What are law entrance exams?
Law entrance exams in India are mostly admission tests, not recruitment exams. They give you a seat in programs such as BA LLB, BBA LLB, BCom LLB, 3-year LLB, LLM, IP law, insolvency programmes, and PhD routes. So there is no fixed exam salary; the exam leads to a law degree or legal program, and earnings depend on the career path after that degree.
Major law exam families at a glance
| Exam family | Scope | Type | Stages | Output |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLAT UG | National; participating NLUs and other institutions | 100% objective CBT | Application → exam → answer-key challenge → result → counselling | Admission to 5-year integrated law programs |
| CLAT PG | National | 100% objective CBT | Application → exam → answer-key challenge → result → counselling | Admission to LLM |
| AILET UG | National; NLU Delhi | 100% objective | Application → exam → answer key → result → counselling | BA LLB (Hons.) at NLU Delhi |
| AILET PG | National; NLU Delhi | 100% objective | Application → exam → answer key → result → counselling | LLM at NLU Delhi |
| NLU Delhi AIET (special PG programs) | National; NLU Delhi | Objective + descriptive in some programs | Application → written test → GD/PI for PGIP | PGIP / IP Law & Management / PhD |
| SLAT | National; Symbiosis law schools | Objective CBT + PI | Test 1/Test 2 → PI → institute-wise merit | BA LLB / BBA LLB / BCom LLB at Symbiosis schools |
| MH CET Law 3-year LLB | State-level, Maharashtra | 100% objective | Registration → CBT → result → CAP/admission | 3-year LLB in Maharashtra colleges |
| MH CET Law 5-year LLB | State-level, Maharashtra | 100% objective | Registration → CBT → result → CAP/admission | 5-year integrated law in Maharashtra colleges |
CLAT UG
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | The Common Law Admission Test for admission to 5-year integrated law programs. The Consortium says it is designed to test aptitude and skills needed for legal education, not prior legal knowledge. |
| Type | Objective CBT. |
| Number of stages | Application → exam → provisional answer key / objection window → final result and counselling. The Consortium’s notification package includes question booklets and provisional answer keys. |
| Output | Admission to BA LLB / BBA LLB / BCom LLB / 5-year law programs in participating institutions. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
CLAT UG syllabus
| Subject | Main topics and question style |
|---|---|
| English Language | 450-word passages from fiction/non-fiction; comprehension, inference, summarising, comparing viewpoints, vocabulary-in-context. |
| Current Affairs including GK | Passages from news/journalistic sources; India/world current affairs, arts and culture, international affairs, historically significant events. |
| Legal Reasoning | Passages from legal scenarios, public policy, or moral issues; rule identification, application, and legal reasoning based on the passage itself. |
| Logical Reasoning | Arguments, premises, conclusions, analogies, contradictions, strengthening/weaking reasoning. |
| Quantitative Techniques | Short fact sets and 10th-standard math operations such as ratios, proportions, basic algebra, mensuration, statistical estimation. |
CLAT UG score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 120 |
| Marks | 120 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Marking | +1 correct, -0.25 wrong |
| Approximate weightage | English 22–26; GK 28–32; Legal Reasoning 28–32; Logical Reasoning 22–26; Quantitative Techniques 10–14. |
CLAT PG
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | CLAT for admission to LLM programs. The paper is comprehension-focused and based on mandatory undergraduate law subjects. |
| Type | Objective CBT. |
| Number of stages | Application → exam → answer-key challenge → result/counselling. |
| Output | Admission to LLM programs. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
CLAT PG syllabus
| Area | Main topics |
|---|---|
| Mandatory law subjects | Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Administrative Law, Law of Contract, Torts, Family Law, Criminal Law, Property Law, Company Law, Public International Law, Tax Law, Environmental Law, Labour & Industrial Law. |
| Question style | Passages from court decisions, statutes, regulations; questions test comprehension, awareness of legal issues, summarising, and application of legal knowledge. |
CLAT PG score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 120 |
| Marks | 120 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Marking | +1 correct, -0.25 wrong |
| Pattern | Passage-based, law-subject comprehension style. |
AILET UG
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | All India Law Entrance Test for B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) at NLU Delhi. |
| Type | Objective. |
| Number of stages | Application → exam → answer key → merit/counselling. The official page provides downloadable previous-year papers. |
| Output | BA LLB (Hons.) seat at NLU Delhi. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
AILET UG syllabus
| Section | Questions | Main topics |
|---|---|---|
| English Language | 50 | Reading comprehension, language skills. |
| Current Affairs & GK | 30 | Current affairs and general knowledge. |
| Logical Reasoning | 70 | Logical aptitude; legal principles may appear, but no legal knowledge is required. |
AILET UG score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 150 |
| Marks | 150 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Marking | +1 correct, -0.25 wrong |
| Tie-break | Higher Logical Reasoning marks, then age, then computerized draw of lots. |
AILET PG
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | NLU Delhi’s entrance for LL.M. (One Year). |
| Type | Objective MCQ. |
| Number of stages | Application → exam → answer key → merit/counselling. |
| Output | LL.M. seat at NLU Delhi. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
AILET PG syllabus
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 100 |
| Marks | 100 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Topics | Different branches of law. The official page does not split them further in the short overview. |
| Marking | +1 correct, -0.25 wrong |
| Tie-break | Senior age, then computerized draw of lots. |
NLU Delhi AIET: PGIP, IP Law & Management, PhD
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | NLU Delhi’s All-India Entrance Test (AIET) for special postgraduate / research programmes. |
