Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is one such gateway through which students gets admitted to the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences (NUJS). Out of 12 national law universities in India, it is the one. The institute was established by the West Bengal Legislature under WBNUJS Act,1999. It is one of the most reputed universities of India as a national law university.

In Kolkata, National University of juridical Sciences is located. Among the many courses of law, the institute provides 5 year BA LLB and B.Sc. LLB courses to it candidates. The no. of seats available in the BA/ B. Sc. LLB program is 125, out of 78 seats are open for the general category students.

Eligibility Criteria:

Candidates with a minimum of 50% (45% or the candidates under reservation quota) marks in aggregate in the 10+2 or its equivalent is required. The candidates appearing for the exam of class 12 in 2011 are also eligible. There is also age restriction of maximum 20 years (22 years for the reserved category) before 1st July, 2011.

Availability of Application forms:

Candidates are required for the CLAT as the admission to the NUJS is done through the CLAT. CLAT forms can also be obtained from any of the designated branches of Indian Bank, State Bank of India, or from any of the participating National Law Schools. Forms are also available on the website www.clat.ac.in. Forms of CLAT can also be obtained from the CLAT office sending a post of demand draft along with the request for the form

Important Dates for CLAT

Entrance exam will commence on: 15th May, 2011.

Application forms will be available from: 11 January, 2011.

Last day of submission of Application Form: 2nd April, 2011.

Division of seats:

Total seats:125

General : 78

Scheduled Caste : 15

Scheduled Tribe : 08

Physically Challenged : 02

Foreign Nationals : 04

Sponsored by Non-Resident Indians : 18

Examination Pattern of CLAT:

CLAT paper will be of 2 hours containing 200 multiple choice questions from the following sections:

English including Comprehension: 40 questions

General Knowledge/Current Affairs: 50 questions

Elementary Mathematics: 20 questions

Legal Aptitude: 45 questions

Logical Reasoning: 45 questions

Contact Details:

The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences,

“NUJS Bhavan”,

12, LB-Block, Sector-III,

Salt Lake, Kolkata-700098

Phone: 033-23350510,

Fax: 23357422

Website: www.nujs.edu