Top Law Entrance Exams 2024: Complete List of Exams and Dates, Top Government And Private Law Colleges

Law Entrance exam help candidates to get into their dream colleges and universities. The profession of law is making its place in all aspects of businesses. Because of its career diversity, many candidates are attracted towards this profession.

Where a candidate wants to purse 3-year LLB course of a 5-year LLB course, He/she will have to appear for several qualifying top Law entrance exam. Candidates should keep in mind that he/she can opt for five-year LLB after 12th, but to pursue a three-year LLB, one must be a graduate.

As we all know, law is a very diverse field. Candidates can opt for Corporate law, Real Estate Law, Civil Law, Criminal Law and many more. Candidates can choose whichever field they are interested in. This makes law a very attractive profession.

To become a lawyer, candidates have two options for law entrance exam, National and State level. In the national law entrance exam, anyone can apply and appear and in the state law entrance exam only locals can apply and appear. Candidates often appear for both the exams to increase their chances of getting into a top Indian law school.

Getting into top law schools and universities is very challenging. There is an intense amount of competition for a single seat. As the course is gaining more popularity, more and more number of candidates are appearing for top law entrance exams.

Top Law Entrance Exams

Since law has become a popular choice for a lot of candidates, there are many entrance exams available for different universities and colleges a candidate can opt for. Some of the most popular exams are mentioned in the below table:

Top Law Entrance Exams Dates

Almost all the law entrance exams are held once a year. Candidates should go through the below table to know the accepted exam date so that they can prepare well in advance. Also candidates should keep in mind that they can appear for multiple exams in a single year. But this can only happen if the candidate is meeting all the required eligibility criteria of that particular examination.

Top Law Entrance Exams

CLAT 2025 Law Entrance Exam

CLAT 2025 notification will be released soon by the CLAT Consortium. The entrance test will be conducted at the 22 participating National Law Universities (NLUs). CLAT 2025 will be held in offline, pen and paper format. The CLAT 2025 and exam pattern will largely remain unchanged. CLAT 2025 Exam Date will be in December 2025 Tentatively.

The total number of questions in the undergraduate and post-graduate exams is 150 and 120, respectively. Exam duration is of 2 hours. The question paper of CLAT for UG courses is based on five subjects i.e. English Language, Current Affairs including General Knowledge, Legal Reasoning, Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques.

Whereas, CLAT question paper for PG courses is based on law subjects including Constitutional Law, Contract, Torts, Criminal Law, International Law, IPR and Jurisprudence, as well as, Law topics and Contemporary issues.

AILET 2024 Law Entrance Exam

AILET is a national level All India Law Entrance Test conducted by the National Law University Delhi every year for admission to B.A. LL.B. (Hons), LL.M. and Ph.D. Programmes offered by the National Law University Delhi.

The B.A.LLB is a five-year duration program at the National Law University, Delhi. As per the pattern, the AILET Entrance Exam for the BA LLB course comprises three sections: Section A: English Language, Section B: Current Affairs & General Knowledge, Section C: Logical Reasoning

The question paper shall include 150 MCQ questions, each with one mark. Also, there is a negative marking of 0.25 marks for each wrongly answered question.

The exam is conducted in offline mode, and the duration of the exam is 1 hour 30 minutes (90 minutes). As per the new pattern, authorities may use legal principles in the logical reasoning section to test your familiarity with legal reasoning. However, the entrance exam will not require prior law knowledge or a technical understanding of legal principles/terms.

SLAT 2024 Law Entrance Exam

SLAT also known as The Symbiosis Law Entrance Test is a common entrance exam for getting admission in 4 Symbiosis Law Schools which are SLS Pune, SLS Noida, SLS Hyderabad and SLS Nagpur. The courses for which admission is offered are BA LLB (Hons), BBA LLB (Hons), BA LLB and BBA LLB.

Symbiosis International (Deemed University) conducts SLAT Annually.  The university is also known as SIU. SIU is a prestigious institution in India . The exam is a computer based test mode. The duration of the test is 60 minutes and there are 60 MCQs of  60 marks in the test. Based on the scores of the SLAT candidates are shortlisted.

