Exams
The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLU) announced certain modifications in the pattern of the Common Law Admission Test (the "CLAT"), CLAT 2022. CLAT Syllabus under this blog, we will describe the newly proposed pattern of questions for each of the five specified areas that the Undergraduate-CLAT 2023 would comprise with the sample questions based on the latest pattern. Candidates appearing for the CLAT exam must be aware of the exam syllabus. Below we have mentioned the CLAT syllabus section-wise.
The CLAT 2023 exam will take place on December 18, 2022. CLAT test pattern 2023- the exam will last two hours, and students will be required to complete 150 objective-type problems (CLAT PG will contain 120 MCQs). The Consortium will offer the examination in a pen and paper format.
Event | Dates for CLAT 2023 |
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Release of admission notification | 8th August 2023 |
Start of CLAT 2022 online application form | 8th August 2023 |
Last date to submit the application form | 13th November 2023 |
Release of admit card | To be notified |
CLAT 2023 exam date | 18th December 2022 |
Release of provisional answer key | To be notified |
Release of final answer key | To be notified |
Declaration of results | To be notified |
Commencement of counselling | To be notified |
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Here we have provided the CLAT exam syllabus for UG and PG programs
The UG-CLAT 2023 would focus on evaluating the comprehension and reasoning skills and abilities of candidates. Overall, it is designed to be a test of aptitude and skills that are necessary for a legal education rather than prior knowledge, though prior knowledge occasionally may be useful to respond to questions in the Current Affairs section.
The UG-CLAT 2023 shall be a 2-hour test, with 150 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer. These questions would be divided across the following 5 subjects:
Subject Areas With Weightage | Approximate No. of Questions |
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English Language | 28-32 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper |
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge | 35-39 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper |
Legal Reasoning | 35-39 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper |
Logical Reasoning | 28-32 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper |
Quantitative Techniques | 13-17 questions, or roughly 10% of the paper |
In this section of the UG-CLAT 2023, you will be provided passages of about 450 words each. These passages will be derived from contemporary or historically significant fiction and non-fiction writing and would be of a standard that a 12th standard student may be able to read in about 5-7 minutes.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your comprehension and language skills, including your abilities to:
In this section, you will be provided passages of up to 450 words each. The passages will be derived from news, journalistic sources, and other non-fiction writing. The questions may include an examination of legal information or knowledge discussed in or related to the passage, but would not require any additional knowledge of the law beyond the passage.
Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate your awareness of various aspects of current affairs and general knowledge, including:
In this section, you will be expected to read passages of around 450 words each. The passages may relate to fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. You will not require any prior knowledge of the law. You will benefit from a general awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues to better apply general principles or propositions to the given fact scenarios.
Each passage would be followed by a series of questions that will require you to:
The Logical Reasoning section of the UG-CLAT 2023 will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will require you to:
The Quantitative Techniques section of the UG-CLAT 2023 will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial, or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from such passages, graphs, or other representations, and apply mathematical operations on such information.
The questions will require you to:
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The PG-CLAT 2023 will feature an emphasis on the comprehension abilities of the students. It shall be of 120 minutes duration, with one section:
The first section would include 120 objective-type questions carrying 1 mark each. There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for every wrong answer.
The paper will be based on the mandatory subjects of the undergraduate program and include Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, and Labor & Industrial Law.
In this section of the PG-CLAT 2023, you will be provided extracts from primary legal materials such as important court decisions in various fields of law, statutes or regulations. Each passage will be followed by a series of questions that will require you to demonstrate the:
This is all the information regarding CLAT 2023. Keep checking this space for the latest updates.
₹4000/- for General / OBC / Specially abled & other category candidates and ₹ 3500/- for SC/ST category candidates
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These courses are offered by the 22 NLUs & other universities and colleges throughout the country.
There is no age limit for applying for ClAT 2021.
The last date for the CLAT exam is now extended till May 9, 2022.
General / OBC / Specially abled & other category candidates - ₹4000/- and for SC/ST category candidates - ₹ 3500/-
CLAT 2022 Exam will be held on June 19, 2022.
CLAT 2023 Exam will be held on 18th December 2022.
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