CLAT 2025 registration deadline extended till October 22; eligibility, exam pattern

NEW DELHI: The Consortium of National Law Universities has extended the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2025 registration deadline till October 22. Interested and eligible candidates can fill the CLAT 2025 registration form by visiting the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in 2025. Earlier the CLAT 2025 registration deadline was October 15.

As per the official notification the CLAT 2025 exam date is December 1, 2024. The CLAT 2025 exam will be conducted for two hours, from 2 pm to 4 pm in pen-and-paper mode. Some of the CLAT 2025 participating colleges include National Law School of India University (NLSIU) Bengaluru, National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) Hyderabad, National Law Institute University (NLIU) Bhopal, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (WBNUJS) Kolkata among others.

CLAT 2025 eligibility criteria

Candidates can have a look at the CLAT 2025 eligibility criteria below.

Undergraduate programme (five-year integrated law degree)

• Candidates are required to have passed the Class 12 or equivalent examination with:
• 45% marks or its equivalent grade
• 40% marks or equivalent for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Person with Disabilities (PwD) candidates.

Candidates appearing for the qualifying examination in March, April 2025 are also eligible to apply.

Postgraduate programme (one-year LLM degree)

• Candidates must have an LLB degree or an equivalent examination with:
• 45% marks or its equivalent grade
• 40% marks or equivalent for Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Person with Disabilities (PwD) candidates.
• Candidates appearing in the qualifying examination in April, May 2025 are also eligible to apply.

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CLAT 2025 Registration Deadline Extended: Fee details

Candidates are required to pay CLAT 2025 application fee to complete the registration process. Candidates from general and other backward classes (OBC) are required to pay an CLAT 2025 registration fee of Rs 4,000. On the other hand, candidates from Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST), and Below Poverty Line (BPL) categories are required to pay Rs 3,500. The CLAT 2025 registration fee can be paid online via credit card, debit card, UPIor net banking.

CLAT 2025: Exam pattern

The CLAT 2025 exam will be held in offline mode. The medium of the paper will be English. There will be a total of 120 questions in CLAT exam 2025. The questions will be of objective types. The duration of CLAT 2025 exam will be 2 hours. Candidates will get 1 mark for each correct answer and there will be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each incorrect answer.