B.A. in Law (Legal Journalism) 

at NLU Odisha (NLUO) - National Law University, Cuttack

Yes, National Law University Odisha (NLUO) accepts CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) score for admission to its undergraduate law programs, including the 5-year integrated Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) LL.B. program. CLAT is a national-level entrance exam for admission to undergraduate law programs in participating National Law Universities (NLUs) and other law institutes in India.

NLUO considers CLAT scores along with other factors such as the candidate's academic performance, extracurricular activities, and personal statement in the admission process. The university releases its admission criteria and cut-off ranks each year on its official website.

For admission to NLU Odisha for the LLB or LLM course, the result of CLAT 2026 can be expected by the last week of December 2023 After the release of result, the exam takers will be able to download their CLAT scorecards from the official website using their login credentials for NLU Odisha admission via CLAT counselling and seat allotment.

CLAT 2026 result contains details like the candidate's overall and sectional scores, and merit rank. Those who will qualify CLAT by meeting the required minimum cutoff as per the merit list are called for counselling process for seat allotment.

Note that for admission to the 5-year LLB or LLM courses, the candidate will have to meet the CLAT 2026 cut-off in their respective category. The CLAT 2026 merit rank list will be shared at the time of admission and seat allotments. Candidates ranked higher in CLAT merit list will be given preference during the seat allotment process.

Yes, NLU Odisha have a state domicile reservation for the candidates belonging to various categories under Home State. Unlike many NLUs, it has released its CLAT cutoff 2025 for both All India and Home State quotas. In relation to that, the NLU Odisha cutoff 2025 for BA LLB Hons. and BBA LLB Hons. courses under General Home State quota stood at 1913 and 3066, respectively. Moreover, for the aforementioned courses, the General AI quota cutoff stood at 943 and 1034, respectively.

CLAT Round 3 Seat Allotment is out. For NLU Odish, the cutoffs have not been released for any course, any category under the Round 3 Seat Allotment result. However for CLAT Round 2 NLU Odisha cutoff 2024 for different categories including General, SC and ST for both B.A. LL.B. and LL.M. in Corporate and Commercial Law course were out.

The following section gives information about the SC and ST category closing ranks for CLAT Round 2. For the SC category, closing ranks for BA LLB is 9152. For the ST category, the closing rank is 16676. For the LLM course, the category-wise closing rank for R2 for the SC category is 4743. Whereas for the ST category, the closing rank is 7514.

The NLU Odisha average package is yet to be released for the Class of 2024. Once the NLU Odisha average package is released, it will be updated here. Meanwhile, check out the below table for median package offered during NLU Odisha placements 2024:

The NLU Odisha average package offered in 2023 placement drive was INR 11.7 LPA.

CNLU has released the CLAT Round 1 Seat Allotment result for NLU Odisha for B.A. LL.B. and B.A.2 in Corporate and Commercial Law courses. The opening All India Rank for BA LLB in the CLAT R1 is 591 and the closing rank is 1080 for the General category under the Vertical Reservation. 

For the LLB course offered at NLU Odisha, the opening rank is 494 and the closing rank is 982 for the General category under Verticle Reservation.