CLAT Consortium - Examination, History, Member Universities, Seats
CLAT Consortium: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) or CLAT Consortium is a group of 24 NLUs that conducts the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT). The consortium of NLUs was first established on August 19, 2017, with the objectives of improving the legal education of the country and ensuring better management and coordination among all the national law universities. Over the years, the CLAT Consortium has evolved into an organization that is well-organized, effective and transparent in conducting the national-level law entrance exam.
The governing body of the Consortium includes vice-chancellors of all participating NLUs. The main objective of the consortium is to conduct the admission test, CLAT 2025 for undergraduate and post-graduate programmes of these NLUs and promote quality legal education in all the member institutions. The CLAT 2025 registration has begun on July 15, 2024.
What is CLAT Consortium?
The CLAT consortium is a grouping of 24 NLUs who have come together with the common objective of taking legal education in India on par with global standards. The group's efforts have yielded results and several top NLUs are considered on par in the legal education field as are IITs for engineering and IIMs for management education.
History of CLAT Consortium
Previously Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) was conducted by National Law Universities on a rotational basis. However, to make the CLAT more organized, transparent and effective and to promote legal education in the country, around 18 NLUs came together and formed the Consortium of National Law Universities or CLAT Consortium on August 19, 2017. In later years, four more universities joined the CLAT Consortium. Today, except National Law University, Delhi, all other NLUs are part of CLAT Consortium. NLU Tripura and GNLU Silvasa are newly established NLUs and have joined the consortium recently.
Member universities of CLAT Consortium
| NLUs | Domicile % | UG Intake | PG Intake |
| NLSIU Bengaluru | 25% | 300 | 120 |
| NALSAR Hyderabad | 25% | 132 | 66 |
| WBNUJS Kolkata | 33% | 132 | 100 |
| NLIU Bhopal | 50% | 202 (BA LLB 134, B.Sc LLB 68) | 60 |
| NLU Jodhpur | 25% | 120 | 50 |
| HNLU Raipur | 50% | 180 | 90 |
| GNLU Gandhinagar | 25% | 172 (total seats for all the courses) | 57 |
| GNLU Silvassa Campus | 25% | 66 | 33 |
| RMLNLU Lucknow | 45% | 169 | 48 |
| RGNUL Patiala | 10% | 180 | 60 |
| CNLU Patna | 50% | 138( 69 seats each for BA LLB and BBA LLB | - |
| NUALS Kochi | 49% | 60 | 60 |
| NLUO, Odisha, Cuttack | 25% | 180 (BA LLB 120, BBA LLB 60) | 50 |
| NUSRL Ranchi | 50% | 134 | 60 |
| NLUJA Assam, Guwahati | 50% | 60 | 40 |
| DSNLU Visakhapatnam | 48% | 138 | 69 |
| TNNLU Tiruchirappalli | 48% | 120 (BA LLB 60 , B.Com LLB 60) | 60 |
| MNLU Mumbai | 62% | 100 | 50 |
| MNLU Nagpur | 62% | 120 (BA LLB 60, BBA LLB 60) | 60 |
| MNLU Aurangabad | 62% | 120 (BA LLB 60, BBA LLB 60) | 60 |
| HPNLU Shimla | 25% | 120 (BA LLB 60, BBA LLB 60) | 80 |
| DNLU Jabalpur | 50% | 120 | 50 |
| DBRANLU, Sonipat, Haryana | 25% | 120 | - |
| NLUT Agartala | 30% | 60 | 50 |
| Total | - | 3243 | 1373 |
CLAT 2025
The Consortium of National Law Universities will conduct the Common Law Admission Test on December 1, 2024. The CLAT application form has opened on July 15, 2024. Candidates will be required to use the NLU consortium login portal to check further details. The CLAT has undergone some changes in recent years. Here is an analysis of the key changes introduced in CLAT by the Consortium of NLUs in recent times.
CLAT Consortium - Governing Body
Given below are the names of the members of the governing body of Consortium of National Law Universities
Governing Body Members
| Name | Profile |
| Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey | Vice-Chancellor Maharashtra National Law University (MNLU), Mumbai |
| Prof. (Dr.) V.C. Vivekanandan | Vice-Chancellor Hidayatullah National Law University (HNLU), Raipur |
| Prof. (Dr.) S. Shanthakumar | Director Gujarat National Law University (GNLU), Gandhinagar |
Executive Committee of Consortium of NLUs for CLAT 2025
In the Annual Governing Body meeting of the Consortium of NLUs held on February 17, 2024, at Silvassa, the Governing Body elected a new executive committee for CLAT 2025. V.C. Vivekanandan, Vice-Chancellor of Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur has been elected as president of the Consortium of NLUs. Whereas, S. Shantha Kumar. Vice-Chancellor of Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar was elected as Vice-President. The consortium has also elected Dilip Ukey, Vice-Chancellor of Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai as convenor for CLAT 2025.
Changes introduced in CLAT exam pattern and syllabus
Last year, the Consortium introduced some changes in the pattern of CLAT. Although the syllabus was kept unchanged, the number of questions was reduced from 150 to 120. The change in pattern, according to Consortium was to make the examination student friendly. The CLAT 2025 will also have a similar pattern and syllabus.
Before this, the consortium had announced some major changes to the CLAT pattern and syllabus in 2020. It introduced comprehension-based questions designed in all sections of the CLAT syllabus to test the critical thinking and reading skills of the candidates.
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The CLAT syllabus will consist of the following subjects.
General knowledge and Current affairs
English language including comprehension
Quantitative ability
Legal aptitude
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