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CLAT Second Allotment List 2025 is now out. CLAT Consortium conducts the counselling process in several rounds, and the merit list for the second round will be published as round 1 of counselling is over. Check here CLAT 2025 second merit list, as well, as provisionally admitted candidates for the first round.
CLAT 2nd Merit List 2025
The Consortium of NLUs released the merit list for CLAT 2025 Counselling Round 2 on June 4, 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be able to participate in the second round of CLAT 2025 counselling. Other than them, candidates who applied for a seat upgrade in the first round can also secure a seat (if preferred) in the CLAT 2025 counselling round 2. Candidates shortlisted in second merit list of CLAT 2025 have to upload their documents and pay the admission fee to accept the allotted seats on or before the last date. Moreover, candidates who have been allotted seats in the first round for CLAT counselling, can pay the difference amount (if remaining) before the given timeline.
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The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) will conduct the CLAT 2026 on December 7, 2025 tentatively. The exam authority will first publish the admission notification for CLAT 2026 with details of syllabus, exam pattern and events on the official website.
Candidates can check the NLU-wise CLAT merit list by following the below steps:
Step 1: Visit CLAT official website
Step 2: Navigate to ‘Notifications’ section
Step 3: Click on ‘CLAT 2025 Allotment List’ link
Step 4: View and download the CLAT allotment list 2025
Candidates must note that they can appear for CLAT Counselling 2025 only if there name is there in the merit list. CLAT counselling will be conducted in online mode. Candidates must appear for the counselling to get admission to one of the NLUs in the country.
CLAT 2025 Second Merit List for UG course
Candidates can download seat allotment for CLAT undergraduate course from the table below:
| CLAT 2025 Participating NLUs |
Opening Rank |
Closing Ranks |
Download CLAT 2025 2nd Merit List |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Law School of India University, Bangalore |
106 | 25525 | |
| NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad |
157 | 6981 | |
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
289 | 18509 | |
| National Law Institute University, Bhopal |
456 | 17523 | CLAT 2025 Second Merit List for NLIU Bhopal (BA LLB) |
| 874 | 39468 | ||
| National Law University, Jodhpur |
358 | 14081 | |
| Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar |
404 | 14278 | |
| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow |
578 | 31066 | |
| Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala |
954 | 36722 | |
| Chanakya National Law University Patna |
1282 | 33759 | |
| 1428 | 46880 | ||
| National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi |
1211 | 44199 | |
| National Law University Odisha, Cuttack |
946 | 55316 | |
| National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi |
1494 | 41897 | |
| National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam |
1652 | 53778 | |
| Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Visakhapatnam |
1502 | 47102 | |
| The Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirapalli |
1602 | 21638 | |
| 1701 | 45591 | ||
| Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai |
538 | 40504 | |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
|
1360 | 57657 | |
| 1410 | 59008 | ||
| Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad |
1672 | 58448 | |
| 1882 | 59056 | ||
| Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla |
1945 | 55135 | |
| 2150 | 51680 | ||
| Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur |
1785 | 52212 | |
| Dr B R Ambedkar National Law University Sonipat, Haryana |
1635 | 60436 | |
| Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur |
780 | 52295 | |
| NLU Tripura |
2222 | 52977 | CLAT 2025 Second Merit List for NLU Tripura |
| GNLU Silvassa |
1189 | 54202 |
CLAT 2024 Second Merit List for UG Course
Candidates will be able to check and download seat allotment for CLAT undergraduate course from the table below:
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| CLAT 2024 Participating NLUs |
Opening Rank |
Closing Ranks |
Download CLAT 2024 2nd Merit List |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99 | 10201 | ||
| 162 | 7832 | ||
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
264 | 14509 | |
| 435 | 12340 | ||
| 1674 | 30118 | ||
| 346 | 8960 | ||
| 430 | 13409 | ||
| 700 | 28425 | ||
| 1134 | 29970 | ||
| 1238 | 31040 | ||
| 1379 | 34930 | ||
| 1136 | 32842 | ||
| 1091 | 37697 | ||
| 1337 | 35021 | ||
| 1475 | 36820 | ||
| Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Visakhapatnam |
1249 | 35949 | |
| 1415 | 32295 | ||
| 1505 | 25572 | ||
| 548 | 32789 | ||
| Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
|
1362 | 50326 | |
| 1428 | 46480 | ||
| 1594 | 46231 | ||
| 1646 | 33863 | ||
| 1714 | 35362 | ||
| 1806 | 36367 | ||
| 1580 | 38688 | ||
| 1716 | 27801 | ||
| 725 | 47288 | ||
| NLU Tripura |
