA |
Publication of Fourth Allotment List | TBA |
Payment of University Fee | TBA |
Publication of Fifth and Final Allotment List | TBA |
Payment of the balance University Fee (Freeze Option) | TBA |
Generally, the seat allotment process through the Common Law Admission Test includes the steps explained below:
1. Release of Merit List:
2. Release of Invite List:
3. CLAT Counselling:
4. Release of CLAT Seat Allotment 2024:
I) Accept/Lock the seat:
II) Apply for Upgrade:
III) Exit the Admission Process:
This year, the total number of seats in CLAT 2024 Admission (UG +PG) is 4000+. The distribution is as follows:
The table mentions the total seats for UG and PG courses:
Type of seats | UG-CLAT | PG-CLAT | Total |
All India seats | 3071 | 1249 | 4320 |
Note - This data does not include supernumerary, NRI, extra, and FN seats.
Refer to the table below for the college-wise seat distribution for both LLB and LLM courses:
Name of the CLAT Participating Colleges (2024) | UG Seat Intake | PG Seat Intake |
---|---|---|
National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bengaluru | 240 | 100 |
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS), Kolkata | 108 | 100 |
National Law University, Jodhpur | 104 | 50 |
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar | 172 | 57 |
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNLU), Patiala | 175 | 58 |
National University of Advanced Legal Studies (NUALS), Kochi | 88 | 50 |
National University of Study & Research in Law (NUSRL), Ranchi | 120 | 40 |
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU), Visakhapatnam | 120 | 60 |
Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Mumbai | 100 | 50 |
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad | 60 | 60 |
Dharmashastra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur | 120 | 50 |
National Academy of Legal Study & Research (NALSAR) University of Law, Hyderabad | 132 | 66 |
National Law Institute University (NLIU), Bhopal | 120 | 60 |
Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur | 170 | 90 |
Dr Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University (RMLNLU), Lucknow | 169 | 24 |
Chanakya National Law University (CNLU), Patna | 138 | - |
National Law University Odisha (NLUO), Cuttack | 180 | 44 |
National Law University & Judicial Academy (NLUJA), Assam | 60 | 40 |
The Tamil Nadu National Law University (TNNLU), Tiruchirapalli | 120 | 60 |
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur | 120 | 60 |
National Law University Tripura (Nlut), Agartala | 106 | 25 |
Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Silvassa | 49 | 25 |
Himachal Pradesh National Law University (HPNLU), Shimla | 180 | 80 |
Dr B R Ambedkar National Law University (DBRANLU), Sonipat, Haryana | 120 | - |
Total (not including supernumerary, NRI, extra, and FN seats) | 3071 | 1249 |
Note - The table only includes the seats for UG and PG programs and does not account for supernumerary, NRI, extra, and FN seats.
The seat distribution is decided by the Consortium of NLUs, which is the governing body for the CLAT exam. We will provide information on the number of seats available in each college.
Last year, NLSIU had 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 BA LLB (Hons) seats has increased from 120 to 240. Also, in NLSIU Bangalore, a new category for "Karnataka Students" has been added.
LLB Seats
Category | LLB Seats |
General | 115 |
SC (Scheduled Caste) | 36 |
ST (Scheduled Tribe) | 18 |
OBC - NCL | 52 |
EWS | 19 |
Grand Total | 240 |
LLM Seats
The university will reserve 5 seats for the PWD category, comprising 5% of the total intake. 24 seats comprising 24% of the total intake shall be reserved horizontally for Women.
Up to 25% of the total seats in the horizontal reservation category, subject to a maximum of 25 seats, shall be admitted under the horizontal preference of “Karnataka Students”.
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 |
As per the Horizontal reservation for Female candidates, 39 seats are reserved for B.A. LL.B (Hons.) course and 19 seats for the LL.M. course.
As per the Horizontal reservation for Persons with Benchmark Disabilities (PWD), 6 seats are reserved for B.A. LL.B.(Hons.) course and 03 seats for the LL.M. course.
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NALSAR (NLU Hyderabad).
LLB Seats
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 |
LLM Seats
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 |
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50% of Seats are horizontally reserved for candidates with domicile State of Madhya Pradesh certificates in the respective category.
Out of the 52 seats for all India General candidates, 26 seats are reserved for the aspirants possessing a domicile certificate of the State of Madhya Pradesh.
The reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Bhopal for BA LLB, B.Sc. LL.B. (Hons.) [Cyber Security] and LLM have been given below.
LLB Seats
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 |
LLM Seats
Three seats are horizontally reserved for candidates of the Persons with Disability category. 18 seats are horizontally reserved for women candidates.
NLIU shall admit students to its LL.M. Course as per the following table:
Category | No. of Seats |
General | 30 |
SC | 10 |
ST | 12 |
OBC | 8 |
Total | 60 |
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NLU Kolkata offers courses in BA-LLB and LLM. The CLAT reservation for both programs has been tabulated below.
