Beyond CLAT UG
Law entrance exams, one page each
CLAT fills the seats at 26 National Law Universities. The tests below fill the rest: NLU Delhi, the LL.M. seats, Symbiosis, the state colleges of Maharashtra and Telangana, and NLSIU’s three-year LL.B.
For CLAT UG itself, start at CLAT 2027.
Every line read from the exam body’s own site on 10 October 2026.
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The tests at a glance
| Test | Run by | Admits to | Status | Key date | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AILET 2027All India Law Entrance Test | National Law University Delhi | NLU Delhi's five-year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) and one-year LL.M. | 2027 cycle notified | 13 Dec 2026Test day, 2:00–4:00 pm | 150Questions in 120 minutes |
| CLAT PG 2027Common Law Admission Test, postgraduate | Consortium of National Law Universities | LL.M. programmes at the participating National Law Universities | 2027 cycle notified | 6 Dec 2026Test day, 2:00–4:00 pm | 120Objective questions, 2 hours |
| SLAT 2027Symbiosis Law Admission Test | Symbiosis International (Deemed University) | Five-year law programmes at Symbiosis Law Schools in Pune, Noida, Hyderabad and Nagpur | 2027 cycle notified | 19 & 26 DecSLAT 01 and SLAT 02, 2026 | 60Questions in 60 minutes |
| MH-CET Law (5-year LL.B.)Maharashtra Common Entrance Test for the five-year LL.B. | State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra | Five-year integrated LL.B. seats in Maharashtra's law colleges, filled through the Cell's Centralised Admission Process | 2027 cycle not yet notified | 120Questions and marks | 120Questions and marks |
| NLSAT-LLB 2027National Law School Admission Test for Bachelors of Laws | National Law School of India University, Bengaluru | NLSIU's three-year LL.B. (Hons.), a law degree for graduates | 2027 cycle announced | 25 Apr 2027Test day (Sunday) | 150 minOne paper, Parts A and B |
| TG LAWCET (Telangana)Telangana Law Common Entrance Test | Osmania University, for the Telangana Council of Higher Education | Three-year and five-year LL.B. seats in Telangana's state universities and their affiliated law colleges | 2027 cycle not yet notified | 120Questions in 90 minutes | 120Questions in 90 minutes |
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The hubs
- 2027 cycle notifiedAILET 2027NLU Delhi is the one National Law University that does not take CLAT. It runs its own test, AILET, and fills its B.A.LL.B. (Hons.) seats on that merit list alone.Open →
- 2027 cycle notifiedCLAT PG 2027CLAT PG is the LL.M. entrance test of the Consortium of NLUs, held on the same afternoon as CLAT UG. For 2027 it is a single objective paper.Open →
- 2027 cycle notifiedSLAT 2027SLAT is a one-hour computer-based test for the Symbiosis Law Schools. You can sit it twice, and the higher score counts. A personal interaction follows for those shortlisted.Open →
- 2027 cycle not yet notifiedMH-CET Law (5-year LL.B.)Maharashtra fills its five-year LL.B. seats through one state test. The 2027 test has not been notified yet. What follows is the paper as the CET Cell has set it since 2025, and the dates of the 2026 cycle, labelled as such.Open →
- 2027 cycle announcedNLSAT-LLB 2027NLSAT-LLB is not a route into NLSIU's five-year B.A.LL.B., which admits through CLAT. It is the test for the three-year LL.B. (Hons.), open to graduates of any discipline.Open →
- 2027 cycle not yet notifiedTG LAWCET (Telangana)Telangana's law colleges admit through one state test, run each year by Osmania University. The 2027 test has not been notified. These are the rules and dates of the 2026 cycle, as its notification set them.Open →
