Exam Pattern - CLAT, AILET & OTHER LAW ENTRANCE TESTS
| CLAT/AILET Exam Pattern |
|---|
| Details | CLAT | AILET | SLAT | LSAT-INDIA | MH-CET | LNAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exam dates: | Application Start date: July 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The first week Of Dec 2025 | Application Start date: August 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The second week Of Dec 2025 | Application Start date: August 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The Mid Of Dec 2025 (Tent.) | Application Start date: August 2025 End date: Mid Nov 2025 Exam Date: The Mid Of Dec 2025 (Tent.) | Application Start date: 3 Jan 2025 End date: 3 Feb 2025 Exam Date: 28 April, 2025 | Application Start date: 1 September, 2024 End date: 31 May 2025 Exam Date: 1 Jan – 31 May (As per Slot booking) |
Participating Universities | All National Law Universities except National Law University Delhi. Some other varsities also make their own merit lists based on CLAT scores, e.g. IP University, Nirma Institute of Law etc. | National Law University, Delhi | Symbiosis Law School (Pune, Noida, Hyderabad, Nagpur) | Click this link to see the list.[LINK] | All Government Institutions (like Government Law College, Mumbai), except NLUs, in Maharashtra | JGLS |
Duration of Exam | 120 minutes (2 hours) | 120 minutes (2 hours) | 105 minutes (75 minutes for Multiple Choice Question; 30 minutes for Written Ability Test) | 140 minutes (2 hours, 20 minutes) | 120 minutes (2 hours) | 2hours 15 min |
Number of Questions | 120 Multiple Choice Questions | 150 Multiple Choice Question | 75 Multiple Choice Questions + Written Ability Test | 92 Multiple Choice Questions | 150 MCQ | 42 MCQ and 1/3 essay 750 words |
Marking | +1 for correct answer; -0.25 for incorrect answer | +1 for correct answer; -0.25 for incorrect answer | +1 for correct answer; no negative marking | No negative marking; scoring done on a scaled basis in a band of 420-480; percentile rank is released. | +1 for correct answer; no negative marking | +1 for correct answer; no negative marking |
Sections/ Pattern | Five Sections:
| Three Sections:
| Five sections with equal (15) number of MCQs:
| Four sections:
| Four sections:
| Section-A Objective and Section B Descriptive |
Salient Features | All questions are now comprehension-based. In other words, multiple passages are provided in the question paper, and questions are linked to a passage. This pattern was introduced in late 2019, and CLAT 2020 was the first paper based on this pattern. | Questions are most often not linked to passages. However, there are some questions that are grouped, and have to be answered based on a common instruction/ passage. Legal principles may be used in the Logical Reasoning section. | SLAT is followed by personal interviews. Merit lists are made on the basis of cumulative scores in SLAT and personal interview. | 35 minutes each are given for each section of the exam, leading to a cumulative time of 2 hours, 20 minutes. | 2 hours 15 minutes… to attempt both the sections | |
Mode of Examination | Offline | Offline | Online | Online | Online | Online |