CLAT 2020 Latest Updates

CONSORTIUM OF NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITIES (CNLUs)

PERMANENT SECRETARIAT

NLSIU CAMPUS, NAGARBHAVI, BANGALORE

PRESS RELEASE

The Executive Committee of the Consortium of NLUs met at the Permanent Secretariat in NLSIU, Bangalore on 11.12.2019 at 10 a.m.

The Executive Committee elaborately discussed the modalities that were initiated in the previous meeting in planning for the CLAT 2020.

The following agenda was discussed:

      1.     The schedule for CLAT 2020 was discussed and approved. The details tentative of   schedule are given below

      

2. The proposed content for CLAT 2020 was discussed in detail:

a) A general guide to question format was approved to indicate the comprehension based Test;

b) Paper setter shall always keep in mind the 12th standard level of students appearing for CLAT 2020;

c) Quantitative analysis will be based on 10th standard mathematics content.

d) There shall be 150 objective type questions.

e) Areas:

i) English language

ii) Current affairs including general knowledge

iii) Legal Reasoning

iv) Logical Reasoning

v) Quantitative Techniques

f) Consortium of NLUs website shall provide the necessary guidelines, module-wise model question paper and analysis of question paper.

g) Candidates who enroll for CLAT 2020 alone shall be permitted to access these details from the website of Consortium of NLUs.

h) There shall be a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrong answer for both UG & PG.

     i) LL.M. Admission Test – The candidates who secure 40% (35% in case of SC, ST &  PWD) marks in the objective type test will be qualified for evaluation of descriptive answers. There shall be 100 objective type questions.