CLAT 2025 in two days; law schools, reservation categories added this year
Vagisha Kaushik | November 29, 2024 | 11:17 AM IST | 2 mins read
CLAT 2025 will be held on December 1 for admissions to UG, PG law programmes.
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Download EbookNEW DELHI : The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 will be held on December 1. The CLAT exam is the gateway to top law schools across the country. Around 75,000 candidates have registered for the undergraduate and postgraduate entrance exam this year.
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For CLAT exam 2025 , the National Law University and Judicial Academy (NLUJA), Assam has revised the seat matrix and added the following reservations to the UG, PG programmes: EWS of Assam and Wards of Defense Personnel posted in Assam.
Moreover, the Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU) has added the Socially and Economically Backward Classes (SEBC) and allowed domicile candidates to apply, at Mumbai, Aurangabad, and Nagpur campuses.
The India International University of Legal Education and Research (IIULER) Goa, established by the Bar Council of India (BCI), joined the consortium and will now take admissions through CLAT , starting from the upcoming session. The institute reserves 20 per cent seats for candidates from Goa.
CLAT 2025: Participating NLUs
Dr Rajendra Prasad National Law University, Prayagraj (RPNLUP) has also decided to admit students to its undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes through CLAT exam , starting from the academic session 2025-26.
The seat matrix for UG, PG programmes is as follows:
The seat intake for BA LLB (Honours) programme for the academic session 2024-25 is 60 which is divided as follows:
|
Category |
Seats |
|
Unreserved |
24 |
|
EWS (Economically Weaker Section) * |
6 |
|
OBC-NCL (Other Backward Classes - Non-Creamy Layer) * |
17 |
|
Scheduled Castes (SC) * |
12 |
|
Scheduled Tribes (ST) * |
1 |
Horizontal reservation (across all categories)
|
Category |
Percentage of Seats |
|
Female |
20% |
|
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) * (of Uttar Pradesh) |
5% |
|
Dependents of Freedom Fighters (of Uttar Pradesh) |
2% |
|
Sons/Daughters of Defence Personnel (deployed in Uttar Pradesh, either killed/retired/disabled in action) |
5% |
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LLM
The seat matrix for LLM in Public Law is given below.
|
Category |
Seats |
|
Unreserved |
4 |
|
EWS (Economically Weaker Section) * |
1 |
|
OBC-NCL (Other Backward Classes - Non-Creamy Layer) * |
3 |
|
Scheduled Castes (SC) * |
2 |
|
|
10 |
Horizontal reservation:
|
Category |
Percentage of Seats |
|
Female |
20% |
|
Persons with Disabilities (PWD) * (of Uttar Pradesh) |
5% |
|
Dependents of Freedom Fighters (of Uttar Pradesh) |
2% |
|
Sons/Daughters of Defence Personnel (deployed in Uttar Pradesh, either killed/retired/disabled in action) |
5% |
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