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.

• Based on your merit list and preferences, you shall be shortlisted for the seat allotment process. 
• If your name is present in the allotment list, you can either accept the seat or apply for an upgrade, or exit from the admission process.

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.

CLAT Seat Allotment Schedule 2022

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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Categories for Seat Distribution in CLAT 2022

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.

• Scheduled Tribe (ST)
• Scheduled Caste (SC)
• Other Backward Categories (OBC)
• State Quota for the candidates in which NLU is located
• Physically Disable Candidates (PwD)
• Foreign National Candidates/NRI
• Kashmiri Migrants
• Candidates belonging to the North Eastern States

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CLAT Seat Allotment Process 2022

Generally, the seat allotment process through the Common Law Admission Test includes four steps and as explained below:

• Release of merit list
• Release of the invite list
• CLAT Counselling
• Release of seat allotment in multiple rounds.

Release of Merit List

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:

• Your rank in the merit list
• NLU preference given by you at the time of CLAT registration

Release of the Invite List

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.

CLAT Counselling

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. 

Release of CLAT Seat Allotment

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.

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CLAT Seat Matrix 2022

This year, the total number of seats in CLAT 2022 Admission is around 2,175. Out of which the distribution is as follows:

• The All India Seats for UG programs are1,308.
• The total number of CLAT seats offered to the state students where the NLUs are located is 621.
• The number of seats available for the special category is 325.

To get an idea about the seat break-up procedure, you can check the tentative seat break-up pdf provided below.

Course Type	PDF
CLAT UG Seats Break-up	Click here
CLAT PG Seats Break-up	Click here

1. NLSIU Bangalore Seats 2022

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.

• The university will reserve 2 seats in Business Law and 1 seat in Human Rights Law, comprising 5% of the total intake for Persons with Disabilities (PWD).
• Up to 25% of the total seats in each vertical reservation category, subject to a maximum of 13 students, shall be admitted under the horizontal preference of “Karnataka Students”.

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

2. Total seats in CLAT for NALSAR Hyderabad

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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3. NLIU Bhopal CLAT 2022 Seat Reservation

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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4. Total Seats in CLAT for WBNUJS Kolkata

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

5. NLUJ Jodhpur CLAT Seat Allotment 2022

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

6. HNLU Raipur CLAT Reservation of Seats

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

7. Total Seats in CLAT for GNLU Gandhinagar

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

8. RGNUL Punjab CLAT Reservation of Seats

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

9. RMLNLU Lucknow CLAT 2022 Seats

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

10. CNLU Patna CLAT Seat Allotment

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

11. NUALS Kochi CLAT 2022 Seats

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

12. NLUO Odisha CLAT 2022 Seats

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

13. NUSRL Ranchi CLAT 2022 Seats

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

14. Total Seats in CLAT for NLUJA Assam

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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15. DSNLU Andhra Pradesh CLAT 2022 Seats

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

16. TNNLS Tiruchirappalli CLAT 2022 Seat Allotment

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

17. MNLU Mumbai CLAT Seat Reservation

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

18. MNLU Nagpur CLAT 2022 Seat Reservation

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

19. Total Seats in CLAT for MNLU Aurangabad

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

20. Total Seats in CLAT for HPNLU Shimla

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

21. Total Seats in CLAT for DNLU Jaipur

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

22. Total Seats in CLAT for DBRANLU Haryana

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

Documents Required for CLAT Seat Allotment 2022

If you get shortlisted for the seat allotment process, you must keep the following documents ready.

• CLAT 2022 Application Form
• CLAT 2022 Admit Card
• CLAT Score Card
• Date of Birth Proof Required (Class 10th Mark sheet)
• Class 12th Mark sheet required for Academic Qualification /Eligibility Criteria.
• Caste Certificate (if applicable)
• Specially-Able 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.

CLAT 2022 Participating Institutes and Seats (Undergraduates courses)

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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CLAT 2022 Participating Institutes and Seats (Postgraduates courses)

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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CLAT Reservation Criteria 2022

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.

• Scheduled Tribe (ST)
• Physically Disabled Candidates (PwD)
• Scheduled Caste (SC)
• NRI/Foreign National aspirants
• Kashmiri Migrants
• Other Backward Classes (OBC)
• State Quota for the candidates in which NLU is located
• Candidates belonging to the North-Eastern States

What After CLAT Seat Allotment Process 2022?

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. 

Important Information of CLAT Seat Allotment 2022

National Law University Odisha will conduct the CLAT 2022 Seat Allotment for undergraduate and postgraduate law programs.

• There will be three rounds in which CLAT Seat Allotment 2022 will be held by the CLAT Committee.
• If you have allotted an NLU, you will be required to deposit a counseling fee of Rs. 50,000 for locking the allotted seat in the NLU.
• In any case, if you do not deposit the counseling fee, you will forfeit your candidature, while NLUs drop your names from CLAT 2022 merit list as well.
• If you wish to withdraw and do that after the withdrawal date, NLUs will not refund the deposited amount.
• If you are on the waiting list and do not get the seat because of vacant seat unavailability, you will get your fee refunded.
• On final allocation, report to the respective NLU and fulfil the admission formalities by paying the balance fees and submitting the original certificates.