The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2026 shall be conducted on Sunday, December 7, 2025, from between 2pm and 4 pm. The portal for applying for the CLAT 2026 will become functional from August 1 and will remain so until October 31, the last date of application for CLAT 2026.

An official announcement by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) read, “The Executive Committee and the Governing Body of the Consortium of National Law Universities (the “Consortium”) at their Meetings held on July 20th, 2025 decided that the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2026 shall be conducted on Sunday, December 7th 2025, from 2 PM-4 PM. The portal for applying for the CLAT 2026 will become functional from the 1st of August 2025 and will remain so until 31st October 2025, the last date of application for CLAT 2026. Further details regarding the syllabus, application and counselling process shall be released shortly.”

The CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is a national-level entrance exam in India conducted for admission to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programs offered by National Law Universities (NLUs) and several other institutions.

It may be recollected that the previous year’s exams were ridden with controversy leading to the involvement of courts. Many undergraduate questions were allegedly flawed or ambiguous, especially in Legal and Logical Reasoning sections. Some were deemed unsolvable or inconsistent with the syllabus. Others claimed that the provisional answer key contained about a dozen mistakes, causing confusion and widespread dissatisfaction.

Eligibility

As per the eligibility criteria, candidates who have passed Class 12 with a minimum of 45% marks (40% for reserved categories) are eligible to apply for the CLAT UG exam. For the CLAT PG exam, applicants must possess an LLB degree with at least 45% marks, while those from SC, ST, and PwD categories need a minimum of 40%.

In the previous year, the application fee was ₹4,000 for General and OBC category candidates, and ₹3,500 for candidates from SC, ST, and BPL categories.

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