CLAT 2021: NLSIU Bangalore to offer domicile reservation

NEW DELHI: National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bangalore has released its revised admission notification. The notification contains provisions related to the new reservation policy of the university and seat matrix. It has introduced 25% horizontal compartmentalized reservation for candidates belonging to a newly added “Karnataka Students” category.

By introducing the “Karnataka Students” category, NLSIU Bangalore has also joined the list of NLUs offering domicile/state reservation for admission to law programmes.

What is “Karnataka Students” category?

According to the university, any candidate who has studied for not less than 10 years in a recognized educational institution in Karnataka will be eligible to be considered under the “Karnataka Students” category.

Candidates who are eligible for admission under the “Karnataka Students” category and wish to be considered for 25% of reservation criteria will now have to update their CLAT application form by changing their reservation status to “Karnataka Students”.

Such candidates are also advised to keep their study certificates ready to be submitted at the time of counselling.

Changes to seat matrix

The new reservation scheme has made some significant changes to the university’s seat matrix. It offers 120 seats in the integrated BA LLB programme out of which 30 seats will now be available only for candidates belonging to the “Karnataka Students” category.

NLSIU Bangalore BA LLB seat matrix

In the LLM programme, the university offers 50 seats. Under the new reservation policy, 10 seats will now be reserved for “Karnataka Students”.

NLSIU Bangalore LLM seat matrix

Except for National Law University, Jodhpur and National Law University Delhi, almost all remaining NLUs are offering seats under the state quota/domicile category.

The law entrance test for 22 NLUs, CLAT 2021 will be conducted on July 23, 2021, in offline mode. The conducting body, Consortium of NLUs, will soon issue the CLAT admit card to the registered candidates. The NLU Delhi which is not a member NLU of the consortium will conduct its own All India Law Entrance Test on July 30, 2021, in pen and paper mode.

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