Is clat is necessary for admission in nlu after graduation??
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Yes! Except NLU Delhi which conducts its own exam AILET and HPNLU has its own exam .
CLAT 2019 Eligibility:
To be eligible for CLAT, the students must have secured:
(A) Forty five percent (45%) marks in Qualifying Exam (Class XII examination) in case of students belonging to Unreserved /OBC /Specially Abled Persons (SAP) and other categories.
(B) Forty Percent (40%) marks in case of students belonging to SC/ST categories.
Students who are appearing in the qualifying examination in March/April 2019 are also eligible for appearing in CLAT-2019 Offline examination. However, they shall be required to produce an evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, otherwise they shall lose their right to be considered for admission.
The result of qualifying examination (i.e., 10+2) shall be submitted by the candidate at the time of admission failing which the candidate shall be ineligible for admission to the Course
CLAT 2019 will be held from 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM on 12th May 2019.
To check the prospecting cut offs for 2019 , you can go and check the link:https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-cutoff.
The cut off every year changes and it helps you decide which National Law University you are eligible to get into.
There are 17 National Law universities in India and One National Law University Delhi whcih takes admission Through AILET (All India Law Entrance Test ).
If say, I sit for CLAT this year and the admissions for NLS, Bangalore close at 145. So if I score well within that range, I get the college. As rightly pointed out in other answers, it is affected by your rank and percentile.
If you want to get into any NLU in the country your rank should be within 1000 or so. If you wish to get into one of the top 3 colleges in the country it should be within 200 or so. All this is for a general category seat.
On particular achieving marks, one earns eligibility to clear the cutoffs of Law colleges across country.
Hope the information shall stand useful,
All the best!
Thank You!
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Hi ayush Anand for this type of query
Basically Clat is entrance exam conducted by national law university . Education of 5 year for law programs. And yes it is necessary in nlu after graduation. Because intermediate graduate can apply here and the last date for filling data online ore 19 Jan. Here 45% marks are only a applicable for such exam .
This year NLU hold the exam in oddisa on 29 March. This exam help you to increase your skill
Hope this answer will solve your queries
No, CLAT is not necessary if you want to pursue law after graduation. CLAT is an entrance for admission to NLUs or National Law Universities are law colleges that provide five year integrated courses of Law
There are 2 types of Law courses in India- 3 year LLB course and 5 year integrated law course. 3 year law courses are for those who have completed their Undergraduation. So after completion of any 3 years of Undergraduate course, you can do LLB which will be for 3 years. Hence It would take 6 years if you start with a separate UG degree. And in 5 year law course are for those who are seeking to puruse law after class 12th. It combines an Undergraduate degree with law, for example- BA LLb, BCOM LLb, BBA LLb etc. It takes 5 years after 12th class.
Admission in Nlus is through entrance called CLAT.
NLUs offer only 5 year law courses. Though you will be eligible to apply for NLUs even after graduation but it will lead to you wasting 2 years. You'll have to do a graduation degree again and it will take you 5 years to complete law where you can easily compelete it in 3 years. So after graduation 3 year LLB is more suitable. Admission to various colleges is done through their own entrance exams or procedures. Here is a list of law entrances for 3 year LLB course -
DU LLB - Delhi University
MH CET- GLC mumbai, ILS Pune and other colleges in Maharashtra
SLAT- Symbiosis Law school
PU LLB- Panjab University, Chandigarh
LSAT- Jindal global Law school, IIT Kharagpur and other private law colleges
BHU LLB- Banaras Hindu University
BVP LLB- Bharatiya Vidyapeeth
TS LAWCET Etc
Best of luck!
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