CLAT 2021 Counselling – Date, List, Process

CLAT 2021 Counselling – The Consortium of National Law Universities will conduct the CLAT Counselling 2021 in June or July. Counselling is organized for both UG and PG courses. The CLAT counselling is conducted online. First, candidates with a valid CLAT score need to register for counselling online and select NLUs as per their preferences. Then seat allotment lists are released for each round of counselling. Based on the scores, the authority allots seats. Candidates who have been allotted seats have to pay the admission fees and report the institute for document verification. 

CLAT 2021 Counselling

The counselling for CLAT 2021 admissions shall begin after declaration of CLAT 2021 result.

CLAT 2021 Counselling Dates

The CLNU has not released the dates of the counselling yet. However, candidates can check the tentative dates below. 

Events	Dates Scheduled
Declaration of CLAT Result	June / July 2021
Counselling Registration Process	–
Publication of the first allotment list	–
Payment of the counselling fee and locking and exercising of the options	–
Release of the second allotment list	–
Payment of the counselling fees and locking and exercising of the choices	–
Third Allotment List	–
Payment of the counselling fees	–

About CLAT Counselling 2021

The CLAT 2021 counselling is conducted online soon after the declaration of the result. Candidates who are willing to take admissions in BA LLB, BBA LLB, LLM Programs have to appear the CLAT 2021 Exam. Through the counselling process, candidates can get admission into 22 NLUs and other private institutes. 

The counselling process consists of the following stages-

1. Release of the CLAT 2021 invite list
2. Online registration
3. Making NLU Choices
4. Seat Allotment
5. Payment of the fees and 
6. Reporting the institutes.

Hence, the candidates who have been allotted seats have to deposit a counseling deposit fee of Rs 50000/- to reserve the seat for admission.

CLAT Indicative List/Invite List

The Consortium of National Law Universities releases the CLAT invite list for UG and PG courses separately. Hence, the candidates whose name is on the invite list are eligible for the counselling process. Candidates can check below the procedure of the clat counselling below.

How to apply for CLAT 2021 Counselling?

The step by step procedure to apply for CLNU CLAT Counselling is as follows-

Step-I Release of the CLAT Invite List

Firstly, the conducting body releases a separate clat invite list for the UG and PG courses. The list is available for each round of the counselling. Candidates whose name is on the indicative list have to register online for the counselling within a stipulated time. The CLAT merit list is prepared based on the scores of the candidate. 

Step-II Registration, and Payment of the counselling fees

• In this process, the candidates whose name is on the first indicative list have to register for the counselling against a certain number of seats available by the participating NLUs. 
• Then a requisite amount of counselling fee of Rs 50,000 has to be paid by the candidate.
• The fee that is deposited in the CLAT office is then transferred to the participating NLUs in which the candidate has taken admission.
• If the candidate fails to deposit the fees then his/her name is dropped from the admission list. 

Step-III Exercising the options

Soon after the payment of the counselling fees, the candidates have to exercise any one of the following options.

• Lock: Candidates who have locked the choices states that his/her choice of the allotted NLU has been confirmed. Such type of candidates are not considered for the further counselling process. Such candidate shall not be considered for further shifting to any other NLUs if there is any vacancy.
• Shifting/Upgradation: This option is available from the second round counselling. This option is available only to those applicants who have participated in the first counselling. Here the candidates are shifted or upgraded to another NLU of his/her choice via allotment list.
• Withdrawal option: This option can be exercised in two ways. Firstly, if the candidate has failed to deposit the fee amount then his/her name is dropped from the admission list. Hence, the candidate has withdrawn himself from the admission process. 

The other process is that the applicants who have been allotted the seats in NLU are offered with “Withdrawal option” before the final seat allotment list (4th round counselling). Interested candidates can avail this option before the stipulated time. After the cancellation, Rs 10,000 is deducted and the rest of the amount is refunded to the bank account. 

