National Law Universities or the NLUs are autonomous law schools of country. These are the pioneers of legal education in India and are the most sought-after law schools. First NLU of the country was established in 1986 in Bangalore, and is known as NLSUI Bangalore.

At the moment, there are 21 NLUs in India, from which 19 grant admission on the basis of Common Law Admission Test. Through the law entrance examination, law aspirants are granted admissions to both UG and PG courses.

Read on to know more about Top Ranking NLUs with their seat matrix for CLAT 2018.

About CLAT 2018

The examination is conducted on rotational basis by NLUs as per the year of their establishment. This year, National University of Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi or NUALS Kochi will hold CLAT 2018 on May 13, 2018. Check CLAT 2018 Exam Dates

The law exam is conducted for LLB and LLM Programs, the paper pattern is tabulated below:

Check Detailed CLAT Exam Pattern

CLAT 2018 - NLU Rankings with Seat Matrix

Different NLUs are ranked on the basis of their academic excellence, batch quality, infrastructure and other factors. The rankings help candidates decide that which colleges they should target.

The list is mostly dominated by NLUs of Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata, which are also considered as the best law schools of the country. Take a look at the rankings of all the NLUs under CLAT 2018, along with the number of seats they offer: -

*NLSUI Bangalore has 35 seats for Business Laws and 15 for Human Rights Law for LLM course.

** NLIU Bhopal has 8 seats each for LLM in IP & Business Law, Business Law, Constitutional & Administrative Law, Criminal Law and Human Right Law.

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Category wise cutoff for NLUs

Along with the rankings, it is important to know the cutoffs as well. Candidates must know that what kind of a score in CLAT would lead them to admission in their desired law school. Cut off is the minimum score at which a seat is offered in respective NLU.

Mentioned below are the category wise CLAT cut offs for all the NLUs. Note that these are previous year cutoffs, and there is a possibility that cutoff scores might change this year, as they depend on various factors like difficulty of paper, number of candidates appearing in the paper etc. Take a look at the following table: -

National Law Universities offer a great opportunity to pursue higher education in the field of law. Although some of these are ranked above others, all the NLUs are considered amongst the best law colleges in the country. Candidates do need to prepare well for CLAT to get admission in these. Check CLAT Participating Institutes

Collegedunia wishes all the best to aspirants for their CLAT 2018 exam!