CLAT UG 2026 — Complete Law Entrance Preparation Course

The Common Law Admission Test is the entrance examination for the National Law Universities, conducted by the Consortium of NLUs. A CLAT rank governs admission to the five-year integrated law programmes at the NLUs and is accepted by a number of other law schools and by some public-sector recruiters. This course covers all five sections of the undergraduate paper: English Language (24 questions), Current Affairs including General Knowledge (28), Legal Reasoning (30), Logical Reasoning (26) and Quantitative Techniques (12). The paper is 120 questions for 120 marks in 120 minutes — one mark per question, −0.25 for a wrong answer, and no sectional time locks, so you are free to move between sections throughout the two hours. Since the 2020 pattern overhaul CLAT has been overwhelmingly comprehension-driven. Four of the five sections are built around passages of roughly 450 words, and Legal Reasoning in particular tests whether you can apply a rule stated in the passage — not whether you have memorised black-letter law. That single fact should reshape how the exam is prepared for, and this course is built around it: reading speed with accurate retention is the master skill, and every section is taught as an application of it. Eligibility & who can join: • Passed or appearing in Class 12 (or an equivalent examination) with the minimum percentage specified by the Consortium — commonly 45% for General/OBC/PwD candidates and 40% for SC/ST candidates. • Candidates appearing in Class 12 in the year of the examination are eligible to apply, subject to producing proof of passing at admission. • There is no upper age limit for the undergraduate programme. • No prior legal knowledge is assumed or required — the Legal Reasoning section is designed to be answerable from the passage alone. How the course is structured: The course is taught section by section, but built on a single spine: comprehension under time pressure. Roughly 120 questions in 120 minutes across four passage-based sections means you are reading continuously for two hours, and most candidates lose marks to reading fatigue rather than to difficulty. Legal Reasoning is taught as structured rule application — isolate the rule, isolate the facts, apply one to the other without importing outside knowledge — because that is precisely what the post-2020 paper rewards. Current Affairs is built as a year-round habit linked to passages rather than as a last-month compilation. There are no sectional locks, so full mocks also train the allocation decision: how long to spend on the 12 Quantitative Techniques questions relative to the 30 Legal Reasoning ones. CLAT is normally held once a year in December; always confirm dates against the official notification at consortiumofnlus.ac.in.