Step-III Release of the 2nd Seat Allotment List

Here the conducting body releases the 2nd allotment list of the candidates who have paid the fees and reserved their seats. The authority also releases a list of the waitlisted candidates who are provisionally selected against the dropped candidates.

Step-IV Release of the Third CLAT Allotment Merit List

In this stage, the conducting body CLNU releases the list of the candidates who have paid their counselling fee and reserved their seats in the previous rounds. The body also releases a list of the waitlisted candidates who are provisionally selected against the dropped candidates. These waitlisted candidates have to pay the fees and reserve their seats within stipulated amount of time. 

Documents Required for CLAT Counselling 2021

The following documents are required for the CLAT 2021 Counselling:

• CLAT application form
• Admit card of clnu clat.
• 10th and 12th Marksheet
• Passing certificate of 10th and 12th class
• CLAT 2021 Scorecard
• Caste certificate (if applicable)
• PWD certificate (if applicable)
• NRI certificate (if applicable)
• Domicile certificate (if applicable)
• Call letter issued by the CLAT authority
• Current passport size photographs (same used while filling the CLAT application form).

Candidates must note that the application form must be scanned properly as per the specifications. 

Participating Institutes in CLAT 2021

The participating institutes of CLAT 2021 exam are as follows-

1. NLSIU Bangalore
2. NALSAR Hyderabad
3. NUJS Kolkata
4. NLIU Bhopal
5. NLU Jodhpur
6. GNLU Gandhinagar
7. HNLU Raipur
8. RMLNLU Lucknow
9. RGNUL Patiala
10. MNLU Mumbai
11. CNLU Patna
12. NLU Odisha
13. NUALS Kochi
14. NUSRL Ranchi
15. NLUJA Guwahati
16. MNLU Nagpur
17. DNLU Jabalpur
18. TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli

Other Private Institutes that accepts CLAT 2021 Scores

Alliance University, Bangalore	Amity University, Uttar Pradesh	Asian Law College, Noida
DIRD Holambi Khurd, Delhi	Dr. K.N. Modi University, Rajasthan	Faculty of Law, Marwadi University, Rajkot
Galgotias University, Uttar Pradesh	Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat	GITAM School of Law, Visakhapatnam
Harlal School of Law, Greater Noida	ICFAI University, Dehradun	ICFAI University, Tripura
IFIM Law College, Bangalore	IIMT University, College of Law, Meerut	IMS Unison University, Dehradun
Indore Institute of Law, Indore	Institute of Law, Nirma University, Ahmedabad	Institute of Legal Studies and Research, GLA University, Mathura
ISBR Law College, Bangalore	Jain University, Bangalore	Jims Engineering Management Technical Campus (JEMTEC) School of Law, Greater Noida
Kalinga University, Faculty of Law, Naya Raipur	Xavier University, Bhubaneswar	Vivekananda Global University, Jaipur
Unitedworld School of Law, Karnavati University, Gandhinagar	The NorthCap University, Gurgaon	SRM University, Haryana
Shree Guru Gobind Singh Tricentenary (SGT) University, Gurugram	Shri Vaishnav Institute of Law, Indore	RNB Global University, Bikaner
Reva University, Bangalore	Renaissance Law College, Indore	Raffles University, Neemrana, Rajasthan
PES University, Bangalore	Law College Dehradun, Uttaranchal University	Lloyd Law College, Greater Noida
Madhya Pradesh Dharmashastra National Law University, Jabalpur	MSB Global Law Institute (Maharaja Surajmal Brij University), Bharatpur	Mewar Law Institute, Ghaziabad
Manipal University, Jaipur	Mahatma Jyoti Rao Phoole University, MJRP Academy of Law, Jaipur	Maharishi University of Information Technology, Delhi NCR
NIMT Vidhi Evam Kanoon Sansthan (NIMT Institute of Method and Law), Greater Noida	NMIMS, Kirit P. Mehta School of Law, Mumbai	PES University, Bangalore

