Common Law Admission Test 2014 to be held on May 11

CLAT 2014 to be held on May 11. The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2014 conducted by Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) will take place on May 11, 2014. CLAT scores are used for admission to Indiaâ??s premier Law Institutes, including the National Law Institutes in undergraduate (LL.B) and postgraduate (LL.M) law degree courses. CLAT 2014 will feature online Applications and Centralized Online Counseling for admission.

CLAT was launched in 2008 to centralize the law schoolsâ?? admission procedures. The 14 participating Institutes/Universities conduct CLAT in rotation. CLAT 2013 was held by Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur on 12th May 2013 and results were declared by 31st May 2013. Around 31,000 students attempted CLAT 2013 for 1,600 seats and around 35,000 students are expected to appear in CLAT 2014.


CLAT 2014 for undergraduate courses tests

• English, 
• General Knowledge/Current Affairs, 
• Elementary Mathematics,
•  Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning. 

CLAT 2014 for postgraduate courses consists of multiple choice questions covering all compulsory law subjects prescribed by the BCI for the Under-Graduate Course (except Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence) and long essay type descriptive questions covering Constitutional Law and Jurisprudence.

Eligibility for CLAT depends whether you are interested in applying for admission in undergraduate or postgraduate courses.
To apply for undergraduate courses the aspirant should have cleared 10+2 with minimum 45% aggregate marks and age should be below 20 years.
For postgraduate courses the aspirant should have obtained a LL.B or equivalent degree with minimum 55% aggregate marks.

Applications are available till March 31, 2014.