CLAT PATTERN & SYLLABUS

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a national level entrance exam for admissions to undergraduate (UG) and postgraduate (PG) law programmes offered by 22 National Law Universities around the country. National Law Universities belongs to the kitty of the best Law Schools in country for 5 year integrated Law course (BA-LLB, BBA-LLB, Bcom-LLB etc.) just after class 12. CLAT is held by the Consortium of National Law Universities which is a body that constitutes all the NLUs.

CLAT would focus mainly on evaluating the comprehension and reasoning abilities of law aspirants. All in all, the exam will judge the students on their aptitude and skills that are necessary for any lawyer. Further, the exam is not based on prior knowledge; though prior knowledge may find usefulness in the Current Affairs section.

Pattern of Exam

Subjects / Sections Weightage
English Language 22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper
Current Affairs including General Knowledge 28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper
Legal Reasoning 28-32 questions, or roughly 25% of the paper
Logical Reasoning 22-26 questions, or roughly 20% of the paper
Quantitative Techniques 10-14 questions, or roughly 10% of the paper

Syllabus

English Language:

In this section, the students will encounter passages of about 450 words each. These passages will cover a multitude of topics varying from historical fiction and non-fiction to science, business, social sciences etc. The difficulty level will be such that a 12th standard student may easily read in 5-7 minutes.

Current Affairs Including General Knowledge:

This section will offer passages of about 450 words each. The passages will be extracted from news, journalistic sources and other non-fiction writing. The questions may test you on knowledge presented in or related to the passage, but would not require any prior knowledge of the law beyond the passage.

Legal Reasoning:

This section will contain passages of around 450 words each. These passages may relate to factual situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions or moral philosophical enquiries. The important point here is, you will not require any prior knowledge of law.

Logical Reasoning:

This section will include a series of short passages of about 300 words each. Each passage will be followed by one or more questions that will be based on concepts like identifying an argument, its premises and conclusions; critically analyzing the reasoning, and figuring out how conclusions may be derived from particular premises or evidence.

Quantitative Techniques:

This section will include short sets of facts or propositions, graphs, or other textual, pictorial or diagrammatic representations of numerical information, followed by a series of questions. You will be required to derive information from these graphs, or other representations, and apply mathematical operations on such information.

AILET PATTERN & SYLLABUS

All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) is the most important law exam after CLAT. It is the entrance exam for National Law University, Delhi. It was established in 2008 and is a premier law university in the country. Law aspirants have to work really hard and have to put in extra efforts to crack this exam since this exam is a bit more difficult than CLAT.

Pattern of Exam

Subjects / Sections No. of Questions
English Language 50
Current Affairs & General Knowledge 30
Logical Reasoning 70

Syllabus

The syllabus of AILET is on the same lines as that of CLAT. The important topics of each subject are as follows.

English Language

Reading Comprehension, Grammar, Foreign Words/Phrase, Para-jumbles, Vocabulary, Spellings, Inference-based questions, Synonyms, Antonyms, Word Usage, and Fill in the blanks. The level of difficulty is medium and it should be a high scoring section.

Current Affairs & General Knowledge

The questions asked in the GK section are from two domains i.e. Static GK and current GK. Static GK questions are questions from History, Geography, Civics, etc. while Current GK covers major events in news for the past 1 year.

Logical Reasoning

The Logical reasoning section has a fair mix of Puzzles, Directions, Seating Arrangements, Blood Relations, Syllogisms, Series, Analogy etc. The Paper also has a few questions of Critical Reasoning.

SLAT PATTERN & SYLLABUS

SLAT (Symbiosis Law Admission Test) is the entrance exam for UG Programs of Symbiosis. SLAT is there for getting entry in the 5-year integrated law course at Symbiosis Law School at Pune, Noida and Hyderabad Campuses. SLAT is relatively easy compared to CLAT and AILET. If a student has prepared well for CLAT, SLAT should be piece of cake for him/her.

SLAT is the first stage of the selection process and students who clear the cut-off as decided by the SLAT secretariat will move to the next and final stage of the selection process- Writing Ability Test and Personal Interview (WAT/PI).

Pattern of Exam

Subjects / Sections No. of Questions
Reading 12
General Knowledge 12
Legal Reasoning 12
Logical Reasoning 12
Analytical Reasoning/Quantitative Aptitude 12

Syllabus

The syllabus of SLAT is same as that of AILET and CLAT. The only difference is that no direct Mathematics questions are there and the level of difficulty is easy for all the sections.

MHCET PATTERN & SYLLABUS

The government of Maharashtra will conduct the MH-CET law exam for admission to the 3-year and 5-year law program in the state of Maharashtra. DTE conducts the MH-CET law exam online. MH-CET was introduced in 2016 by the Directorate of Technical Education, Maharashtra as a common entrance test for students seeking admissions to various government law colleges in the state.

Pattern of Exam

Subjects / Sections No. of Questions
English 30
Mathematical Aptitude 10
Logical & Analytical Reasoning 40
General Awareness with Current Affairs 30
Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning 40

Syllabus

Legal aptitude & Legal Reasoning

Indian polity, including Executive, Judiciary and Legislature, Law propositions with facts, the Constitution, etc.

General knowledge with Current Affairs

Indian geography, current affairs, latest rules and amendments, etc.

Logical & Analytical Reasoning

Reasoning by analogy, completing arguments, drawing well-supported conclusions, puzzles, blood relations, series, etc.

English

Vocabulary, synonyms & antonyms, analogies, idioms & phrases, sentence improvement and rearrangement, fill in the blanks, etc.

Maths (Only for 5-year LLB)

Speed & distance, profit & loss, time & work, Algebra, etc.

LNAT PATTERN & SYLLABUS

The LNAT (Law National Admissions Test) is primarily utilized by UK universities for law program admissions, including prestigious institutions like Oxford, UCL, and LSE. Its acceptance is expanding internationally, with notable institutions such as the Singapore University of Social Sciences and IE University in Spain also recognizing LNAT scores.

In a significant development, O.P. Jindal Global University in India will require the LNAT for its law programs starting from the academic year 2025-26. This makes Jindal Global Law School (JGLS) the first law school in India to adopt the LNAT, exclusively for its 5-Year Integrated LLB programs.

Pattern of Exam

Subjects / Sections Details
Section A - Multiple Choice 42 questions based on 12 argumentative passages testing comprehension and interpretation
Section B - Essay One essay from three given topics (quality of argument assessed, not legal knowledge)
Skills Tested Reading comprehension, critical thinking, logical analysis, and argumentation
Scoring Section A: Scored out of 42 | Section B: Assessed separately by universities

Results

Both your LNAT score and essay are made available to the participating universities. These are then used to supplement your university application and show your aptitude for studying undergraduate law.

Note: You'll be able to review your answers at any time during the 95 minutes for Section A, but you will not be able to return to the multiple choice section once you begin Section B.