The Special Entrance Exam for B.A LLB (5 year law course) is CLAT. The exam is conducted by the NLUs in turn of their order of establishment in each year. The admission to all the NLUS is done through CLAT except NLUD  which takes its own AILET Exam. Various other colleges also accept the CLAT scores for admission to their Law Course. The CLAT exam for NLUs is similar to JEE Exam for IITs.

The application form is usually released 3 months before the exam date and the first sem. usually starts after around a month from the exam and counselling dates.