The CLAT is an all India entrance examination conducted on rotation by 14 National Law Universities (NLUs) for admissions to their under-graduate and post-graduate degree programs (LL.B and LL.M). Altogether 33,491 aspirants from 21 cities registered successfully online to take the test this year. Out of the total candidates who appeared for the test, 31,231 were for 1,660 undergraduate (UG) seats and 2,260 were for postgraduate (PG) seats in the National Law Universities (NLUs). CLAT 2013 witnessed participation from around 31,000 students.

The 14 participating NLUs in the order of their establishment are

• National Law School of India University, Bangalore (NLSIU)
• NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad (NALSAR)
• National Law Institute University, Bhopal (NLIU)
• The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS)
• National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)
• Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur (HNLU)
• Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar (GNLU)
• Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU)
• Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala (RGNUL)
• Chanakya National Law University, Patna (CNLU)
• National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS)
• National Law University, Orissa (NLUO)
• National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL)
• National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJA)

The first CLAT Committee (consisting of Vice-Chancellors of the participating institutes) decided that the test should be conducted by rotation in the order of their establishment. Accordingly CLAT-2008 (NLSIU, Bangalore), CLAT-2009 (NALSAR, Hyderabad), CLAT-2010 (NLIU, Bhopal),CLAT 2011 (WBNUJS, Kolkata) and CLAT-2012 (NLU, Jodhpur) were conducted. CLAT-2013 was conducted by Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur.

For Under-Graduate Programs:
To be eligible to appear in CLAT 2015, a candidate should have obtained a Higher Secondary School/Intermediate (10+2) or its equivalent certificate from a recognized board with not less than 45% marks in aggregate (40% in case of SC and ST candidates) and should be below 20 years of age as on 1st July 2015 (22 years in case of SC/ST and Persons with Disability (PWD) candidates) Candidates who are appearing in March/April, 2015 or have appeared in the 10+2 examination and are awaiting results are also eligible to appear in the test.

For Post- Graduate Programs:
To be eligible to appear in CLAT 2015, a candidate should have obtained a LL.B/five-year integrated LL.B degree/any other equivalent degree from a recognized university with not less than 55% marks in aggregate (50% marks in case of SC and ST category candidates).

The candidates who have passed the qualifying degree examination through supplementary/ compartment and repeat attempts are also eligible for appearing in the test and taking admission provided that such candidates will have to produce the proof of having passed the qualifying examination with fifty-five/fifty percent marks, as the case may be, on the date of their admission or within the time allowed by the respective universities.

The candidates who have appeared or are appearing in the qualifying degree examination by March/April, 2015 are also eligible to appear in the test. Such candidates may submit the final results of the qualifying examination within the timeframe prescribed by the respective Universities and shall be provided provisional admission only. * Subject to State reservation at the University concerned.

For Under-Graduate Programs:

• English/Comprehension
• General knowledge/Current affairs
• Mathematics
• Logical reasoning
• Legal aptitude

Admission Process (As per CLAT 2014)

• The merit list-cum-preference will be the basic principle of admission for CLAT 2015 and the allotment of candidates to various NLUs will be based on the same. Hence, an online counseling would take place after the announcement of the CLAT 2015 results, wherein the candidates will be able to mark the preferences of the NLUs for admission within the stipulated period mentioned in the schedule.
• The first 2500 candidates (comprising 40% extra candidates proportionately from various categories such as General/SC/ST/OBC/PWD etc.) in the merit list will be allowed to participate in the online counselling against the actual seats available with the participating NLUs, through their Log In account and depositing the adjustable fees of  1, 00,000/- (Rupees One Lakh only) either online/offline through the website.
• Candidates failing to deposit the required fees through the website with the CLAT Office by the specified date will forfeit their right to be considered for admission in future and their names will be dropped from the CLAT Merit List.
• A list of waitlisted candidates will also be issued along with the Provisional Allotment List, from the first 2500 candidates who had undertaken the counselling after remitting the fees. The comprehensive list will be prepared by picking up candidates proportionately from various categories such as General/SC/ST/OBC/PWD/DFF/NRI etc. both from the All India and State (Domicile) category of candidates.
• If required, the CLAT Office will publish three more times the Subsidiary List of candidates allotted to various Universities against the actual left out seats.
• Those candidates who fail to report to the Universities and complete the admission formalities before the deadline will forfeit their claim for admission and their seats will be filled-up by the University by following its own procedure and not by the CLAT Office. The respective Universities will be reporting the details of admission to the CLAT Office before the deadline including the number of vacancies that might remain due to non-reporting of the candidates allotted under the lst, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Actual Allotment List. This would help the CLAT Office make the declaration of the final allotment on the last day and complete the admission process on the same day.

In event of tie between two or more candidates in the CLAT, tie will be broken by the following procedure and order: Higher marks in the section of Legal aptitude in CLAT 2015, Higher age and Computerized draw of lots.

Detailed break-up of seats available at all the National Law Universities for the Under-Graduate Courses for CLAT-2014 can be seen here Click here to know more.

Mode of Payment through CLAT Website:

• A candidate will have to make payment on three occasions through CLAT website viz.
  • submitting the online application form
  • if interested in downloading the previous year’s question papers and
  • while participating in the counseling session. The mode of payment through the website is both online and offline
• The online payment can be made through net-banking, debit card, credit card etc. wherein the candidate will have to bear the additional transaction costs for remitting the fees through payment gateways
• For paying the fees offline through website, the candidate will have to download the 'Bank Challan' that will be generated with the required information, as filled in by the candidate, and make the payment with additional bank charges at any branch of the SBI. After making the requisite payment at the bank, the candidate needs to upload the scanned PDF copy of the 'Bank Challan' and also fill-in the details as required at the relevant section of the website.

Fees:
The fees to be remitted while submitting the online application form of CLAT 2015 for General/OBC/PWD and other category candidates is Rs.4000/- (for SC and ST category candidates it is Rs.3500/-), excluding the bank charges or additional transaction costs for remitting the fees offline/online through payment gateways.

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• LST Span ( 2 year classroom program)
• LST Plus (1 year classroom program)
• LST Express (Crash course)
• LST Beacon (Correspondence course)
• LST Test Series

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