CLAT 2025 Dates: The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) has announced the CLAT Result Date 2025. While the CLAT exam was conducted on December 1, 2024, the CLAT result will be announced on 10th December 2024 after the release of the final answer key on December 9, 2024. The provisional answer key was released on 2nd December 2024, and the objections could be raised till 3rd December 2024. Candidates can check the CLAT exam result from official website of CLAT - clatconsortiumofnlu.ac.in. once it is officially released.
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The CLAT exam was conducted in offline mode from 2 to 4 p.m. in the designated exam centres. Candidates can read on this page all the important CLAT dates including the CLAT 2025 exam date, CLAT Admit Card date, CLAT registration date, and more. We have curated on this page all the necessary information regarding the CLAT dates and the CLAT Exam Schedule for 2025.
CLAT Exam Dates 2025
Check all the important CLAT 2025 Dates presented in the table below. The dates presented in this table are subject to change and tentative at the moment. The official dates will be available on this page once released.
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Particulars |
Dates |
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Date of the Test |
December 01, 2024 |
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Publication of the Provisional Answer Key |
December 02, 2024 at 4 PM |
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Inviting Objections to the Question Paper and the Provisional Answer Key |
04:00 P.M. on Monday, December 02, 2024 to 04:00 P.M. on Tuesday, December 03, 2024, |
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Publication of the Final Answer Key |
December 09, 2024 |
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Publication of the CLAT 2025 Results |
December 10, 2024 |
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Registration for Admissions Counselling Opens |
December 11, 2024 |
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Registration for Admissions Counselling |
December 11-20, 2024 |
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Publication of First Allotment List |
December 26, 2024 |
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Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs |
December 26, 2024 to January 04, 2025 |
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Publication of Second Allotment List |
January 10, 2025 |
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Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs |
January 10-16, 2025 |
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Publication of Third Allotment List |
January 24, 2025 |
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Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs |
January 24-30, 2025 |
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Payment of University Fee (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee) to NLU concerned for all candidates who have chosen the Freeze Option in the counselling process for First, Second & Third Allotment Lists (first, second & third rounds of counselling) |
May 14, 2025 |
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Publication of Fourth Allotment List |
May 20, 2025 |
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Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze and Float options and Admission by NLUs for the Fourth Allotment List |
May 20-24, 2025 |
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Publication of Fifth and Final Allotment List (Fifth round of counselling starts) |
May 29, 2025 |
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Payment of Confirmation Fee to Consortium for Freeze option and Admission by NLUs for the Fifth and final Allotment List |
May 29, 2025 to June 02, 2025 |
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Payment of University Fee (after adjusting for Confirmation Fee and Counselling Registration Fee) to NLU concerned for all candidates who have chosen the Freeze Option in the counselling process of Fourth & Fifth Allotment Lists (fourth & fifth rounds of counselling) |
June 10, 2025 |
CLAT 2025 Important Events
All those candidates who appeared in the CLAT 2025 Exam can check important CLAT exam events and dates below.
CLAT 2025 Application Form Date
The CLAT Application Form was released on the official CLAT website on July 15, 2024. Candidates can fill the application form online by registering themselves on the website and then filling out the CLAT application form followed by the CLAT fee payment. Candidates could apply for the CLAT exam till 15th October 2024. Before applying, candidates must thorughly check the CLAT eligibility criteria as only those who fulfill the criteria will be allowed to appear for the exam. The minimum CLAT eligibility criteria 2025 for admission to the 5-year law program is 10+2 pass with a minimum of 45 per cent marks. For LLM program, the minimum requirement is a 3-year or 5-year LLB pass with a minimum of 50 per cent marks.
CLAT Admit Card Date
The Consortium had released the CLAT admit card few days before the exam. H Candidates should keep an eye on this page for official dates once they are released on the website. The admit card for CLAT can be downloaded using the registered mobile number and password, and carries important exam details like the candidate's name, address, photo and signature, exam date, time, and venue, etc. It is an important document which must be presented at the centre for entry.
CLAT 2025 Exam Date
The CLAT 2025 exam, as decided by the Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) was conducted on 1st December 2024 as an offline Paper-Based-Test (PBT). The exam is conducted for a duration of 2 hoursat 139 exam centres across the nation. Candidates must carry their admit card and a valid photo ID proof to appear for the CLAT exam. The CLAT question paper 2025 for UG courses contains total 120 passage-based objective-type questions from five subjects - English Language, Logical Reasoning, Legal Reasoning, Current Affairs including General Knowledge and Quantitative Techniques. Check here complete CLAT exam pattern for LLM.
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CLAT 2025 Answer Key Date
The CLAT provisional answer Key was released on the official website on 2nd December 2024. The CLAT provisional answer key can be challenged by the candidates if they feel they can improve their score. The objection window for answer key is open only for a few days and hence, the candidates must challenge the same within the set time-frame. The final CLAT answer key will then be released on 9th De after reviewing and taking into account all the relevant objcetions, on the website in online mode.
CLAT Result Date
The consortium will declare the CLAT Result once the final answer key is out. The result is released in the form of CLAT Scorecard containing details like the marks obtained, All India Rank (AIR), name, roll number, application number, category, total score obtained, section-wise score obtained, exam qualifying status, and category rank. The CLAT result can be downloaded using the login credentials - application number and password/DOB. The CLAT result is set to be released on 10th December 2024.
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CLAT 2025 Counselling Date
Counselling and seat allotment is the final stage of CLAT admission process, wherein all candidates who qualify for the law entrance exam will be able to participate in CLAT counselling. The counselling and seat allotment process will be centralised and completely online. Through CLAT counselling, candidates are allotted seats in respective courses and NLUs based on merit. The CLAT counselling is expected to start in the 3rd week of December 2024. The CLAT counselling process includes the following steps:
- Registration
- Seat allotment and acceptance
- Completion of admission formalities
CLAT 2025 Exam Timings
The event-wise exam timings/ bell timings for CLAT 2025 will be as under.
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Particulars |
Bell type |
Timings |
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Entry inside the examination hall begins |
Long bell |
1:00 pm onwards |
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Entry of Candidates inside the hall/ classroom |
Long bell |
1:30 pm |
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Distribution of the sealed Envelopes and announcement of Instructions by the Invigilators |
Short bell |
1:50 pm |
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Exam begins and candidates can open the seal of QB |
Long bell |
2:00 pm |
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Last chance to enter inside the exam centre |
Short bell |
2:15 pm |
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Completion of 60 minutes |
Short bell |
3:00 pm |
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Warning bell for 10 minutes remaining for the exam |
Short bell |
3:50 pm |
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Exam ends |
Long bell |
4:00 pm |
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Candidates allowed to exit from the test centre |
Short bell |
4:15 am |
