Clat (common Law Admission Test) You Way To Becoming A Lawyer

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CLAT, the entrance exam conducted for admission to law schools, demands that the candidate have knowledge of current affairs and an analytical bend of mind—skills that are critical for a career in Law. CLAT is one of the many law entrance examinations that open the door to Law schools for students who want to make a career out of litigation. Other law admission tests include the Law School Admission Test (LSAT) and the Delhi University law test, to name just two. State boards and regional law schools also conduct their own entrance tests. While the CLAT and LSAT can be taken by students after class 12 and their scores are accepted by law schools offering five-year undergraduate law programmes, the Delhi University exam is for graduates in any discipline seeking admission to their three-year undergraduate law programme.
Started in 2008, the CLAT exam is an all-India entrance examination conducted by 11 national Law universities for admissions to their undergraduate (LL.B) and postgraduate (LL.M.) degree programmes. There are only 1,100 seats available in these universities, out of which only 500 seats are for the general ...
... category candidates. These law universities include, the National Law School of India University (NLS), NALSAR University of Law, and the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences.