15,000 aspirants for LLB

Around 15,000 law aspirants will fight for a total number of 700 LLB seats available in the seven National Law Universities, according to sources at the Bangalore-based National Law School. The first ever Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is scheduled for May 11 and applications for the test are already being issued.

The proportion of candidates to seats is not just a straight forward question of 15000 against 700, for you have to factor in the reservation of seats which varies from one university to another. While some law schools have reservations for SC/ST students, other are extending reservation to OBC students also.

The two-hour CLAT test will be in objective type format and comprise five sections viz. English, General Knowledge, Basic Maths, Legal and Logical Reasoning. The test will be held at the seven national law schools at Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Gandhinagar, Raipur, Bhopal, Jodhpur in addition to test centres at Delhi, Chennai, Kochi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Shillong, Jammu, Guwahati, Patna, Lucknow, Jaipur and Bhubaneswar. The last date for submitting application is April 10.