UG CLAT-Based Seat Intake of the participating institutes

NLU Participating Institutes	All India Category Seats	State Category Seats	Special Category Seats
NLSIU, Bangalore	75	0	5
NALSAR Hyderabad	86	22	15
NLIU Bhopal	80	28	20
WBNUJS, Kolkata	94	10	23
NLU Jodhpur	100	0	15
HNLU Raipur	82	80	27
GNLU Gandhinagar	56	0	31
RMLNLU Lucknow	80	80	18
RGNUL, Punjab	175	0	21
CNLU, Patna	60	60	0
NUALS, Kochi	45	15	0
NLUOOdisha	159	0	21
NUSRL, Ranchi	60	60	0
NLUJA, Assam	45	15	0
DSNLU, Visakhapatnam	40	60	12
TNNLU, Tiruchirapalli	52	52	6
MNLU, Mumbai	25	25	10
MNLU, Nagpur	30	30	0
MNLU Aurangabad	60	37	0
HPNLU, Shimla	60
DNLU, Jabalpur	48	50	12
DBRANLU, Haryana	90	30

PG CLAT-Based Seat Intake of 22 participating institutes

NLU Participating Institutes	All India Category Seats	State Category Seats	Special Category Seats
NLSIU Bangalore, Karnataka	50	0	0
NALSAR Hyderabad, Telangana	42	11	10
NLIU Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh	25	15	0
WBNUJS Kolkata, West Bengal	40	0	2
NLU Jodhpur, Rajasthan	80	0	0
HNLU Raipur, Chhattisgarh	45	0	4
GNLU Gandhinagar, Gujarat	52	0	11
RMLNLU Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh	10	10	7
RGNUL Punjab	38	0	6
CNLU Patna, Bihar	0	0	0
NUALS Kochi, Kerala	21	19	0
NLUO Cuttack, Odisha	44	0	6
SRL Ranchi, Jharkhand	10	10	0
NLUJAA Guwahati, Assam	10	0	0
DSNLU Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	10	12	2
TNNLS Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu	0	0	0
MNLU Mumbai, Maharashtra	0	0	2
MNLU Nagpur, Maharashtra	9	11	0

Previous Year CLAT Cutoffs (Undergraduate Courses)

Candidates here can check the previous year cutoff scores of 22 NLUs. The cutoff is the minimum scores that are decided by the university based on which candidates are offered admission. 

NLUs	Opening  Rank	Closing Rank
NLSIU Bangalore	1	2733
NALSAR Hyderabad	50	9059
NUJS Kolkata	148	19817
NLIU Bhopal	82	16816
NLU Jodhpur	76	6849
GNLU Gandhinagar	124	14307
HNLU Raipur	329	40536
RMLNLU Lucknow	342	24763
RGNUL Patiala	442	18520
MNLU Mumbai	338	46734
CNLU Patna	623	22294
NLU Odisha	465	23920
NUALS Kochi	474	32014
NUSRL Ranchi	688	55666
NLUJA Guwahati	968	41841
MNLU Nagpur	589	55342
HPNLU Shimla	622	28801
DSNLU Vizag	863	33221
MNLU Aurangabad	710	56092
DNLU Jabalpur	1350	1800
TNNLU, Tiruchirappalli	436	50604

CLAT 2018 Cutoff Rank (University-Wise)

Participating NLUs	Cut-Off Marks
National Law School of India University	66
National Academy of Legal studies and Research	135
National Law Institute University	386
West Bengal National University of Judicial Sciences	260
NLU Jodhpur	376
Hidayatullah National Law University	657
Gujarat National Law University	494
Ram Manohar Lohiya National Law University	668
Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law	924
Chanakya National Law University	1186
National University of Advanced Legal Studies	928
National Law University Odisha	1167
National University of Study and Research in Law	1255
National Law University and Judicial Academy	1556
Tamil Nadu National Law School	1571
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University	1432
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University	503
Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur	1532
Maharashtra National Law University, Aurangabad	Did not participate in the CLAT Admission Process.

CLAT 2021 Counselling- FAQs

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