UG Law Entrance Exams in India

Once a student has graduated from school the next step which is taken is to compete in entrance tests to get into a trusted university in their desired field of study. A number of law entrance exams are available for students who wish to pursue law. Each law entrance exam has different participating institutes.

Law Entrance Programs and Duration

Given below are the law entrance exams that are your gateway to the best law colleges that offer five-year and three-year law programs

Law Entrance exam

University

Duration of the Law program

CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)

24 NLUs except for NLU Delhi

5 years

AILET (All India Law Entrance Test)

NLU Delhi

5 years

SLAT

Symbiosis University

3 years

MHCET-law

All government law colleges in the state of Maharashtra

3 years/5 years

NMIMS-LAT

NMIMS

3 years/5 years

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Law Entrance Exam 2024 Dates

Given in the tabular form below are the exam dates for some of the law entrance exams being conducted for the academic year 2023.

Entrance Exam

Intake

Application Start Date

Application Last Date

Exam Date

Website

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT)

3000

Aug-23

Mid-November 2023

3-Dec-2023

www.consortiumofnlus.ac.in

All India Law Entrance Test (AILET)

110

7-Aug-23

Mid-November 2023

11-Dec-23

www.nludelhi.ac.in

Symbiosis Law Admissions Test (SLAT)

1080

Jan-end 2024

Mid-June 2024

First week of July 2024

www.set-test.org

Maharashtra Common Entrance Test (MHCET)

2000+

Mid-Feb 2024

April-end 2024

June 2024

www.mahacet.org

NLAT

-

Dec-start-2023

May-end-2023

Jan-May 2023

https://www.nmimslat.in/

Top Law Entrance Exams 2024 after school

Given below are details on top law entrance exams and their respective eligibility criteria, exam pattern, and marking scheme.

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2024

CLAT is an entrance exam conducted for admission to the 24 NLUs that are a part of the Consortium of NLUs. The scores are considered for admission into the BA/BBA-LLB programs at these institutions.

Eligibility

10+2 Appeared/Cleared
Qualifying Cutoff: General/OBC- 45%
SC/ST- 40%

Written Exam Pattern

5 Sections: Quantitative Techniques, Reading Comprehension, Current Affairs including GK, Legal Reasoning and Logical Reasoning.

Marking Scheme

+4 for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer

Participating Institutes

All NLU except NLU Delhi

Program duration

Five years

All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2024

AILET is conducted exclusively by National Law University (NLU) Delhi for admission to its BA-LLB, LLM, Ph.D. programs.

Eligibility

10+2 Appeared/Cleared
50% in qualifying exam

Written Exam Pattern

Total No of Question: 150
Test Duration: 90

3 Sections: legal aptitude, general awareness, verbal aptitude, logical reasoning, mathematics

Marking Scheme

+4 for correct answer and -1 for wrong answer

Participating Institutes

NLU Delhi

Program duration

Five years

NLAT (National Law Aptitude Test)

Eligibility

10+2 Appeared/Cleared
50 percent in qualifying exam

Written Exam Pattern

Total No of Question: 40
Test Duration: 45 minutes

Sections: Quantitative Techniques, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, English Language and Current Affairs Including General Knowledge

Marking Scheme

+1for correct answer. -0.50 for wrong answer, -0.25 for unanswered questions

Participating Institutes

NLSIU (NLU Bengaluru)

Program duration

Five years

Symbiosis Law Admissions Test (SLAT) 2024

SLAT is a common written entrance test for UG law admissions into Symbiosis Law Schools situated in Pune, Noida, Nagpur, and Hyderabad.

Eligibility

10+2 Appeared/Cleared
Qualifying Cutoff: General/OBC- 45%
SC/ST- 40%

Written Exam Pattern

Total No of Question: 90
4 Sections: General Knowledge, Analytical Reasoning, Reading Comprehension, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning

Marking Scheme

+1for correct answer and no negative marking

Program duration

Three years

MHCET-Law 2024

Eligibility

10+2 Appeared/Cleared
50 percent in qualifying exam

Written Exam Pattern

Total No of Question: 40
Test Duration: 45 minutes

5 Sections: Quantitative Techniques, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, English Language and Current Affairs Including General Knowledge

Marking Scheme

+1for correct answer. -0.50 for wrong answer, -0.25 for unanswered questions

Participating Institutes

NLSIU (NLU Bengaluru)

Program duration

Five years

NMIMS-LAT (National Law Aptitude Test) 2023

Eligibility

10+2 Appeared/Cleared
50 percent in qualifying exam

Written Exam Pattern

Total No of Question: 40
Test Duration: 45 minutes

Sections: Quantitative Techniques, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, English Language and Current Affairs Including General Knowledge

Marking Scheme

+1for correct answer. -0.50 for wrong answer, -0.25 for unanswered questions

Participating Institutes

NLSIU (NLU Bengaluru)

Program duration

Five years