B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) 

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

The total seat intake of BA LLB (Hons) is 120 students. Out of these, some of the seats are reserved for SC and ST students. The category-wise National Law University, Odisha reservation criteria for BA LLB programme is given in the table below:

For admission to BA LLB course at NLUO candidates have to register through CLAT portal. Registered candidates for CLAT 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:

1. Accept the allotted seat
2. Apply for Revise
3. Exit from the CLAT admission process

If 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. 

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.

NLU Odisha offers BA LLB programme specialised in law. The table below covers the total tuition fee for popular courses offered at NLUO:

*The above fee is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative.  

Students who want admission in BALLB at NLU Odisha need to appear for CLAT. Students need to follow the rules and regulations of the NLU Odisha. NLU Odisha eligibility criteria  must be met. Students need to rank upto 1147 to get admission at NLU Odisha. The admission process is easy and simple. 

CLAT 2026 dates for admission to NLU Odisha are out. Students seeking admission to UG and PG courses offered at National Law Universities (NLUs) can apply for CLAT 2026 on or before Oct 31, 2025 since the applications are currently ongoing. Only students who fill out the application form as well as, pay the fee are issued admit cards to appear for CLAT exam 2026. Students can log in using their registered mobile number and password to update their preferences in CLAT 2026 application form. 

Conducted in pen-and-paper mode, candidates have to attempt questions from English, Current Affairs and GK, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning and Quantitative Mathematics for UG course, and from Constitutional Law, and other law subjects like Jurisprudence, Torts, IPC, CrPC, CPC, Family Law, and IPR. 

Candidates who are willing to get into NLU Odisha for five-year LLB course must specific the desired course in the application form.

After getting selected at the university, candidates need to submit some documents to the NLUO for admission confirmation. Below documents are required at the time of admission at NLU Odisha: 

• Class 10 and Class 12 marksheet
• Class 10 and Class 12 certificate
• Migration certificate
• Caste certificate (if required)
• Certificate of person with disability (if applicable)
• PwD affidavit (if applicable)

Candidates who qualify for CLAT must pay the fee for their respective courses, which includes components such as Tuition Fee, Examination Fee, Security Deposit, Hostel Charges (if applicable), etc. Other than the course fee, candidates are required to pay a fee for CLAT application fee. For General /OBC /PWD /PIO /OCI /NRI category candidates, the application fee is INR 4,000; for SC /ST /BPL category candidates, the application fee is INR 3,500. 

The table below covers NLU Odisha's BA LLB courses fees: 

*The above fee is sourced from unofficial sources. Hence, is indicative. 

NLU Odisha offers around six courses with various law specialisations. Check out the table below for list of popular courses offered by National Law University Odisha:

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) is expected to release the CLAT Notification 2026 anytime soon. The CLAT 2026 Application Process is likely to begin in the next few days. Aspirants of NLU Odisha are required to appear for the exam in offline pen-paper mode at the allotted test centres. The exam will take place in more than 125 cities listed as CLAT test centres in 22 states and UTs.