Common Law Admission Test

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The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralized national-level entrance test for admissions to the 26 out of 27 National Law Universities (NLU) except NLU Delhi. CLAT was first introduced in 2008 as a centralized entrance examination for admission to the National Law Schools/Universities in India. NLU Delhi administers its own entrance exam, the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET). AILET is anticipated to be merged into CLAT in the coming years. Many private and self-financed law schools in India also uses CLAT scores for law admissions. Public sector undertakings in India like ONGC, Coal India, BHEL, the Steel Authority of India, Oil India, the Indian Army (for the recruitment of Judge Advocate General officers) also uses CLAT PG scores. As of January 2026, NLU Meghalaya has started using CLAT scores for admissions in their programmes. The test is taken after the Higher Secondary Examination or the 12th grade for admission to integrated undergraduate degrees in Law (BA/BBA/B.COM/B...

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