The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level admission test for admissions to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programmes offered by 25 National Law Universities in India.
CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities, comprising representative universities.
Several affiliate universities and organisations also use the CLAT exam for admissions and recruitment respectively.
All admissions to the 5-year integrated LL.B. and LL.M. programmes that commence in the Academic Year 2026-2027 shall be through the CLAT 2026
Important Dates
Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2026 shall be conducted on Sunday, December 7 th 2025, from 2 PM-4 PM. The portal for applying for the CLAT 2026 will become functional from the 1 st of August 2025 and will remain so until 31 st October 2025, the last date of application for CLAT 2026.
UG Eligibility
- There is no upper age limit for candidates appearing for UG Programme for the CLAT 2026
- Candidates who have passed in 10+2 or an equivalent examination with a minimum of:
- Forty five percent (45%) of marks or its equivalent in grade or
- Forty Percent (40%) of marks or equivalent in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST/PwD categories.
- Candidates appearing for the qualifying examination in March/ April, 2026 are also eligible to apply. However, they shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
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