COVID-19 Impact: CLAT 2020 exam postponed, applications extended

CLAT 2020 exam postponed due to Coronavirus outbreak in India along with an extension in the last date of application until April 25. Read here to know more.

One of the top law entrance exams in India, Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) also has been postponed due to with Coronavirus outbreak. As per the latest reports, the Vice-Chancellor of Dharmashashtra National Law University (DNLU), Jabalpur who is also the Convenor of CLAT 2020, Prof Balraj Chauhan, has confirmed the postponement of CLAT 2020 along with the extension in the application last date. Now, the candidates can complete the registrations for CLAT 2020 until April 25 and, the exam will be held on May 24, 2020, for the five-year LLB as well as, LLM courses. Earlier, the last date of application submission was March 31, while the CLAT 2020 exam was scheduled for May 10. The examination schedule on the official website is as under: 

Event	New Dates
Last date of online application for CLAT 2020	25-Apr-2020
CLAT 2020 exam date	24-May-2020
Publishing of CLAT 2020 answer key	25-May-2020
Objections on the answer key	May 2020
Last date of objections	May 2020
Final answer key	May 2020

On March 24, Prime Minister, Mr Narendra Modi, as a precautionary measure against COVID-19, has declared countrywide lockdown until April 14. CLAT Consortium has jointly decided to postpone the exam date after monitoring the current situation of the pandemic in India. Since Coronavirus is of an uncertain nature, it would be difficult for the consortium to conduct CLAT 2020 if the current situation persists or worsens.

This year, the consortium has also modified the exam pattern of CLAT for the convenience of law aspirants by reducing the total number of questions along with the addition of comprehension element to each section of the question paper. Therefore, the question paper will carry 150 objective types of questions based on passages of 450 words. The consortium has also elaborated the syllabus of CLAT 2020 with a guide in order to help the candidates in understanding the type of questions in each section. Besides, official sample papers for CLAT 2020 based on the new exam pattern are also available for the candidates to practice well for the examination

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