The previous year's CLAT cut-off trends indicate the expected cut-offs for the current session.
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NEW DELHI: The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2023 will be conducted on December 18, 2022, for admission to 22 national law universities (NLUs) across India. Candidates looking for admission to these NLUs will have to clear the CLAT cut-offs which are announced during the counselling.
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CLAT cut-offs change every year depending on various factors such as admission preference given by the candidates, the number of seats offered by the universities and their reservation policies.
NLSIU Bangalore, NALSAR Hyderabad, and WBNUJS Kolkata are the top three NLUs participating in CLAT 2023. Candidates looking for admission to these NLUs should try to secure at least 105 marks in the examination. NLU Jodhpur and GNLU Gandhinagar are also among the most preferred law schools. For these NLUs, candidates should try to secure at least 98-100 marks in the examination
To understand the cut-off trends for various national law universities, candidates should check the category-wise cut-offs for last year. The category-wise NLU cut-offs are as mentioned below.
Name of NLU | General (All India) | SC | ST | |||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 1 | 85 | 431 | 2224 | 554 | 3428 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 8 | 162 | 1252 | 2761 | 3818 | 5158 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 117 | 257 | 2503 | 4933 | 5084 | 7238 |
NLIU Bhopal | 241 | 451 | 3618 | 4793 | 6076 | 10189 |
NLU Jodhpur | 155 | 378 | 2318 | 5881 | 1727 | 7620 |
HNLU Raipur | 430 | 756 | 4918 | 8797 | 11785 | 12027 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 175 | 430 | 3779 | 6527 | 6155 | 12014 |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 377 | 756 | 4565* | 10476 * | 15889* | 19504* |
RGNLU Patiala | 437 | 1184 | 6134 | 9434 | 6449 | 16179 |
CNLU Patna | 932 | 1498 | 9825 | 18386* | 29956 | 29956* |
NUALS Kochi | 413 | 1315 | 8411* | 25640* | 16977* | 16977* |
NLU Odisha | 470 | 1191 | 5800 | 9726 | 13361 | 17417 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 933 | 1603 | 3540* | 21084* | 13311 | 31604* |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 807 | 1816 | 6909 | 12015 | 15682 | 16880 |
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam | 1002 | 1589 | 10847* | 10847* | 24160* | 24160* |
MNLU Mumbai | 64 | 548 | 4874*(W) | 16251*(W) | 14752*(W) | 43608*(W) |
MNLU Nagpur | 999 | 1657 | 16251* | 36646* | 30004* | 30479* |
MNLU Aurangabad | 1390 | 2323 | 20505* | 45669* | 44623*(W) | 46061*(W) |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 1131 | 1979 | 25357* | 41911* | 16817* | 40718* |
HPNLU Shimla | 1056 | 2302 | 7229 | 12507 | 12778 | 22145 |
DNLU Jabalpur | 1314 | 2262 | 10967 | 12925 | 15638 | 22762 |
NLU Sonipat | 1094 | 2333 | 6448 | 12213 | 12177 | 23212 |
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Name of NLU | General (All India) | SC | ST | |||
Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | Opening rank | Closing rank | |
NLSIU Bangalore | 14 | 163 | 353 | 1388 | 511 | 790 |
NALSAR Hyderabad | 25 | 240 | 1014 | 1618 | 669 | 5158 |
WBNUJS Kolkata | 82 | 579 | 661 | 3172 | 1806 | 3113 |
NLIU Bhopal | 215 | 379 | 1466 | 3154 | 3135 | 4757 |
NLU Jodhpur | 116 | 666 | 1433 | 2626 | 2037 | 4800 |
HNLU Raipur | 430 | 1038 | 4918 | 4607 | 4650 | 5538 |
GNLU Gandhinagar | 377 | 514 | 1256 | 3164 | 1916*(W) | 2347*(W) |
RMLNLU Lucknow | 3 | 127 | 273* | 1105* | 5554*(W) | 5554 *(W) |
RGNLU Patiala | 133 | 769 | 1337 | 2805 | 2012 | 6324 |
NUALS Kochi | 545 | 1440 | 2804* | 7253* | 3113* | 3113* |
NLU Odisha Cuttack | 550 | 1333 | 2578 | 4329 | 4618 | 6668 |
NUSRL Ranchi | 493 | 1314 | 2661 | 4315 | 2337 | 2350 |
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli | 549 | 1535 | 2500 | 2500 | 4226 | 4226 |
DSNLU Vishakhapatnam | 826 | 1929 | 5374* | 5413* | 6616* | 6982* |
MNLU Mumbai | 194 | 735 | 3194* | 5631* | 6222* | 6222* |
MNLU Nagpur | 131 | 1561 | 3966* | 6755* | 6997* | 6997* |
MNLU Aurangabad | 1121 | 2195 | 5631* | 6217* | - | - |
NLUJAA Guwahati | 667 | 1721 | 6939* | 6939* | 3542* | 7298* |
HPNLU Shimla | 652 | 1524 | 2734 | 4760 | 4797 | 4797 |
*state category
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