CLAT 2016 Notification released:

The CLAT 2016 Notification has been released on December 14, 2015.

The Common Law Admission Test for the year 2016 will be conducted on

May 8, 2016 between 3:00 pm and 5:00 pm. Rajiv Gandhi National

University of Law, Patiala, the organizing university of CLAT 2016, released

the notification.

Applications are invited for the Under-Graduate Five Year Integrated BA

LLB (Hons) and Post-Graduate One Year LLM courses. The submission of

online application forms will commence from January 1, 2016. Applicants

can fill the form latest by 11:59 PM on March 31, 2016.

The exam will be held for admissions to the country’s 17 national law

universities of which National Law School University of India, Bengaluru

and NALSAR, Hyderabad are notable. The newest law University of the

nation i.e. National Law University, Mumbai will also admit students through

CLAT from the upcoming session.

General, OBC and Specially Abled Persons (SAP) category candidates will

have to pay a sum of Rs. 4000 and SC, ST candidates will have to pay Rs.

3500 for the exam as the application fee. The application fee is non-

refundable.

For more details, candidates can visit the CLAT official

Website: www.clat.ac.in .

 The CLAT 2016 will be conducted for admissions in the B.A LL.B, B.Com

LL.B, BSc. LL.B and One year and two year LL.M courses.

CLAT Exam Pattern 2016 for Under Graduate:Total Questions: 200

Time Allotted: 2 Hours.

Total Sections: 5Negative Marking: 0.25 for every wrong answer.

Exam Type: Objective

The detailed section-wise division is as follows:

Name of Section No. of Questions

Marks

allotted per

question

Marks Allotted

per Section

English including

Comprehension 40 1 40

General Knowledge and

Current Affairs 50 1 50

Legal Aptitude 50 1 50

Elementary

Mathematics(Numerical

Ability) 20 1 20

Logical Reasoning 40 1 40

CLAT Post Graduate Exam Pattern:

Exam Description

Total Marks 150

Exam Duration 2 Hours

Long Essay type Descriptive

Questions(covering subject areas such

as Constitutional Law and

Jurisprudence )

100 mark (4 Questions of 25 Marks

each)

Objective Questions( Covering all

compulsory law subjects prescribed by

the BCI for the Under-Graduate

Course except Constitutional Law and

Jurisprudence )

50 mark ( 50 Questions of one mark

each )