CLAT 2026 application date extended

Consortium of National Law Universities has granted an additional 7 days time period to apply online for the Common Law Admission Test CLAT 2026.  The applications will now be accepted upto 7 Nov 2025. The test is scheduled to be conducted on 7 December 2025.

Please note that test date of CLAT clashes with Assessment Round 1 of Ashoka University.

CLAT is used for admissions to 5 Year Integrated Law programs B.A./B.B.A./B.Sc./B.S.W/B.Com-LL.B offered at 25 National Law Universities, IIULER Goa and many other Govt and Private Universities/Institutes across the country.

The test shall be conducted in OFFLINE (pen and paper) mode across multiple cities in India.

List of participating universities as on date

1. NLSIU, Bengaluru

2. NALSAR, Hyderabad

3. NLIU, Bhopal

4. WBNUJS, Kolkata

5. NLU, Jodhpur

6. HNLU, Raipur

7.GNLU, Gandhinagar

8. GNLU, Silvassa

9. RMLNLU, Lucknow

10. RGNUL, Punjab

11. CNLU, Patna

12. NUALS, Kochi

13. NLUO, Odisha

14. NUSRL, Ranchi

15. NLUJA, Assam

16. DSNLU, Visakhapatanam

17. TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli

18. MNLU, Mumbai

19. MNLU, Nagpur

20. MNLU, Aurangabad

21. HPNLU, Shimla

22. DNLU, Jabalpur

23. DBRANLU, Haryana

24. NLUT, AGARTALA

25. RPNLUP, Prayagraj

26. IIULER, Goa

Test pattern

CLAT is a 2-hour test, with 120 multiple-choice questions carrying 1 mark each, with a provision for negative marking. These questions would be divided into the following 5 subjects:

> English Language

> Current Affairs, including General Knowledge

> Legal Reasoning

> Logical Reasoning

> Quantitative Techniques

Check CLAT 2026 eligibility, seat matrix, application procedure, test centres and other details before applying.