CLAT 2021 Application Form Date Extended to May 15

# Apr 29, 2021 by Harshita Nandal

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CLAT 2021 Application Form Date Extended to May 15

The Executive Committee of the Consortium of National Law Universities met on 28th April 2021. After reviewing recent developments the Committee resolved to extend the application deadline due to difficulties faced by students arising out of bank closures and lockdowns.

The last date for submission of CLAT 2021 online applications has been extended upto Saturday, the 15th May, 2021.

The candidates who desire to appear in (CLAT) 2021 are advised to keep visiting the website: https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/

CLAT or Common Law Admission Test is conducted for admissions into the 5 year Integrated LLB and LLM courses offered at the 22 National Law Universities all across India. The application form for the same was released on 1st January.

 

CLAT 2021 Key Points:

 

CLAT Full Form

Common Law Admission Test

Conducting Body

Consortium of National Law Universities

Exam Level

National

Mode of Application

Online

Mode of Exam

Offline

Exam Duration

2 hours

Exam Frequency

Once a year

Score Validity

One year

Number of Questions

150

Questions Type

Multiple Choice Questions

Application Fee

₹4000 for General/OBC/PWD/NRI/PIO/OCI

₹3500 for SC/ST/BPL candidates

Total Seats Offered

2569

Accepting Colleges

22 National Law Universities or NLUs except NLU Delhi and various other private law colleges in India.

Official Website

www.consortiumofnlus.ac.in

Helpline

08047162020 (10 am to 5 pm on all working days)

 

CLAT 2021  application form Documents required :

  • Educational documents
  • Category certificates (for candidates belonging to reserved categories)
  • Valid mobile number and email address
  • Credit card /debit card or net banking details.
  • Scanned image of photograph and signature. The size should be less than 1MB.

Steps to follow while filling the application form :

  • Step 1: Visit CLAT  2021 official website https://consortiumofnlus.ac.in/ 
  • Step 2 Verify your Email
  • Step 3 Complete your Registration by entering details like Name, Contact Number, Email ID, Password, etc.
  • Step 4 Fill your Application once the email is verified kindly login to your Application form by using the Registered Email ID, Password and completely fill the application form by Uploading the relevant documents and entering all the remaining details.
  • Step 5 Select your Preference among the 22 National Law Universities.
  • Step 6 Submit the Application form and complete the payment process This is the final step, once you have  successfully filled the CLAT 2021 Application form ,kindly check all the details filled once and then submit the Application form.
  • Step7 Payment application fee Once you submit the Application form kindly complete the online payment process and then your Application is finally submitted.

Once the application fees has been paid and the status is reflected in the application account.  Candidates have to cross check the details entered on the form and submit it online only. Also take printouts of the submitted form for future references.

The CLAT Exam Pattern 2021 in brief:

Particulars

Details

Mode of Examination

Computer Based Test (CBT)

Exam Duration

2 hours

Subjects

  • English Language
  • Current Affairs, including General Knowledge
  • Legal Reasoning
  • Logical Reasoning
  • Quantitative Techniques

Type of Question

MCQ’s

Total No. of Questions

150

Total Marks

150 marks

Negative Marking

0.25 for each wrong answer

Language of Paper

English only

 

CLAT 2021 Subject Wise Weightage:

Subjects

No. of Questions

Weightage

English Language

28-32 questions

 20% 

Current Affairs, including General Knowledge

35-39 questions

 25%

Legal Reasoning

35-39 questions

 25%

Logical Reasoning

28-32 questions

 20%

Quantitative Techniques

13-17 questions

 10%

 

CLAT 2021 Marking Criteria:

Marking Criteria

Correct Answer

         +1

Incorrect Answer

        -0.25

Unanswered

           0

 

 

 

About Author

Harshita Nandal
Harshita Nandal

Harshita Nandal has worked as a Creative head in Mitrakshar, University of Delhi. She has done her Graduation from the University of Delhi in English Honours. In her free time, she prefers to play the guitar, take short walks in between work and loves to watch Korean dramas. Currently, she is an author at Educere India to fulfil the desire of her passion for writing.