NLU Assam (NLUJAA) - National Law University And Judicial Academy Guwahati Answered Questions

National Law University Assam admission to all the programmes is done online through the official website of the university. Find below the detailed admission process followed by NLU Assam for admission:Step 1: For NLU Assam admissions to BA LLB (Hons) and LLM programme registrations are done through CLAT. Candidates must visit the official website of CNLU to apply for CLAT.  Step 2: The registered candidates are required to appear for CLAT entrance exam for admission to BA LLB and LLM programmes. After that, candidates willing to get admission in BA LLB (Hons) and LLM programmes, have to go through the CLAT counselling process for acceptance of seats. To confirm the allotment, candidates have to accept the seat allotment, after that the allotment will get frozen.Step 3: Candidates who will accept the allotted seat need to upload all the required documents on the official portal. After that candidates, will be required to pay the admission fee to confirm their seats within a stipulated deadline. 

The closing rank for CLAT Fourth Provisional Allocation List for NLUJAA BA LLB course is 2271 for the General category students. Consortium of National Law Universities (CNLU) releases institute wise and course-wise CLAT Provisional Allotment lists on the official website at consortiumofnlus.ac.in/clat-2023 for NLU admissions 2023 to BA LLB course. Candidates seeking admission to NLUJAA can refer to the table given below to check out the NLUJAA R4 cutoff 2023 along with the R4 cutoff ranks for 2022 to get better clarity on NLUJAA cutoff trends: NLUJAA CLAT Round 4 Closing Rank (General-All India)Course20222023BA LLB (Hons)17652271

NLUJAA offers admission to BA LLB course based on the CLAT entrance exam score and counselling. Below-mentioned are the NLUJAA BA LLB course eligibility along with their selection criteria:CourseEligibilitySelection CriteriaBA LLB (Hons)Class 12th from a recognised board with a minimum of 45% aggregate CLAT

The Eligibility Criteria for B.A. LL.B is that all candidates in India should appear at the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) and those who are applying under the Foreign National category are not eligible for this test. After the selection is done by the test then they can get admission to this university. The eligibility criteria for the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET), candidates should have passed the 12th examination and have more than 50% marks.

The table below covers total number of seats offered by NLU Assam as per the reservation criteria: CategorySeatsAll India Unreserved31OBC /Minorities and OBC of Assam (27%)16Schedule Caste of Assam (7%)04Schedule Tribe (Plains) of Assam (10%)06Schedule Tribe (Hills) of Assam (5%)03Total Number of Seats60*Note: 5% of the total seats are reserved horizontally for SAP & 5 of the seats available for the All India Unreserved Category are reserved horizontally for Permanent Residents of Assam (UR).

For admission to LLM course at NLUO candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT 2023 counselling will be called by NLUO through five provisional merit lists, each released by the Consortium of CLAT. Candidates, who have been allocated a seat in the provisional lists and applied for revision, should check the status of their seat in the CLAT provisonal lists. Those, who have been allotted a seat in the NLU Orissa Provisional Allotment Lists, must complete the process of exercising any one of the actions mentioned below:Accept the allotted seatApply for ReviseExit from the CLAT admission processIf alloted seat is accepted by the candidate. After, that the candidates need to report to NLU Odisha for admission. The admission confirmation requires, documents submission and fees submission by the candidates through the official portal of NLU Odisha. 

Every year, the cut off marks for the NLUJAA LLM CLAT exam are affected due to the following factors:The difficulty level of the exam. In case the question paper is easy then the CLAT cut offs are expected to go high and vice-versa.Total number of applications received. If the total applications received are less then the cut off is expected to be relaxed. Total candidates qualifying CLAT exam. If the total number of qualifying candidates is less than the total seats then cut off goes lowTotal number of seats. If the total number of seats is revised and increased then cut off is expected to remain lowPrevious year cut offs. For the top NLUs, the cut-off marks in previous years were high, therefore, only topper candidates could make it for final admissions. Fore other NLUs, the cut off marks are relatively low. 

Below documents are required at the time of admission at NLU Assam: Class 10 and Class 12 marksheetClass 10 and Class 12 certificateBachelor’s degree along with the mark sheetMigration certificateCaste certificate (if required)Certificate of person with disability (if applicable)PwD affidavit (if applicable)

NLUJAA, is ranked 28 by NIRF 2023 ranking amongst other NLUs. The NIRF 2023 was approved by the Ministry of Education (MoE) and launched by the Honourable Minister of Education on June 5 2023. This framework considers a few parameters for ranking various universities and institutions. These parameters cover:Teaching, Learning and ResourcesResearch and Professional PracticesGraduation OutcomesOutreach and InclusivityPerception