Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) is a centralised test for admission to prominent National Law Universities in India. The test is taken after the 12th grade for admission to graduation (also known as Bachelors) courses in Law. This exam was conducted for the first time on 11 May 2008. A total number of 1037 seats  from seven law schools were offered to be filled by the test. The results of the first CLAT were announced on May 19, 2008. The two-hour admission test consists of objective type covering questions on English, general knowledge, basic mathematics, besides legal and logical reasoning.The second CLAT, for the academic year 2009-10 is scheduled for 17 May 2009. This year eleven law schools are participating in CLAT.

Common Law Admission Test 2009 (CLAT 2009)

The second entrance examination through CLAT for admitting students for the academic year 2009-10 is scheduled for 17 May, 2008. From seven last year, the list of participating law schools for this year has increased to eleven.

The following law schools admitted the students on the basis of the scores obtained by the candidates in CLAT:

1. National Law School of India University, Bangalore
2. National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (Nalsar) University of Law, Hyderabad
3. National Law Institute University, Bhopal
4. The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata
5. National Law University, Jodhpur
6. Hidayatullah National Law University, Raipur
7. Gujarat National Law University, Gandhinagar
8. Chanakya National Law University, Patna
9. Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University, Lucknow
10. National University of Advanced Legal Studies, (Kochi)
11. Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law, Patiala