LLB Seats
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 |
LLM Seats
The University shall allot seats for specialization after admission based on CLAT Rank on the following basis:
Refer to the table below for seat allocation to the LLM course:
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 |
A UG program will be conducted only if a minimum of 20 students opt for it. A PG program will be conducted only if a minimum of 10 students opt for it.
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 |
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5% seats shall be reserved horizontally for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) at the All India level according to The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
Suppose a Chhattisgarh domicile candidate qualifies for admission in the regular merit under the All India category. In that case, he/she shall be considered against the All-India seat only and not against Chhattisgarh domicile seats.
The reservation of seats at NLU Raipur has been explained in the table below.
LLB Seats
The intake capacity for the B.A.LL.B.(Hons.) program shall ordinarily be 180 with the following reservations:
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 |
LLM Seats
The intake capacity for the LL.M. Program shall ordinarily be 90 with the following reservations.
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 |
NLU Gandhinagar provides admission to BA LLB and LLM, the reservation of which has been given below.
LLB Seats
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 |
LLM Seats
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 |
Here is the reservation of seats at NLU Punjab.
LLB Seats
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 |
LLM Seats
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 |
The CLAT courses offered at NLU Lucknow are BA LLB and LLM. Check the CLAT Seat reservation for these courses here.
LLB Seats
The intakes of students for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) Programme is 169 and 18 supernumerary seats per year with the following breakup:
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 |
Specially Abled Person | 8 |
Dependents of Freedom Fighters of UP | 3 |
Female | 32 |
LLM Seats
The intake is 24 and 07 supernumerary seats per year with the following breakup:
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 selection for 138 students shall strictly be based on merit-cum-preference as determined by the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023.
A 5% Horizontal reservation shall be applicable for PWD, which will be 07 seats.
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 | 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 |
The intake for the B. A. LL. B. (Hons.) degree Course for the academic year 2023-24 shall be 120. Out of the above, 5% of the total intake of the 120 seats are horizontally reserved for the Specially Abled Persons (SAP).
The table below contains information about the reservation of seats at NLU Kochi.
LLB Seats
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 |
LLM Seats
Out of the above, 5% of the total intake of the 60 seats are horizontally reserved for the Specially Abled Persons (SAP).
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.
25% seats shall be reserved horizontally for Applicants under General, ST & SC Candidates under State Domicile Reservation.
5% seats shall be reserved horizontally for Specially Abled Persons (SAP) at the all-India level according to the Rights of the Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016.
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 |
As per NUSRL Act 2010, 50% of Seats are reserved for students from Jharkhand.
The 120 seats of the Undergraduate shall be reserved as follows:
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 |
NLU Assam follows the reservation of CLAT seat allotment given in the table below.
Category | LLB |
General | 31 |
SC of Assam | 4 |
ST (Hills) | 3 |
ST (Plains) | 6 |
OBC | 16 |
Total | 60 |
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Check the table below for the reservation of total seats in CLAT at NLU Visakhapatnam.
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 |
NLU Tiruchirappalli or TNNLS offers B.Com LLB and BA LLB, both in the law undergraduate course.
The total intake for the 2023-2024 academic year is 120 seats. The maximum intake per programme is as follows:
Out of which 6 seats [3 seats in B.A. LL.B.(Hons.) and 3 seats in B.Com. LL.B. (Hons.)] are reserved for NRI/OCI category candidates.
Mentioned below are the reservation statistics for the candidates.
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 |
The total intake via CLAT 2024 to the undergraduate B.A., LL.B (Hons.) programme is 100, and that of LL.M. is 50 students.
Here is the reservation of CLAT seat allotment at NLU Mumbai for LLB and LLM:
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 |
NLU Nagpur offers LLB and LLM, and the reservation of CLAT seats for both courses has been given below.
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 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats at NLU Aurangabad.
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 |
Here is the reservation of CLAT seats for various categories at MNLU Aurangabad.
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 |
The University offers B.A. (Hons.) with Political Science as a major subject and an LL.B (Hons.) with specialisation in the area of Business Law, Constitutional Law and Criminal Law.
Check out the table below to know the number of seats available for each category at DNLU Jabalpur.
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 |
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 |
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Refer to the table to see the course-wise seat allocation:
Category | BA LLB |
General | 55 |
SC | 18 |
ST | 33 |
Foreign Nationals | 4 |
NRI | 10 |
Total | 120 |
If you get shortlisted for the seat allotment process, you must keep the following documents ready:
The total seats in CLAT are distributed based on the reservations of categories.
NLU will reserve seats based on these categories in each CLAT Participating College. Reserved category students will be given first preference over others if they secure a better rank on the merit list.
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