NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) 2026: Exam Dates, Registration, Eligibility, Syllabus, Results

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Updated on Jul 30, 2025 16:23 IST

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NEF Law Entrance Test 2026: The NEF Law College will announce the NEF Law Entrnace Exam Notification 2026 anytime soon. The five-year integrated BA LLB (H) through NLET 2026, and BBA LLB (Hons.), BCom LLB (H) and three-year Law LLB/ LLB (Hons.) courses is expected to be held in May 2026. The exam, NLET 2026 will be held from 10 am to 12:30 pm. The admission process of LLB 3 Years course will be based on the merit of graduation marks only.

The exam authority will release the NEF Law Entrance Test Date 2026 along with the official notification. Candidates seeking admission to law courses offered at NEF Law College can check details of NEF Law Entrance Test or NLET inlcluding eligibility, exam pattern, syllabus on this page below.

Table of content

What is NLET?
NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule
NLET 2026 Highlights
NLET 2026 Eligibility Criteria
Courses offered through NLET 2026
NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) 2026 Contact Information

What is NLET?

NEF Law Entrance Test or NLET is conducted by NEF Law College, affiliated with Gauhati University. The law entrance exam is conducted for admission five-year integrated LLB courses and postgraduate law courses offered at the law college. NLET is conducted in a pen-paper mode for both levels.

NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) 2026 Exam Dates & Schedule

Take a look at the table below for the complete schedule of NEF Law Entrance Test (NLET) 2026 exam

Dates	Upcoming Exam Dates
To Be Notified	NLET 2026 application process begins TENTATIVE
To Be Notified	NLET 2026 admit card TENTATIVE
To Be Notified	NLET 2026 exam date
To Be Notified	NLET 2026 Result TENTATIVE

NLET 2026 Highlights

Particulars	Details
Exam Name	NEF Law Entrance Test
Exam Frequency	Once in a year
Exam Mode	Offline mode
Exam Duration	2 hours 30 minutes
Official Website	http://www.nefcollege.org

NLET 2026 Eligibility Criteria

The candidates appearing for the law entrance exam should fulfil the eligibility criteria for their respective course as under:

Course level	Eligibility Criteria
Five-year integrated LLB course	Candidates should have passed Class 12th or equivalent from any state board or national board of education. They should have obtained at least 45% marks if belonging to general category, 42% marks if belonging to OBC category and 40% marks if belonging to SC/ ST category. The candidates appearing in the Class 12th examination in the admission year are also eligible to apply for NLET exam (they should qualify the exam and submit the proof at the time of final admission). The age limit criteria for general category candidates is not more than 20 year and for SC/ ST category candidates, it is up to 22 years of age.
Three-Year LLB	Candidates should have a graduation degree in any stream from a recognised institute/ university. They should have secured at least 45% marks in aggregate, 42% marks for OBC category, and 40% marks if belonging to SC/ ST category. There is no age limit for admission to this course.
LLM course	Candidates should have an LLB degree or five-year integrated LLB degree from a BCI recognised law institute/ university. They should have secured at least 50% marks in aggregate and 45% marks if belonging to SC/ ST category. There is no age limit for admission to this course.

Commonly asked questions

Q: What is NLET 2026 Marking Scheme?

Candidates will be awarded one mark for each correct answer of Question number 1 to 180. Whereas, question number 181 and 182 carry 10 marks each. There is no negative marking scheme for wrong attempts in case of objective-type of questions. Moreover, no marks will be awarded or deducted for questions not attempted by the candidates. The negative marking scheme for long answers type question is not clear. Therefore, only correct answers will be taken into consideration for final score calculation.

Q: What is NLET 2026 Sectional-Weightage?

Candidates can check NLET 2026 Sectional-weightage

Section	Number of Questions	Marks
English including Comprehension	40	40
General Knowledge & Current Affairs	40	40
Elementary Mathematics	30	30
Legal Aptitude/ Awareness	40	40
Logical Reasoning	30	30
Long Questions	2	20
Total	182	200

Courses offered through NLET 2026

The exam was conducted for the following law courses at the NEF Law College:

Course Name	Seat Intake
BA LLB (Hons.)	120 seats
BCom LLB (Hons.)	60 seats
BBA LLB (Hons.	60 seats
LLB/ LLB (Honours)	240 seats
LLM course	50 seats
Total	330 seats

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Commonly asked questions

Q: Please suggest books for NEF Law Entrance Test 2026?

Candidates can prepare for the law entrance exam with the help of following books for each subject:

Subject	Books Recommended
English Comprehension	30 days to a Faster Vocabulary by Norman Lewis Quick Learning Objective General English by RS Aggarwal
General Knowledge and Current Affairs	General Knowledge by Arihant Lucent’s Objective GK 2024-2025
Elementary Mathematics	Mental Ability for all Competitive Exams by Manjunath Badagi Quantitative Aptitude by RS Aggarwal Fast Track Objective Arithmetic by Arihant Publications
Legal Aptitude	Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning by A P Bhardwaj
Logical Reasoning	501 Challenging Logical reasoning Practice Book by Learning Express Shortcuts in Reasoning (Verbal, Non-Verbal & Analytical) by Disha Experts