1866 | 38496 | CLAT 2024 Second Merit List for NLU Tripura |
| GNLU Silvassa |
1651 | 43452 |
CLAT 2023 Second Merit List for UG course
Candidates can meanwhile check and download seat allotment for CLAT 2023 undergraduate course from the table below:
| CLAT 2023 Participating NLUs |
Total candidates to be admitted |
Opening Rank |
Closing Ranks |
Download CLAT 2023 2nd Merit List |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Law School of India University, Bangalore |
06 | 108 | 4919 | |
| NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad |
08 | 168 | 6571 | |
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata |
03 | 245 | 7151 | |
| National Law Institute University, Bhopal |
10 | 414 | 11332 | |
| 04 | 684 | 9735 | ||
| National Law University, Jodhpur |
05 | 320 | 9550 | |
| Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar |
04 | 5664 | 18721 | |
| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University, Lucknow |
15 | 685 | 27764 | |
| Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala |
21 | 1087 | 23566 | |
| Chanakya National Law University Patna |
11 | 1243 | 30453 | |
| 11 | 1457 | 37020 | ||
| National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi |
22 | 1177 | 24876 | |
| National Law University Odisha, Cuttack |
13 | 845 | 27492 | |
| National University of Study & Research in Law, Ranchi |
23 | 1399 | 32070 | |
| National Law University & Judicial Academy, Assam |
17 | 1579 | 35865 | |
| Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University (DSNLU) Visakhapatnam |
18 | 1407 | 39780 | |
| The Tamil Nadu National Law School, Tiruchirapalli |
07 | 2550 | 30601 | |
| 16 | 1600 | 25646 | ||
| Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai |
07 | 9514 | 32870 | |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur
|
28 | 1495 | 41059 | |
| 20 | 1571 | 20073 | ||
| Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad |
15 | 1761 | 20848 | |
| 19 | 1886 | 24704 | ||
| Himachal Pradesh National Law University, Shimla |
39 | 1613 | 41671 | |
| 34 | 1957 | 40628 | ||
| Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur |
46 | 1730 | 30846 | |
| Dr B R Ambedkar National Law University Sonipat, Haryana |
44 | 1934 | 27123 | |
| Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur |
14 | 735 | 40188 | |
| NLU Tripura |
NA | NA | NA | NA |
| GNLU Silvassa |
02 | 2911 | 9581 |
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CLAT PG 2024 Second Merit List
Candidates can check the CLAT LLM merit list 2024 for second round below:
| CLAT Participating NLUs for LLM course |
Opening rank |
Closing rank |
Download CLAT 2024 LLM 2nd Merit List |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLSIU Bangalore |
139 | 4583 | |
| NALSAR Hyderabad |
226 | 4710 | |
| NLIU Bhopal |
275 | 11364 | |
| WBNUJS Kolkata |
458 | 10724 | |
| NLU Jodhpur |
515 | 4595 | |
| HNLU Raipur |
647 | 10184 | |
| GNLU Gandhinagar |
561 | 5652 | |
| GNLU Silvassa |
964 | 11520 | |
| RMLNLU Lucknow |
277 | 4350 | |
| RGNUL Patiala |
783 | 8687 | |
| NUALS Kochi |
1119 | 8194 | |
| NLUO Cuttack |
989 | 10680 | |
| NUSRL Ranchi |
1075 | 8576 | |
| NLUJAA |
8576 | 9702 | |
| TNNLS Tiruchirappalli |
9702 | 11187 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here - Corporate and Securities Laws |
| 1011 | 11422 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here -Intellectual Property Laws |
|
| 11422 | 6913 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here - Natural Resources Law |
|
| DSNLU Visakhapatnam |
702 | 9869 | |
| MNLU Mumbai |
9869 | 4583 | |
| MNLU Nagpur |
1205 | 10409 | |
| MNLU Aurangabad |
1460 | 9280 | |
| HPNLU Shimla |
1261 | 8909 | |
| DNLU Jabalpur |
1496 | 11956 | |
| NLU Tripura |
1619 | 9043 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here |
CLAT 2023 Second Merit List for LLM Course
CLAT 2026 is expected to be held in regional language. The Bar Council of India is planning to include vernacular languages as medium of paper in the coming years. Till CLAT exam 2024, it was held in the English language only like in previous years. CLAT 2025 PG Exam is also expected to be conducted in English only.
All candidates had to report at the allotted CLAT exam centre at least 1 hour before the commencement of the exam I. e. 1:00 PM. It may be noted that no candidate were allowed to enter the exam hall 15 minutes after the commencement of the exam. Therefore, candidates were asked to reach the exam centre of CLAT on the exam day at least an hour before the exam timings for checking of documents and seating formalities. For this, candidates were asked to estimate the time required to reach the allotted test centre beforehand. They could either use Maps or visit the test centre a days in advance if it is in their the nearest city. If they had to travel to another location from their current location, such as to Delhi from Agra, then they were suggested to look for the nearest accommodation beforehand instead of starting their journey on the exam day. If they plan to start their journey on the exam day, then they were suggested to keep at least 2-3 hours for any exigency or traffic related delays. Know all about CLAT exam centre instructions here - https://www.shiksha.com/law/clat-exam-centre.
