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CLAT News & Reforms

Official dates, registration, eligibility, syllabus changes, and the proposed reforms to the CLAT pattern. Anything not yet confirmed by the Consortium is labelled as such.

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No essay is proposed for the next paper, but a roadmap for adding one exists. What it would test, why marking it at CLAT's scale is the hard part, and what to do now.

30 October 2026 · Read →
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CLAT 2028 vs LNAT: what the proposed paper borrows

The Committee's terms of reference included benchmarking against the LSAT and LNAT. What those tests do differently, and which of it the proposal appears to borrow.

29 October 2026
CLAT News & Reforms

GK is proposed for removal. Should 2028 aspirants still read the news?

Yes, and cheaply. The proposal is not a decision, the downside of being wrong is asymmetric, and the reading helps two sections that are not going anywhere.

27 October 2026
CLAT News & Reforms

AILET 2027: pattern, date and eligibility

AILET is the only way into NLU Delhi. The date, the paper, the marking, the fee and the seats for 2027, each read from the university's own pages.

26 October 2026
CLAT News & Reforms

Rule derivation questions: what they are, with practice

The reverse of an ordinary legal reasoning question: you are given the outcomes and asked for the rule. How it works, why it is harder, and a worked set.

26 October 2026
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CLAT 2027 vs CLAT 2028: who is affected, and when

Nothing changes for CLAT 2027. A very different paper has been proposed for later, and nobody has decided whether it arrives. Here is what that means depending on which year you sit.

5 October 2026
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CLAT 2027 seat matrix and reservation, explained

The seat matrix is the document that decides how many seats you are actually competing for. How it is structured, why the headline total is unreliable, and what to read instead.

2 October 2026
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CLAT 2027 test cities and how allotment works

You choose cities, not centres, and the centre arrives on the admit card. What that means for planning, and what to do if the allotment is not what you asked for.

1 October 2026
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CLAT 2027 category certificates: OBC-NCL, SC/ST and PwD

The certificate that gets rejected at counselling is almost always the one nobody checked in October. What each category needs, where the validity traps are, and what to do about a certificate in the wrong format.

29 September 2026
CLAT News & Reforms

CLAT 2027 registration: payment failed, double debit and the rest

Money gone, no application recorded, and a deadline in the way. What actually happens when a CLAT registration payment fails, how long a reversal takes, and the order to do things in.

28 September 2026
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CLAT 2027 Expected Changes: Pattern, Syllabus, Difficulty

What’s expected to change for CLAT 2027 — pattern stability, syllabus updates, difficulty trends from the 2026 paper, and how to prepare for uncertainty using section-agnostic strategies.

12 April 2026
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CLAT Score vs Rank: Marks for a Top 100, 500 or 1000 Rank

Historical CLAT score-to-rank analysis for 2024 and 2025 with rank bands, how a 1-mark difference affects your rank, and a target-score calculator for your preferred NLU.

12 April 2026
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CLAT 2027 Answer Key: Analysis and Expected Cutoff

Official CLAT 2027 answer key with question-wise analysis, expected cutoff by NLU and what to do next. [DRAFT — publish after CLAT 2027 results are announced.]

12 April 2026
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CLAT 2027 Expected Cutoff: NLU-wise Predictions

Expected CLAT 2027 cutoffs for all NLUs based on historical data and CLAT 2026 actuals. Check your rank and see which NLUs are within reach. [DRAFT — will be updated post-result.]

12 April 2026