CLAT Selection Process 2023

Common-Law Admission Test (CLAT) is conducted by National Law Universities (NLUs) in India for providing 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 CLAT Selection Process.

CLAT Selection Process 2023

The CLAT selection process 2023 will comprise of the following stages:

1. Written test
2. CLAT Counselling

Note that you will be shortlisted for the counseling round based on your scores in the CLAT 2021 written exam. 

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CLAT Exam Pattern 2023

Last year, the Consortium of NLUs introduced a lot of changes in the CLAT Exam pattern. These changes will be followed this year as well. But, the Consortium will intimate 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 200 to 150.
• The CLAT Notification states that the number of questions was reduced from 200 to 120 for the PG program.
• 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.
• For the PG Admission test, the time duration was 120 minutes during which candidates had to answer 120 objective comprehension-based questions.

UG Exam Pattern 2023

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	2hours
Level of the Exam	after XII
Type of Questions	Objective Type
Total Number of Questions	150
Marks Obtained for Correct Answer	+1
Marks Deducted for Incorrect Answer	-0.25
Sections in the exam	English Language, Quantitative Techniques, Logical Reasoning, Current Affairs (inc. General Knowledge) and Legal Reasoning
Weightage of Logical Reasoning	28-32 (roughly 20% of the Test Paper)
Weightage of Legal Reasoning	35-39 (roughly 25% of the Test Paper)
Weightage of Current Affairs (inc. General Knowledge)	35-39 (roughly 25% of the Test Paper)
Weightage of English Language	28-32 (roughly 20% of the Test Paper)
Weightage of Maths Section	13-17 (roughly 10% of the Test Paper)

PG Exam Pattern 2023

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	Subjective Type and Objective Type
Number of Multiple Choice Questions	100
Marks Obtained for Correct Answer	+1
Marks Deducted for Incorrect Answer	-0.25
Number of Subjective Questions	2 (Essay of 800 words each)
Marks Allocated	50 (25 Marks for each)
Negative Marking for Subjective Type	No Negative Marking
Topics Asked in MCQ	Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, Criminal Law, Family Law, Property Law, Company Law, Labour Law, Environmental Law etc.
Topics Asked in Subjective Questions	Essay on Law and Contemporary Issues

CLAT Eligibility 2023

Aspirants willing to apply for Law entrance Test, need to be aware of the detailed eligibility criteria. Here is the brief CLAT Eligibility Criteria explained below for both PG and UG programs separately.

Eligibility for 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 3 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 2021 Candidates must have secured Forty-five percent (45%) marks in 10+2 or its equivalent grade in case of candidates belonging to General / OBC / PWD / NRI / PIO / OCI categories; 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 2021 are also eligible to appear in the examination. However, they shall be required to produce evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission. 

Eligibility for PG Program

The PG exam is conducted for candidates aspiring to secure admission for Post Graduation 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 General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI categories must have a minimum of Fifty percent (50%) of marks in LLB degree or its equivalent grade.
• According to the CLAT Notification, Candidates belonging to SC/ST categories must have Forty-Five percent (45%) of marks in LLB degree or its equivalent grade.
• It is important that the aspirant must have cleared their final semester or final year of the qualifying paper on the admission date.