CLAT Eligibility 2026: Age Limit, Qualification for LLB & LLM, Minimum Marks
Common Law Admission Test 2026 ( CLAT )
Registration - 1 Aug '25 - 31 Oct '25
The Consortium of NLUs prescribes CLAT eligibility criteria 2026 for five-year LLB, and LLM courses for academic requirements, minimum marks, and age limit. Read the updated CLAT exam 2026 eligibility requirements here.
CLAT Eligibility Criteria 2026: The Consortium of NLUs will conduct the CLAT Exam soon. The Consortium announced the CLAT Exam Dates earlier. CLAT Exam is scheduled to be held on December 7, 2025. In the CLAT Official Notification, the Consortium also mentioned the CLAT 2026 eligibility criteria for undergraduate and postgraduate courses. CLAT 2026 Application Form was released on August 1, 2025. Candidates must fill the CLAT Application Form on or before October 31, 2025.
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Candidates who are interested to appear in CLAT 2026 must check the eligibility criteria for five year LLB and LLM courses both. The eligibility criteria for CLAT defines the educational requirements, minimum marks, and age limit that an aspirant must fulfill to fill the application form and secure a seat at National Law Universities in India. Also, the top colleges accepting CLAT scores will have similar eligibility criteria for admission.
The CLAT Consortium adheres to the eligibility criteria for law courses as prescribed by the Bar Council of India, the regulatory authority for legal education and professional standards in India. The CLAT Consortium verifies the eligibility of shortlisted candidates during the counselling process, and candidates must submit supporting documents to ensure their eligibility for admission. In this article, detailed CLAT 2026 eligibility criteria are mentioned, and candidates can check it before filling out the application form to avoid disqualification at a later stage in the exam.
CLAT Application form 2026 should be filled out by candidates who meet the eligibility criteria; or candidates may be declined admission on the grounds of ineligibility. CLAT 2026 will be held in a pen-paper-based test mode. CLAT 2026 scores will be used for admission to the academic year 2026-2027.
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- CLAT 2026 Eligibility Criteria for UG Law Courses
- CLAT 2026 Eligibility: Age Limit
- CLAT 2026 Eligibility Criteria for LLM Course
- CLAT 2026 LLM Eligibility: Age limit
CLAT 2026 Eligibility Criteria for UG Law Courses
Parameters that candidates need to meet to fulfill CLAT eligibility criteria for undergraduate (UG ) level law courses are mentioned below:
BCI standards for undergraduate law courses are as stated, "Bar Council of India may from time to time, stipulate the minimum percentage of marks not below 45% of the total marks in case of general category applicants and 40% of the total marks in case of SC and ST applicants, to be obtained for the qualifying examination, such as 2 Examination in case of Integrated Five Years’ course or Degree course in any discipline for Three years’ LLB course, to apply for and getting admitted into a Law Degree Program of any recognized University in either of the streams.
Provided that such a minimum qualifying marks shall not automatically entitle a person to get admission into an institution but only shall entitle the person concerned to fulfill other institutional criteria notified by the institution concerned or by the government concerned from time to time to apply for admission.
CLAT Educational Requirements
- Candidates should clear Class 12 with a minimum 45 per cent aggregate (applicable for candidates belonging to General/ Other Backward Class (OBC)/ Person with Disability (PwD)/ Non-Resident Indian (NRI)/ Person of Indian Origin (PIO)/ Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) category)
- Candidates should clear Class 12 with a minimum 40 per cent aggregate (applicable for candidates belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC)/ Scheduled Tribe (ST) category)
- Candidates appearing for their Class 12 board examinations in March/April are also eligible to apply for CLAT 2026 exam. However, such candidates need to produce proof of passing Class 12 or equivalent exam at the time of admission. Candidates unable to produce the evidence shall forfeit their right of admission through CLAT exam
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CLAT 2026 Eligibility: Age Limit
The exam authorities and universities in India set upper or lower age limit for admission to their courses. However, to cater a large number of law aspirants, BCI capped the age restriction the five-year LLB course admission. Therefore, now CLAT consortium follows the same for CLAT eligibility criteria.
- There is no upper age limit to appear for the CLAT 2026 exam as well.
- This means that candidates belonging to any age group can apply for the law entrance exam.
CLAT 2026 Eligibility Criteria for LLM Course
Postgraduate (PG) law programme in which candidates can secure admission through CLAT exam is LLM (Master of Law). Basic criteria that candidates need to fulfill in order to meet CLAT eligibility criteria for LLM course are mentioned below:
CLAT 2026 LLM Academic Eligibility
- Candidates belonging to General/ OBC/ PwD/ NRI/ PIO/ OCI category should possess an LLB or equivalent degree with minimum 50 per cent aggregate
- Candidates belonging to SC/ ST category should possess an LLB or equivalent degree with minimum of 45 per cent aggregate
- Candidates appearing for the final year examination of their qualifying degree are also eligible to apply for CLAT
CLAT 2026 LLM Eligibility: Age limit
Given that, there is no age limit for five-year and three-year LLB courses, BCI has relaxed age limit for LLM course admission as well. Therefore,
- There is no upper age limit to apply for the CLAT PG exam as well.
- However, candidates securing same rank and marks in CLAT LLM will be given preference, if they are higher in age than the others.
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 2 weeks ago
To know if you are eligible for CLAT Exam or not you can visit the official website and check the notification. The notification which was earlier released by the consortium carries all important details like elgibility criteria, fees, exam dates etc. Once you have checked if you are eligible to app
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You don't have to worry. In case you have forgotten your ID and password, which is pretty much normal. You can go and click on the forgot password tab in the registration window. You will receive the mail and then you have to reset your password. Once day you will be able to login.
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Yes, the application form for CLAT was released long back in August. Those who have not filled the form yet must understand that there is no right day to fill the form. You should fill is as soon as possible. Because if you miss it you have to wait one more year unnecessarily to appear in the exam.
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This is so sad. But unfortunately, even with all the right documents, if you have not paid the application fee, your application form will be rejected. Since the application process is currently underwa, y you can still go and submit the fees. Once the window will close you won't be able to pay the
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The last date to submit the application form is October 31, 2025. It must be noted that the consortium will open the application correction window after that. Sometimes the consortium do extend the last date for registration but it is better to fill the form way before and why to wait.
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Students can fill the application form by visiting the official website. You should know that there is no other way to fill the registration form. The application form is not released offline neither you can download the form and send it to the consortium. You should fill the form by October 31, 20
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You can fill out CLAT form by following the simple steps given below:
- Go to the official website
- Click on the apply online link.
- Click on the login box.
- Go to the application form tab at the top.
- Enter your personal, qualification and preferences for NLU.
- Upload all your documents Pay the fees
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Yes, you can fill out the CLAT Application Form in phases. There is an option to save in every step. However, it will be better if you fill the form in one go. For this, you should keep all the documents ready in hand. See if you fill the form in one go you don't have to worry about it.
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Candidates can check the list of documents required to fill the registration form for CLAT below:
- Passport-Size Photograph
- Scanned Signature
- Class 10 Marksheet/Certificate
- Class 12 Marksheet
- Category Certificate
- PwD Certificate
- Domicile Certificate
- Valid Photo ID Proof
- Email ID and Mobile Number
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