About CLAT 2021 PG Entrance Exam
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2021 PG) is a national-level entrance exam for admissions to postgraduate (PG) law programmes offered by 22 National Law Universities around the country. CLAT is organized by the Consortium of National Law Universities consisting of the representative universities.
About Consortium
The Consortium of National Law Universities was established on 19th August 2017 with the aim of improving the standard of legal education in the country and justice system through legal education with Prof. R. Venkata Rao, erstwhile Vice-Chancellor, NLSIU as President and Prof. Faizan Mustafa, Vice-Chancellor, NALSAR, as Vice-President.
The Consortium aspires to facilitate better coordination amongst National Law Schools to achieve the highest standards of legal education in the country. Twenty-One National Law Universities have joined the Consortium as founder members. The serving President of the Consortium is Prof. V. Vijayakumar, Vice-Chancellor, NLIU and Vice-President is Prof. Paramjit S. Jaswal, Vice-Chancellor, RGNUL.
Registrations
Registrations for the examination is open and will close on 31 March 2021.
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Date of the Exam
The exam will be conducted on 13th June 2021 from 3 PM to 5 PM.[Extended]
Eligibility Criteria
Post Graduate
Educational Qualification: An LL.B degree or an equivalent examination with a minimum of Fifty (50%) marks or its equivalent grade and Forty-Five (45%) marks in case of candidates belonging to SC/ST categories.
Candidates appearing for the qualifying examination in April/May 2021, are also eligible to apply.
PG Question Paper Format
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Maximum Marks: 150
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Duration of exam: 02:00 Hours
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Multiple-Choice Questions: 100 questions of one mark each
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Subjective Questions: 50 Marks (Two Essay type questions each of 25 Marks, 800 words per essay) on the topics of law and contemporary issues
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Negative Marking: 0.25 Mark will be deducted for each wrong answer
Syllabus
CLAT 2021 Post-Graduate 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 Labour & Industrial Law.Important Dates
- Online registrations for CLAT 2021 begins: 01 January 2021
- Last date of application submission: 31 March 2021
- Date of Exam(Offline Mode): Sunday, 13 June 2021 [03:00 PM – 05:00 PM] [Extended]
Application Fee
- 4500 INR
- 3500 INR (For SC/ST categories)
Preparation Tips
Candidates must go through the following tips & tricks to appear in the exam and qualify for the same.
- Go through the complete exam pattern and the official syllabus.
- Take Online mock tests and practice tests series.
- Must go through previous year test series.
Based on the new pattern for CLAT Aspirants, this comprehensive test series is designed to ensure maximum familiarity with the new scheme of questioning by giving students an opportunity to solve more than 50+ tests consisting of over 5000+ questions including Free Mock Tests in section-wise format, making sure that CLAT Aspirants can go through several trials before the final exam.
