cf12plus : Law Entrance

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) would be conducted hereafter every year by each of National Law Schools on rotation as per the criterion of seniority. The NLSIU, Bangalore, the oldest of the National Law Schools will set the process in motion by undertaking to conduct the admission test for the academic year 2008-09.

It is expected that other National Law Schools (i.e., the Law Schools established by State enactments) would join these seven Law Schools in due course.

This has to be incorporated with a notion that larger the catchment area, better will be the quality of students; and it would be better for the institutions and the society. This should be the first step to improve the quality of our educational institutions, so that they may measure upto the international standards. At the undergraduation level, CLAT would cover admissions to the following colleges:

1) NLSIU,Bangalore: www.nls.ac.in
2) NALSAR, Hyderabad: www.nalsarlawuniv.org
3) NLIU, Bhopal: www.nliu.com
4) NUJS, Kolkata: www.nujs.edu
5) NLU, Jodhpur: www.nlujodhpur.ac.in
6) HNLU, Raipur: www.hnlu.ac.in
7) GNLU, Gandhinagar: www.gnlu.ac.in

The NLSIU, Bangalore, the oldest of the National Law Schools will set the process in motion by undertaking to conduct the admission test for the academic year 2008-09.

Also, the following National Law Universities will be making use of Common Law Admission Test scores for their respective admissions for the academic year 2008-09:

1.	Chanakya National Law University A.N. Sinha Institute of Social Studies Campus Gandhi Maidan, Patna-800001 Ph: 0612-6450242, Fax: 2205920 Website: www.cnlu.ac.in, www.chanakyalawuniv.org
2.	Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University Sec-D1, LDA Colony, Kanpur Road Scheme Near Power House, Lucknow-226012 Ph: 0522-2422855. www.nlulucknow.up.nic.in
3.	Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab Mohindra Kothi, The Mall Patiala-147001 Ph: 017502304188. website: www.rgnulpatiala.org

For any clarification regarding the CLAT, please contact:

  National Law School of India University
  Nagarbhavi, Bangalore-560242.
  Ph: 080-23213160, 23160532.

VITAL CLAT FACTS-

• Commencement Date: Sunday, May 11, 2008 between 3-5 P.M
• CLAT will have no negative marking.
• No sample paper will be available.
• The Candidate must fill the OMR Application forms by black/blue pen; not pencil.
• NRI Candidates/ NRI Sponsored candidates must write CLAT 2008.While filling in the category, they need to mark NRI/NRI Sponsored slot only. Selection will be based purely on merit, anyway
• Apart from the seven National Law Schools at Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Raipur, Bhopal, Gandhinagar, Jodhpur, the test centres for CLAT would also be set up in Delhi, Chennai, Cochin, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Shillong, Jammu, Guwahati, Patna, Jaipur, Lucknow and Bhubaneshwar

Under Graduate Programs:

1. Eligibility: 10+2 Examination or equivalent with not less than 50% marks (students taking qualifying examination in March /April 2008 are also eligible to apply)

2. Age limit: 20 Years as on 1st July 2008

3. Pattern: The test paper will consist of 5 Sections with objective type questions only

Procedure for obtaining of Application form and Submission:
Applications will be issued from 31st January. 2008.
Last date for sending the filled in application form along with the enclosures will be 10th April, 2008

a) Off-line :

i) Printed application forms along with the brochure will be available at the designated branches of the Corporation Bank and State Bank of India against the payment of Rs. 2,000/- only (inclusive of test fee and bank charges);

ii) Request for applications may be sent to the Convener, CLAT, National Law School of India University, Bangalore - 560 242, with a demand draft for Rs. 2,000/- drawn in favour of the Convener, CLAT, and payable at Bangalore.

iii) Applications can also be downloaded from www.clat.ac.in. The downloaded application along with the DD and other enclosures should be sent to the Convener, CLAT at the address of NLS,Bangalore..

b) On-line :

For online submission of applications, visit www.clat.ac.in. The completed and printed Online CLAT 2008 application form along with DD for Rs. 2,000/- drawn in favour of Convener, CLAT along with the enclosures should be sent to the Convener, CLAT at the above address.

* INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL BE REJECTED