CLAT 2026 exam timings was confirmed in admission notification. The CLAT exam was held from 2 pm to 4 pm. The duration of CLAT exam was two hours, and therefore, the exam authority scheduled exam on the same day for both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. On the day of examination, candidates had to report at least an hour before the exam timings, so as to complete frisking and check seating plan at the test centre. Know all about exam day events and test timings here - https://www.shiksha.com/law/clat-exam-dates.
Only those aspirants who have been included in the CLAT 2026 invite list will be allowed to appear for CLAT 2026 Counselling. The counselling procedure of CLAT 2026 will be conducted through an online centralised system. The counselling is conducted separetly for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. The entire process is conducted as per the CLAT 2026 counselling dates that is released by consortium. After every round, the consortium will announce the seat allotment for national law universities (NLUs) that are pariticipating in the admission process.
Candidates can check below the first and last rank for the LLM course offered at the participating NLUs in India:
| CLAT Participating NLUs for LLM course |
Opening rank |
Closing rank |
Download CLAT 2023 LLM 2nd Merit List |
|---|---|---|---|
| NLSIU Bangalore |
118 | 3866 | |
| NALSAR Hyderabad |
170 | 3517 | |
| NLIU Bhopal |
362 | 7211 | |
| WBNUJS Kolkata |
442 | 4813 | |
| NLU Jodhpur |
565 | 7513 | |
| HNLU Raipur |
877 | 7198 | |
| GNLU Gandhinagar |
481 | 6911 | |
| GNLU Silvassa |
1411 | 8570 | |
| RMLNLU Lucknow |
549 | 1335 | |
| RGNUL Patiala |
881 | 7654 | |
| NUALS Kochi |
1099 | 7687 | |
| NLUO Cuttack |
1055 | 7981 | |
| NUSRL Ranchi |
1087 | 5684 | |
| NLUJAA |
1366 | 8641 | |
| TNNLS Tiruchirappalli |
1256 | 5869 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here - Corporate and Securities Laws |
| 1138 | 8083 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here -Intellectual Property Laws |
|
| 1615 | 7921 | Download 2nd merit list for LLM course here - Natural Resources Law |
|
| DSNLU Visakhapatnam |
1422 | 7560 | |
| MNLU Mumbai |
676 | 6371 | |
| MNLU Nagpur |
1265 | 7193 | |
| MNLU Aurangabad |
1479 | 8606 | |
| HPNLU Shimla |
1382 | 7618 | |
| DNLU Jabalpur |
1491 | 8531 | |
| NLU Tripura |
NA | NA | NA |
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The CLAT Exam Date 2026 has not been announced yet. The Consortium of NLUs will release all the important CLAT Dates, in the official CLAT Notification. The Consortium is expected to publish the CLAT Notification 2026 in July.
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Yes, the KIITEE Law syllabus is broadly similar to CLAT but differs in depth and pattern. Both exams test subjects like English, Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, General Knowledge, and Quantitative Aptitude. However, CLAT emphasizes comprehension-based questions and legal reasoning, while KIITEE L
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NLU Kolkata admits students to its BA LLB Hons course based on CLAT scores. As per official sources, up till now, the Consortium of NLUs has released the second seat allotment result for 2025. The CLAT 2025 third allotment list is expected to be published on Jun 20, 2025. Once the results are out,
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No, students interested in taking admission to the NLU Kolkata BA LLB (H) course cannot do so without having a valid CLAT score. Thus, all students interested in taking admission are required to appear for the CLAT exam. It is a national-level entrance exam conducted in pen and paper mode. The appli
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Yes, Listed below are the top ranked private Law colleges in India accepting CLAT score along with their tuition fees and NIRF rankings 2024:
Private Colleges | Total Tuition Fee | NIRF Ranking 2024 |
|---|---|---|
SOA Admission | INR 3.40 lakh | 9 |
Alliance School of Law Admission | INR 15 lakh | 18 |
LPU Admission | INR 12 lakh | 19 |
Disclaimer: This information is sourced from official website and may vary.
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Yes, joining the top CLAT accepting Law colleges in India is expensive as most colleges have tuition fees of more than INR 5 lakh. Listed below is the fee range of top colleges:
Fee Range | No. of Colleges |
|---|---|
INR 1-2 lakh | 1 (Guru Gobund Singh Indraprastha University) |
INR 3-5 lakh | 4 (NLU Kolkata, NLU Assam, SOA University, etc.) |
> INR 5 lakh | 14 (NLSIU Bangalore, LPU, Nalsar University of Law, etc.) |
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CLAT Notifications
In 2022, CLAT exam was held twice, I. e. on June 19 as CLAT 2022, and on December 18, 2022 as CLAT 2023. However, from 2024 onwards, CLAT exam is to be conducted once in a year only, as confirmed by the exam officials in the latest notification. Earlier, CLAT exam was conducted in May or June, but from 2024 onwards the entrance exam will be conducted in December (of preceding year to the admission year) itself for concluding admissions on time. Therefore, CLAT counselling process will be completed by May of each academic year.