Reader's Digest: The Common-Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted by National Law Universities (NLUs) in India to provide admission into courses of BA LLB (Hons), BSc LLB (Hons), BBA LLB (Hons), BSW LLB (Hons), BCom LLB (Hons), and LLM programs at NLUs. This post takes you through detailed information about the CLAT Selection Process.

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CLAT Selection Process 2025

The CLAT selection process in 2025 will comprise the following stages:

1. Written test
2. CLAT Counselling

You will be shortlisted for the counselling round based on your CLAT 2025 written exam scores. 

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CLAT Exam Pattern 2025

Earlier, the Consortium of NLUs introduced many changes in the CLAT Exam pattern. These changes will be followed this year as well. However, the Consortium will inform if any changes will be made this year. Here is the list of changes introduced in the Law Entrance Test.

• For UG, the number of questions was reduced from 150 to 120.
• In PG, the descriptive part of the question paper was completely removed.
• Both UG and PG included only comprehension-based questions.
• The new pattern for UG involved short passages followed by 4-5 objective questions.
• There were five subjects in UG, i.e., English Language, Current Affairs, including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, and Quantitative Techniques.
• The PG Admission test lasts 120 minutes, during which candidates must answer 120 objective comprehension-based questions.

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CLAT 2025 Selection Process: UG Exam Pattern

The following table shows the question paper pattern for Under Graduate Examination.

Mode of Exam	Offline
Medium of Question Paper	English (only)
Type of Exam	Objective Type
Duration	2 hours
Level of the Exam	after XII
Type of Questions	Objective Type
Total Number of Questions	120
Marks Obtained for Correct Answer	+1
Marks Deducted for Incorrect Answer	-0.25

CLAT 2025 Selection Process: PG Exam Pattern

The following table shows the question paper pattern for Post Graduate Examination

Mode of Exam	Offline
Medium of Question Paper	English (only)
Type of Exam	Objective Type
Duration	2 hours
Type of Questions	Objective Type
Number of Multiple Choice Questions	120
Marks Obtained for Correct Answer	+1
Marks Deducted for Incorrect Answer	-0.25
Topics Asked in MCQ	Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Property Law, Company Law, Labour Law, Environmental Law etc.

CLAT Eligibility 2025 for CLAT Selection Process

Aspirants willing to apply for the Law Entrance Test must know the detailed eligibility criteria. Below are the brief CLAT Eligibility Criteria explained for both PG and UG programs.

Eligibility for the UG Program

The UG exam is the entrance examination for Undergraduate Courses i..e, Bachelor of Legislative Law. Here is the eligibility that one must satisfy to apply for the 5 year BA LLB program:

• There will be no upper age limit for UG. However, candidates who have passed 10+2 can apply. 
• As per the CLAT Notification 2025, Candidates must have secured forty-five per cent (45%) marks in 10+2 or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories and forty Percent (40%) marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories. 
• Candidates who are appearing for the 12th examination in March/April 2025 are also eligible to take it. However, they shall be required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission. 

Eligibility for the PG Program

The PG exam is conducted for candidates aspiring to secure admission for Postgraduate courses, i.e., Master of Law, in top Law Universities. Here is the list of criteria to be followed by candidates for the PG Exam.

• There is no upper age limit for the PG Program.
• Candidates belonging to the General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories must have a minimum of fifty per cent (50%) marks in the LLB degree or its equivalent grade.
• According to the CLAT Notification, Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories must have Forty-Five per cent (45%) of marks in the LLB degree or its equivalent grade.
• The aspirant must have cleared their final semester or final year of the qualifying paper on admission.

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CLAT Counselling Process 

After the written examination, the merit list is out, and after a few days, students receive an invitation to participate in the counselling process.

Students who received the invite to the CLAT Counselling Process need to register themselves in the counselling process.

Those not receiving the counselling invite are not eligible for the counselling process.

Only if the student registers in the counselling process can secure a seat in NLUs.

Once a student registers for counselling, multiple allotment lists are out. Students can either freeze, float, or exit the counselling process.

Conclusion

The key Takeaways from the above blog are as follows:

• CLAT Selection Process
• CLAT Examination Pattern
• CLAT Eligibility
• CLAT Counselling Process