CLAT Entrance Coaching institute in Chandigarh

The Common Law Admission Test, popularly referred as CLAT, is a national level centralized exam with a reputation for admitting students into India’s premier law institutions. The test which is conducted annually was introduced in the year 2008 and is viewed the best pathway to an eminent career in law from coveted institutions. The exam is conducted on a rotational basis by the competent law institutions in the order of their establishment and it was commenced by National Law School of India University, with the preceding year 0f 2018 exam organized by National University of Advanced Legal Studies. Prior to the inception of CLAT, the different autonomous schools in India had their own law entrance tests conducted by them. This had made the candidates to work and spend strenuous period of time in preparing and appearing for the exams. Another problem that frequently arose was the conflict in the examination dates of each other institutions, specifically in the engineering and the medical streams at the under graduate level. At times, it left the candidate with no other option except to miss out on one or the other entrance exams.

The Government Initiative

Initially there was an absence of any consensus among the institutions conducting the exams. It took the initiative of the Indian Government’s Ministry of Human Resources Development and the University Grants Commission of India to hold the meeting between the Vice-Chancellors of the National Law Universities with the Bar Council of India’s Chairman. This resulted in the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for holding a common admission test.

Eligibility

There is no upper ceiling in terms of age for the UG Programme in CLAT. The candidate willing to apply for the entrance exam should have secured 45% of marks or its equivalent in grade. Appropriate evidence vouching for the candidate appearing in the qualifying exam held in March or April needs to be adduced for appearing in CLAT. At the time of admission, the candidate should have passed in the qualifying examination and the supporting certificates have to be submitted. Similarly there are no upper age criteria for appearing in the post graduate programme. An LL.B Degree or an examination which is equivalent with a minimum percentage of 55% or its equivalent is mandatory for applying for the law admission test.

CLAT Syllabus

The syllabus for the UG programme includes English, general knowledge and current affairs, mathematics, legal aptitude, and logical reasoning.

The entire scope and full coverage of questions in different subject areas are as follows:

1. English inclusive of comprehension:

The English part will assess the candidate’s proficiency in English that is based on grammar and comprehension passages. Under the comprehension division, the candidates will be evaluated on their ability to interpret the passage and its core theme, the meaning of words utilized therein. The grammar section necessitates the correction of erroneous grammatical sentences and filling up the blank spaces with appropriate words in the sentences.

2. General Knowledge and Current Affairs:

The General knowledge of the candidates is assessed based on the general awareness which also includes static general knowledge. Different questions on current affairs will enable to adjudicate the candidate’s knowledge on the national and international affairs on diverse spheres.

3. Mathematics

This specific section of the question paper deals with the appropriate assessment of the candidate’s skill and knowledge on the elementary level of mathematics. It almost covers the varied topics in maths with a balanced inclusion which is usually taught upto the 10th Class/Standard.

4. Legal Aptitude:

This important section serves to examine the candidate’s inclination and interest in studying law which also includes research aptitude and the possession of problem solving ability. The questions in the section may also include legal propositions (described in detail in the paper), and a collection of facts for which the specified proposition needs to be applied. A few of the postulates may not be deemed to be “completely true” in the actual context but candidates need to presume the “truth” of these postulates and accordingly answer the queries in the paper.

5. Legal Reasoning

The objective of the logical reasoning part is to evaluate the candidate’s capability to analyse and identify patterns, the logical links and correct the illogical arguments. The section may also have a range of logical reasoning questions including sections on syllogisms which are actually verbal reasoning questions, analogies (a comparison between two things), logical sequences, etc. The question paper does not examine the visual reasoning ability of the candidates.

CLAT Exam pattern

- The exam is held for duration of 2 hours.

- The maximum marks of the question paper 200.

- The multiple-choice type pattern with 200 questions with one mark for each is divided subject wise with marks for allotted accordingly to different subjects.

S.No - Subject Areas - Marks

1. - English including Comprehension - 40

2. - General Knowledge and Current Affairs - 50

3. - Elementary Mathematics (Numerical Ability) - 20

4. - Legal Aptitude - 50

5. - Logical Reasoning - 40

- Each wrong answer would result in negative marking of 0.25 mark.

National Law Universities

The CLAT scores are accepted by the following National Law Universities:

National Law School of India University - Bangalore

NALSAR University of Law – Hyderabad

National Law Institute University – Bhopal

WB National University of Juridical Sciences – Kolkata

National Law University – Jodhpur

Hidayatullah National Law University – Raipur

Gujarat National Law University – Gandhinagar

Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University – Lucknow

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law – Patiala

Chanakya National Law University – Patna

National University of Advanced Legal Studies – Kochi

National Law University Odisha – Cuttack

National University of Advanced Legal Studies – Kochi

National University of Study and Research in Law – Ranchi

National Law University and Judicial Academy – Guwahati

Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University – Vishakhapatnam

Tamil Nadu National Law School – Tiruchirappalli

Maharashtra National Law University – Mumbai

Maharashtra National Law University – Nagpur

Dharmashastra National Law University – Jabalpur

Himachal Pradesh National Law University – Shimla