For admission to 22 national law colleges’ 5-year LLB and LLM programmes for the academic year 2023–2024, the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will administer the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT 2023) on December 18, 2022. Registration for CLAT 2023 commenced on August 8, 2022.
The consortiumofnlus.ac.in official website will make the announcement of the CLAT 2023 registration deadline. Students may apply for the exam if they received at least a 45% or its equivalent in their Class 12 exams. However, SC and ST applicants must earn at least 40% of the available points or the equivalency of those points.
CLAT 2023 question paper format, syllabus
The UG-CLAT 2023 would concentrate on assessing applicants’ comprehension and reasoning skills. 150 multiple-choice questions will be included in the 2-hour CLAT UG 2023 exam, and each one will be worth one mark. For each incorrect response, 0.25 marks will be deducted from the final score.
| Maximum Marks | 150 |
| Duration of CLAT 2023 Exam | 2 hours |
| Multiple-Choice Questions | 150 questions of one mark each |
| Negative Marking | 0.25 Mark for each wrong answer |
| 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 |
