CLAT 2026 LIVE: Consortium of NLUs to hold UG, PG exam tomorrow; dress code, guidelines

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will conduct the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2026) for LLB and LLM admissions on December 7. Candidates appearing for undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) entrance exams are required to carry the CLAT admit card 2026 downloaded from the official website, consortiumofnlus.ac.in.

All twenty-five NLUs across the country will admit students to its BA LLB and LLM courses based on the CLAT scores through a counselling process. The CLAT exams will be conducted in around 141 exam cities in 25 states and four Union Territories (UT) across the country.

Candidates will have to attempt all questions with a duration of two hours – from 2 pm to 4 pm – however, PwD candidates will be given additional 40 minutes to answer the questions.

Those allotted Lucknow exam centre have been shifted to Lucknow Public College, A-Block, Rajajipuram.

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CLAT Exam 2026: Highlights

CLAT question paper 2026 will have 120 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. A negative marking of 0.25 marks will be applied for each incorrect response, as per the CLAT marking scheme.

After the exams, the Consortium will publish the CLAT answer key 2026 within a week, likely by December 14. Candidates will be allowed to challenge the provisional answer key before publishing the final answer key.

All candidates who qualify the entrance exam are required to register again for the CLAT UG, PG counselling. Students will be allowed to submit 15 preferences during each round of counselling process.

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Last year, aspirants opposed the “unreasonable” objection fee of Rs 1,000 per question challenged. Student representatives approached the Consortium this year as well. However, their request to lower the existing application fee - Rs 4,000 for general and Rs 3,500 for reserved category – is yet to be addressed.

Notably, the CLAT UG and PG counselling fee costs Rs 30,000 for general and Rs 20,000 for SC, ST, OBC, and PwD categories.