| Programs | PGIP–MA/LLM (Insolvency), Joint Master’s/LL.M. in Intellectual Property Law and Management, PhD. |
| Type | Objective + descriptive for PGIP; objective MCQ for IP/LLM streams shown in the programme pages. |
| Number of stages | Written test, and for PGIP also Group Discussion + Personal Interview. |
| Output | Specialized master’s / research admission; PGIP also gives a structured route toward insolvency professional work. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission route. |
AIET PGIP score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Written test | 100 MCQ + 5 descriptive questions |
| Marks | 120 total |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Weightage | 85% written test and 15% GD/PI |
| Topics | Professional Ethics, Legal Aptitude, Financial Aptitude, GK & Current Affairs, Mathematics & Basic Statistics, Logical Reasoning, English Comprehension & Communication Skills. |
AIET IP / LL.M. score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 100 MCQ |
| Marks | 100 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Sections | English (25), Analytical and Logical Reasoning or Legal Reasoning (25), and IP Law / IP Rights content (50). |
| Marking | -0.25 for each wrong answer |
| Tie-break | Higher age, then computerized draw of lots. |
SLAT
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | Symbiosis Law Admission Test for Symbiosis law schools. The official site lists BA LLB, BBA LLB, and BCom LLB options. |
| Type | Objective CBT. |
| Number of stages | SLAT test 1/test 2 → PI → institute-wise merit list. |
| Output | Admission to Symbiosis law schools. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
SLAT syllabus
| Section | Questions | Main topics |
|---|---|---|
| Logical Reasoning | 12 | Logic, patterns, argument analysis. |
| Legal Reasoning | 12 | Legal reasoning, legal application, rule-based passages. |
| Analytical Reasoning | 12 | Deductive / analytical reasoning. |
| Reading Comprehension | 12 | Passage comprehension. |
| General Knowledge | 12 | Current affairs and static GK. |
SLAT score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 60 |
| Marks | 60 |
| Time | 60 minutes |
| Marking | No negative marking |
| Final merit | Entrance test scaled to 70 + PI 30 = 100 for the listed Symbiosis law schools. |
MH CET Law 3-year LLB
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | Maharashtra state entrance for the first year of the 3-year LL.B. degree course. The brochure states it is for admission in Maharashtra colleges and departments, and exam centers are only in Maharashtra. |
| Type | Objective MCQ. |
| Number of stages | Registration → hall ticket → online CET → result → CAP/admission. |
| Output | 3-year LL.B. seat in Maharashtra. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
MH CET Law 3-year syllabus
| Section | Questions | Main topics |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning | 24 | Interest in law, legal aptitude, problem solving, legal propositions and factual application. |
| General Knowledge with Current Affairs | 32 | History, geography, general science, economics, civics, and current affairs of the past one year. |
| Logical and Analytical Reasoning | 24 | Reasoning and analysis. |
| English | 40 | Language skills and reading-based questions. |
MH CET Law 3-year score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 120 |
| Marks | 120 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Marking | No negative marking |
| Language | English and Marathi |
| Practice | Official brochure says a mock test link will be provided. |
MH CET Law 5-year LLB
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| What it is | Maharashtra state entrance for the first year of 5-year integrated law courses. |
| Type | Objective MCQ. |
| Number of stages | Registration → hall ticket → online CET → result → CAP/admission. |
| Output | 5-year integrated law seat in Maharashtra. |
| Salary | No fixed salary; this is an admission test. |
MH CET Law 5-year syllabus
| Section | Questions | Main topics |
|---|---|---|
| Legal Aptitude and Legal Reasoning | 32 | Legal principles, problem solving, interest in law. |
| General Knowledge with Current Affairs | 24 | History, geography, general science, economics, civics, current affairs. |
| Logical and Analytical Reasoning | 32 | Reasoning and analysis. |
| English | 24 | Language skills and comprehension. |
| Mathematical Aptitude | 8 | Basic quantitative aptitude. |
MH CET Law 5-year score system
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Questions | 120 |
| Marks | 120 |
| Time | 120 minutes |
| Marking | No negative marking |
| Language | English and Marathi |
| Practice | Official brochure says a mock test link will be provided. |
Law entrance subject overlap map
| Common topic block | Reusable across |
|---|---|
| English comprehension | CLAT UG, AILET UG, SLAT, MH CET Law, CLAT PG, AILET PG, AIET |
| Legal reasoning | CLAT UG, CLAT PG, AILET UG, AILET PG, SLAT, MH CET Law, AIET |
| GK / current affairs | CLAT UG, AILET UG, SLAT, MH CET Law, AIET |
| Logical reasoning | CLAT UG, AILET UG, SLAT, MH CET Law, AIET |
| Quantitative techniques | CLAT UG, MH CET Law 5-year, AIET |
| Constitutional / core law subjects | CLAT PG, AILET PG, AIET specialty programs |
Official websites and updates
| Purpose | Website |
|---|---|
| CLAT official portal | Consortium of NLUs: syllabus, notices, question papers, results, answer-key notifications. |
| AILET official portal | National Law University Delhi: exam details, FAQs, previous-year question papers, results. |
| AIET / special NLU Delhi law programs | NLU Delhi AIET pages for PGIP, IP law, and PhD. |
| SLAT official portal | slat-test.org for structure, dates, results, and PI details. |
| MH CET Law official portal | Maharashtra CET Cell official website and official information brochures. |
Previous papers, solutions, and practice websites
| Type | Sites |
|---|---|
| Official real question papers | CLAT consortium notifications with appended question booklets and provisional answer keys. |
| Official real question papers | AILET exam details pages on NLU Delhi with links to previous-year papers. |
| Official test structure / practice | SLAT official structure page and admission pages. |
| Official mock link | MH CET Law brochures say a mock test link will be provided. |
| Practice + mocks + game-based learning + rewards | MEKJ-Govt offers game-based learning where you take tests and make money by scoring. |
| Practice + mock series | Law Prep Tutorial offers CLAT mock tests, full-length mocks, and topic tests. |