LSAT 2024 Law Entrance Exam

The Law School Admission test (LSAT) is usually given by the aspirants who want to pursue law education outside India, mainly in U.S.A, Canada and Australia. However, one can apply in selected law colleges within India.

Pearson VUE has opened the LSAT India 2024 registration window on August 14, 2023. The LSAT–India application form 2024 can be filled out and submitted on its official website. lsatindia.in. This year, Pearson VUE will conduct LSAT India in the months of January and May.  The LSAT India January exams will be conducted on January 20 and January 21, in remote proctored mode. The LSAT India May exams will be held from May 16 to May 19, in multiple slots. The scores of LSAT─India 2024 will be accepted by around 15 private law schools in the country.

The entire exam is divided into 3 types of sections compromising of Analytical reasoning, Reading Comprehension and Logical reasoning. Note that there are two sections on logical reasoning. There is no negative marking. Test scores will be provided as a scaled score between 420 and 480, a score band, along with percentile rank.

MH CET Law 2024 Law Entrance Exam

The MH CET 3-year LLB 2024 exam will take place on March 11 and March 13, 2024, conducted online. For the 5-year LLB program, the MH CET Law 2024 exam will be held from May 07 to May 08, with multiple shifts.

The exam will be conducted in an online computer-based mode (CBT) across the country. The exam duration is 120 minutes. All questions in MH CET Law 2024 will be multiple choice questions and candidates will have to select one option. The exam will have 150 questions. Candidates will have the option to choose the medium of the exam, whether Marathi or English. One mark will be given for each correct answer. The exam has no negative marking, so the candidate can attempt all of the questions without the fear of losing any marks.

DU LLB Exam Law Entrance Exam

DU LLB Exam is a national-level entrance exam conducted for admission to the 3-years of DU LLB courses. The exam is organized once a year at the national level. DU LLB Exam application forms may commence from the month of May tentatively.

DU LLB Entrance Exam will be conducted in both Hindi and English with a total of 100 multiple-choice objective-type questions.

The duration of DU LLB Entrance Exam is 2 hours (120 minutes). The admission to LL.B. course shall be made on the basis of merit in the LL.B. Entrance Test.

AIBE 2024 Law Entrance Exam

The exam is a multiple-choice exam that is conducted over a period of three and a half hours. Each question will have four answer options, out of which, one will be the true answer. The exam covers a wide range of topics, including civil law, criminal law, constitutional law, and procedural law. There are 100 questions for 100 marks.

Top Government Law Colleges

National Law School Of India University, Bengaluru

The NLSIU was one of the first institutions in the country to introduce the five-year integrated law degree at the undergraduate level with the commencement of the first batch in 1988.

The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) Hyderabad

The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) was established in 1998 by a Statute of the State of Andhra Pradesh.

NATIONAL LAW INSTITUTE UNIVERSITY, BHOPAL

The University launched its first academic programme in 1998 and teaching for five year B.A. LL.B. (Hons.). course commenced from September 1 of that year. 

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata

The university was one of the first law universities to offer a five-year integrated B.A. LLB (Hons.) degree program, and an LLM program.

National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ)

National Law University, Jodhpur (NLUJ) is a public law school and a National Law University established under the National Law University, Jodhpur, Act, 1999 enacted by the Rajasthan State Legislature.

Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur

Established in 2003, Hidayatullah National Law University has completed the journey of more than one and half a decade. Named after the great legal luminary Justice Mohammed Hidayatullah, the University was established by the Government of Chhattisgarh under the Hidayatullah National University of Law, Chhattisgarh, Act

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) Gandhinagar

Gujarat National Law University (GNLU) is the statutory university established by the Govt. of Gujarat under the   Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003 .

Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Punjab

The Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law (RGNUL), Punjab, was established by the State Legislature of Punjab. RGNUL started functioning from its Headquarters-Mohindra Kothi, The Mall, Patiala w.e.f. 26 May 2006.

MNLU Mumbai

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai was established under the Maharashtra National Law University Act 2014 on 20th March 2014. The prime goal of the University is to disseminate advance legal knowledge and processes of law amongst the students. To attain this goal it has started its first academic endeavor on 1st August 2015.

Top Private Law Colleges

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