ILICAT 2026: Exam Date, Registration, Eligibility, Syllabus, Result, Merit List, Cutoff

The Indian Law Institute Common Admission Test (ILICAT) is a law entrance exam conducted by The Indian Law Institute (ILI) for admissions to one-year LLM course. The exam is held in pen-paper based test mode and the question paper carries objective as well as subjective type questions. Candidates qualifying the examination have to appear for viva voce and the final selection will be based on scores in both entrance exam and viva-voce.

Check key features of ILICAT 2026 in the table below:

The candidates seeking admissions to a one-year LLM course at ILI need to fulfil the eligibility criteria as under:

• They should have obtained an LLB Degree with minimum 50 per cent marks from any University/Institution that is recognised by the Bar Council of India or Law course from a foreign country with minimum 50 per cent aggregate marks or equivalent grade as per the Association of Indian University (AIU) Guidelines.
• The candidates belonging to SC/ ST/ Physically Handicapped category need to secure at least 45 per cent marks as per the relaxation is given for these reserved categories.
• Those belonging to the Kashmiri Migrant category should have secured at least 40 per cent marks in the qualifying degree examination. 

The question paper of ILICAT 2026 for LLM will be divided into 3 parts - Part 1 and 2 will carry objective-type questions, and Part 3 will carry subjective-type questions. Morever, the sectional-weightage for ILICAT 2026 will be as under: 

Also, for PhD course through ILICAT 2026, the exam pattern will be as under: 

Here are some commonly asked questions for ILICAT exam: