A complete reference library for CLAT 2027 — syllabus, exam pattern, eligibility, registration, admit card, previous year papers, counselling, and free preparation downloads. Every page is researched against Consortium notifications and updated when source material changes.
Before anything else, confirm you meet the eligibility criteria and note the key dates. For CLAT UG 2027, the minimum qualification is Class 12 with 45% aggregate (40% for SC/ST). There is no upper age cap. The registration window, typically 6–8 weeks, opens around July–August; missing it means waiting a full year. Read the official notification carefully — the Consortium sometimes changes fee amounts, category definitions, or document requirements between cycles.
Effective CLAT preparation starts with understanding exactly what the exam tests. The syllabus is passage-based across all five sections — CLAT is not a knowledge recall exam but a reading and reasoning exam. Once you understand the format, work through previous year papers (2020–2026) to calibrate difficulty and identify your weakest sections. The exam pattern page explains the marking scheme and how to allocate your 120 minutes across sections for maximum score.
The admit card is available for download from the Consortium website approximately 2 weeks before the exam. It must be printed; a digital copy is not accepted at most exam centres. The admit card specifies your centre, reporting time, and the documents you must carry. Arrive at least 45 minutes before your reporting time — security and seat-allocation queues are long.
Results are announced 2–4 weeks after the exam. Immediately after, the Consortium opens the counselling portal for NLU preference filling. Strategy matters here: do not simply rank NLUs by NIRF position. Consider city, placement profile, fee, and hostel availability. Candidates who miss Round 1 seat acceptance deadlines lose their allocation and must re-enter in later rounds at a worse rank position.
CLAT — the Common Law Admission Test — is a centralised national entrance exam for admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes at 24 National Law Universities (NLUs) across India. It is conducted annually by the Consortium of NLUs, typically in December.
CLAT 2027 is a 120-mark, 120-minute paper divided into five sections: English Language (24 marks), Current Affairs and GK (28 marks), Legal Reasoning (32 marks), Logical Reasoning (24 marks), and Quantitative Techniques (12 marks). Each correct answer carries +1 mark; each wrong answer carries −0.25.
For the UG programme, candidates must have passed or be appearing in Class 12 with at least 45% aggregate marks (40% for SC/ST). There is no upper age limit for UG CLAT. For PG CLAT, an LLB degree with at least 55% marks is required.
The Consortium typically opens CLAT registration 4–5 months before the exam, usually in July or August of the exam year. For CLAT 2027 (expected December 2027), registration is anticipated to open around July–August 2027.
23 NLUs accept CLAT UG scores for BA LLB admission. NLU Delhi conducts its own entrance test (AILET) and does not participate in CLAT. The total seat intake across all CLAT-participating NLUs is approximately 2,800 UG seats.
After results, the Consortium releases an all-India merit list. Candidates fill NLU preferences online during multiple counselling rounds. Seats are allocated by rank and preference; candidates who are allotted a seat must pay a confirmation fee. Subsequent rounds fill vacated seats.
Ratio provides a free 6-month study plan PDF, a CLAT syllabus checklist PDF, and a 500-word vocabulary list PDF — all available in the resources section. The site also has monthly current affairs digests, topic-wise practice question sets, full-length mock tests, and section-specific strategy guides.