CLAT 2022 Highlights

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CLAT 2022 (Overview, Highlights, Important dates,
Syllabus, Instructions, Institutes Accepting
CLAT Score)

• CLAT Overview
• CLAT or Common Law Admission Test 2022 is an
  offline exam that is conducted every year by
  Consortiums of National Law Universities. This is
  one of the most popular and highly competitive
  entrance exams in India. CLAT exam is conducted
  for admission to UG and PG law courses at Top
  Law College and Universities. The responsibility
  of conducting the exam is rotated and given on
  the basis of seniority in the establishment.
  Every year about 70,000 students appear for this
  exam. It is a national-level exam that is
  conducted to select the students for the Law
  programs.
• After qualifying for this exam candidates will be
  eligible for admission to CLAT participating Law
  universities, private colleges, and other
  participating institutions.
• CLAT 2022 Highlights
• Exam Name Common Law Admission Test
• Conducted by Consortiums of NLUs
• Exam Level National
• Application Mode Online
• Exam Mode Offline
• Exam medium Hindi, English
• Frequency Once a year
• Exam Course BA LLB, B.Com LLB, BSc LLB, BBA LLB,
  BSW LLB, and LLM course
• Official website consortiumofnlu.ac.in/clat-2022/
  
• The exam is conducted for both UG and PG programs

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• Duration of the CLAT exam 120 minutes (2 hours)
• Total Marks- 150 for UG, 120 for PG
• Total Questions- 150 for UG, 120 for PG
• Mode of Counselling Online
• Age limit There is no upper age limit
• Qualification Candidates who have completed 102
  or equivalent examinations with the requisite
  score are eligible to appear for CLAT.
• Marking scheme For every correct answer, 1 mark
  will be awarded. For every incorrect answer,
  0.25 marks will be deducted. For un-attempted
  questions, 0 marks will be deducted.
• Application Fee Rs. 4000 (General/OBC/PwD/NRI),
  Rs. 3500 (SC/ST/BPL)
• Mode of payment- Net banking/ credit card/ debit
  card/UPI
• Note Candidates appearing for their class 12th
  examination are also eligible for the CLAT.
• Important Dates for CLAT 2022
• Release of notification for CLAT 2022 November
  14, 2021
• Registration date January 01, 2022
• Last date to submit the application form May 9,
  2022
• Last date to submit the application fee May 9,
  2022
• Admit card released date Last week of May
• CLAT 2022 exam date June 19, 2022
• Release of final answer key June 25, 2022
  (Tentative)
• CLAT result 2022, June 25, 2022 to June 30, 2022

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• English Language
• Current Affairs, including General Knowledge
• Legal reasoning
• Logical reasoning
• Quantitative Techniques
• CLAT 2022 LLM Syllabus
• Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative
  Law
• Law of Contract, Law of Torts, Family Law,
  Criminal Law
• Property Law, Company Law, Intellectual property
  Law
• Public International Law, Tax Law, International
  Law
• Environmental Law, and Labour Industrial Law.
• CLAT 2022 Important Topics
• English Language Grammar (correction of
  incorrect grammatical sentences, fill in the
  blanks, etc.), Vocabulary.
• Current affairs including general knowledge
  Static GK (Art, Culture, History), knowledge of
  all events happening nationally and
  internationally.
• Logical Reasoning Analogies, Seating
  arrangement, Syllogism, Blood relation, Series,
  Logical sequence and matching, Calendars and
  clock.
• Legal Reasoning General awareness of
  contemporary legal and moral issues, identify
  and infer the rules and principles given in the
  passage, and apply rules and principles to
  various fact situations, ability to understand
  how changes to the rules and principles may
  change their application to various fact
  situations.
• Quantitative Techniques Ratio and proportion,
  Basic algebra, Mensuration, Statistical
  estimation, Algebra.
• CLAT 2022 UG Exam Pattern

Subject Number of Questions Marks
English Language 28-32 Questions 28-32
Current Affairs, including General Knowledge 35-39 Questions 35-39
Legal reasoning 35-39 Questions 35-39
Logical reasoning 28-32 Questions 28-32
Quantitative Techniques 13-17 Questions 13-17
Total 150 Questions 150
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CLAT 2022 PG Exam Pattern
Subject Number of MCQs Marks
Constitutional Law 60 60
Other Law Subjects, including Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR, and Jurisprudence 60 60
Total 120 120

• CLAT 2022 Exam Day Instruction
• Candidates must follow the instruction strictly
  as instructed by the centre superintendent or
  invigilator.
• Candidates are not permitted to carry cell phones
  or any other electronic gadget in the
  examination hall.
• Candidates must reach centre at least half an
  hour before as entry will not be allowed after
  gate closing time.
• Candidates must reach the exam centres earlier in
  order to undergo thorough mandatory checking.
• Candidates must carry admit cards for CLAT 2022
  and those who do not possess the CLAT admit card
  will not be permitted for the examination.
• Candidates are required to carry a passport-sized
  photograph as they have to dully fill out the
  self-declaration form.
• All the questions shall be answered on the OMR
  response sheet only.
• Use blue/black point pen only for darkening the
  circles and fill in other information on the OMR
  response sheet.
• Candidates must maintain social distancing.
• Candidates are allowed to carry a transparent
  water bottle, face masks, sanitizer, face
  shield, and gloves.
• National Law Institutes accepting CLAT 2022
  scores
• 1. NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad.

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• National Law Institute University, Bhopal.
• WB National University of Juridical Sciences,
  Kolkata.
• National Law University, Jodhpur.
• Hidayatulla National Law University, Raipur.
• Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar.
• Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University,
  Lucknow.
• Rajeev Gandhi National University of Law,
  Patiala.
• Chankaya National Law University, Patna.
• National University of Advanced Legal Studies,
  Kochi.
• National Law University Odisha, Cuttack.
• 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.
• Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad.
• Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur.
• Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla.

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9. PES University, Bangalore. The competition is
only getting tougher as more than 70 thousand
students appear for CLAT every year, and the
craze of Law is growing as each year passes. If
you aim to pursue admission to top-ranked
institutions then you will have to crack this
exam. For the latest update and information
regarding the CLAT 2022, Registration and
application form, application fee, admit card,
result, counseling, and more visit
www.admissiondiscover.com