Preparation Tips from CLAT Toppers: Preparation Strategy & Revision Plan

Candidates preparing to appear for CLAT 2025 can get here some valuable preparation tips from CLAT toppers from the past year. Read here to know more. 

One who has mastered the art can only teach another to learn it in a better way. Who can tell better than CLAT toppers on how to ace the upcoming examination? Therefore, Shiksha collated preparation tips from past year toppers to share with the exam-appearing candidates. Read this article to know more CLAT preparation tips from toppers. CLAT 2025 is expected to be conducted on December 1, 2024. The Consortium announced the CLAT 2025 Exam Date, CLAT Registration Date 2025 and other important dates along with the CLAT Admission Notification 2025. Candidates must check the eligibility criteria for CLAT 2025 in detail before starting to prepare for the CLAT Exam. 

Also Read: How to prepare for CLAT in 6 months: Tips, Tricks & Study Plan for CLAT 2025

CLAT Preparation Strategy shared by Toppers

It is essential to prepare in a strategic manner and, every exam topper ensures making an effective strategy for preparation. Let us know how CLAT toppers strategies their preparation. 

CLAT 2024 AIR 1, Jai Kumar Bohara, says that Good score in Board exams doesn't guarantee you a good college. I always had two priorities in mind. One was to prepare for CLAT, as it was in December, and it is more important than boards. And second priority was to maintain attendance in School. So, I had to go to school to maintain attendance but I didn’t study for boards apart from school. For the Board exams, I will start my preparation now. Because board marks will not fetch you a good college. It’s the entrance that will finally help you secure a good college.

CLAT 2023 AIR 1, Abhinav Somani, shared that his main strategy was reading the newspaper and giving mocks. I read the newspapers religiously and made notes from them. The newspaper also helps you with your vocabulary, reading speed and comprehension ability. I also gave mocks regularly. I had a study group with 4 of my friends and we used to give mocks together. We started with 1 mock a week in January 2022, bumping it up to 5-6 per week by October 2022.

CLAT 2023 AIR 4, Arnav Maheshwari says the key part of my prep was mock tests, giving and analysing mock tests regularly. It meticulously resulted in a good understanding of the exam and the resultant increase in marks, apart from this I kept up with current affairs and maintained a habit of reading through diverse content be it newspapers or novels.

CLAT 2023, AIR 13 Priyam Mitra says reading speed is important to complete the paper on time. This can be enhanced by reading novels, and also by reading newspapers. Do work on comprehension skills to perform well in passage-type questions. 

CLAT 2023 AIR 11, Sana Singh says that she approached the exam as an opportunity to hone her strengths and treated the GK and Quantitative Aptitude sections as score boosters. I wanted to pursue law long before that. This entailed taking weekly mocks and targeting an improvement in my weaker sections. In the 11th grade, I had stayed in touch with news updates and familiarised myself with the pattern of the exam by doing practice questions occasionally. 

CLAT 2019 AIR 1, Saumya Singh shared that he started his preparation around two years before the exam date i.e. from class 11th onwards for consistent preparation. He focused on his strengths and weaknesses from all subjects on weekdays and revisions on weekends. 

CLAT 2019 AIR 2, Harsh Tomar shares that he prepared a daily schedule for preparation in one year. He said the preparation plan was divided into two parts, wherein for the first six months the focus was allotted to the preparation of his weaker sections and, next six months for preparation of all sections. Throughout the preparation plan, he focused on weaknesses and strengths equally and, devoted sufficient time to learn tips and tricks in maths and practice questions from all subjects (at least five questions per subject).

CLAT 2019 AIR 5, Mouli Jain shared that she followed a promodoro technique wherein, she used to study for a stretch of 25-30 minutes and then take a break for a few minutes. This helped her improve productivity and concentration. Moreover, she prepared a subject-wise timetable to prepare on a daily basis. She studied at least three subjects a day including the subjects she's weak in. She focused on accuracy in the first six months and then, improved speed in her preparation plan. For accuracy, she clarified all concepts and theory and, for speed, she practised past years question papers of CLAT 2022 by setting time.  

CLAT 2019 AIR 8, Shubh Mittal shares that in one year of CLAT preparation, his entire focus was on reading skills and speed by taking mock tests. 

Also Read: 

• CLAT Official Sample Papers and Previous Years Papers
• Important Legal Maxims For CLAT 2025

Books for Preparation

All the topper could achieve good marks in all subjects because they referred the best books for CLAT preparation. Here are books as referred by CLAT toppers for preparation 

Also Read: 

• CLAT Syllabus 
• CLAT Exam Pattern, Weightage and Marking Scheme

Practising Mock Tests and Revision Plan 

CLAT preparation is completed with the revision of entire syllabus for each section and mock test practice. Know here how CLAT toppers revised for their exam:

The preparation tips shared above by CLAT toppers will be helpful to strategise and, focus on key improvement areas. All the toppers advised that to prepare better for CLAT 2025 one should: 

1. Schedule their preparation properly
2. Solve mock tests papers based on the subjects regularly   
3. Revise thoroughly daily 
4. Be prepared and don't lose confidence for your performance for the upcoming examination.

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