Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2011 Undergoes Changes

Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) for 2011 has just been announced and will undergo number of changes. CLAT 2011 is scheduled to be held in May. This year, CLAT has tied up with the Indian post office to distribute the forms more widely to reach out to more students. The Brochure along with OMR Application Form will be sold at Rs. 150/- from different post offices throughout India and at the eleven National Law Universities.

As per sources, there will be no static GK questions such as ‘When did Humayun die?’ will be asked in the test. Only current affairs questions between April 2010 and April 2011 will be asked. In addition, students will not be tested for their legal knowledge. Only one’s legal aptitude and legal reasoning will be tested which means that a student will not have to study legal principles before taking the examination.

The IDIA project - a pan India student-movement that reaches out to marginalized groups and sensitises them to law as a career option (www.idialaw.com) is training students for CLAT. The IDIA team will not only be helping IDIA scholars to buy forms on their behalf, but also help them submit it. IDIA has decided to sponsor forms of all CLAT aspirants who may not be able to afford them.

Duly filled OMR application form along with Demand Draft/Bankers Cheque/ Pay order of Rs. 2500/- (Rs. 2000/- for SC/ST candidates) in favour of “WBNUJS-CLAT A/C”, payable at Kolkata and necessary documents as mentioned in the OMR application form and on CLAT website (www.clat.ac.in) can be submitted from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on all working days and upto 5:00 p.m. on 2 April 2011 to the Convenor, CLAT-2011 either in person or sent through registered post to the below mentioned address so as to reach on or before 2 April 2011.

The Convenor,

Common Law Admission Test, CLAT-2011
The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata,
Dr. Ambedkar Bhawan, 12 L.B. Block, Sector – III, Salt Lake City,
Kolkata 700 098.

CLAT 2011 Examination Pattern

Pattern of the CLAT Paper for entry to the Under-graduate Programme:

Total Marks	200
Total number of questions	200
Duration of examination	Two Hours
Subject areas with weightage:
English including Comprehension	40 Marks
General Knowledge/ Current Affairs	50 Marks
Mathematics	20 Marks
Logical Reasoning	45 Marks
Legal Aptitude/Legal Awareness	45 Marks

Pattern of the CLAT Paper for Entry in the Post-graduate Programme:

Total Marks	200
Duration of examination	Two Hours
Subject areas	Law of Contracts, Law of Torts, Criminal Law, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory
Total Number of questions
Objective Type	100 questions of one mark each
Essay	2 questions of 50 marks each