CLAT 6-Month Preparation Plan

1st Month: Start your preparation Now!

  • Make your preparation plan and follow it through

2nd Month: Complete your GK and Legal Aptitude

  • GK: Focus on history, science, UN and International organisations
  • Legal: Legal jargons, Legal Maxims, Law of tort, etc
  • By the end of the 2nd month ensure that you are through with the GK and Legal Aptitude.

3rd Month: Start Maths, Verbal and LR section

  • Maths: Prepare for Basic maths, age problems, ratio and proportion, speed, distance and time, etc
  • English: Reading comprehension, Basic grammar, Direct and indirect speech, etc
  • Reasoning: Blood relations, analogies, direction problem, logical puzzle, inference and judgement, etc.

4th Month: Practise and Revise

  • Continue with Maths, Verbal and LR
  • Keep revising GK and Legal Aptitude

5th Month: Solve Mocks and Revise

  • Solve mock tests
  • Revise the GK and Legal Aptitude section
  • Memorize all the math formulae

6th Month: Focus on Mocks

  • Try to attempt at least 2 mock tests each day
  • Analyse your perform
  • Focus on improving your weak areas

Tips to crack CLAT in 6 months

On your CLAT preparation journey, try to keep these 7 things in mind:

  • Don't Procrastinate
    Don't procrastinate while preparing for CLAT! Start preparations as soon as possible and actively give mock tests. Analyze your mock results and try to understand your weaknesses and work on them accordingly. Don't delay beginning your preparations or your result will suffer.
  • Do not refer to multiple sources
    CLAT does not demand extensive research on every section and having 10 different sources for every other subject is a major blunder. You might think that all you are doing is covering all your bases, putting in an extra effort, but in reality, you are making a huge mistake. Do not fall into the trap of learning from multiple sources and simply stick to the basics. Remember, CLAT is an aptitude test, or an assessment of who you already are, and excessive mugging cannot dramatically change that. Follow single sources for each subject, ideally, however be completely thorough with them.
  • Take time if needed
    Taking your time in understanding the concepts is okay. Remember, the exam is the place where you have to face the competition and not the preparation. Your preparation time is your own and everyone works at different paces. The important thing to keep in mind is to take your time and understand all concepts. With negative marking in place, you are better off being late than being wrong.
  • Do not neglect the Legal Aptitude Section
    As a law aspirant, never underestimate the legal reasoning section. Never for once think that you know enough law to tackle the legal aptitude section. Keep in mind that this section is not meant to test your legal knowledge, but only your application of it. The basic rule of answering a legal reasoning question is to stick to the principle and make no assumptions. This section has always proved to be the distance students needed to go for that national law school of their dreams.
  • Save nothing for the last
    The biggest mistake of them all would be if you leave your preparations until the last minute. This applies to all the sections and most importantly to General Knowledge and Vocabulary in English. Not reading your share of yearbooks, newspapers and current affairs throughout can prove to be very fatal. General Knowledge and English vocabulary can be very intimidating as the D-day approaches closer. It is best to update yourself on both these areas every day, rather than trying to master these sections individually in a small period of time.
  • Keep your calm!
    During your preparations and just before the exam, don’t panic, and most importantly, do not go on assuming things. If you want to know something regarding CLAT, Law Schools and everything that’s between, ask your mentors. They are here to guide you in every possible way. So, don’t shy away from asking whenever you are facing difficulties.

Above all, remember you are the best judge of yourself. Analyse yourself, know where you stand and accordingly work towards it. The clock is ticking, it’s just 6 months now. Leave no room for mistakes.

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