CLAT 2019 to be held Offline on 12 May

CLAT 2019 will be conducted offline on 12 May, 2019. The decision was taken at the 4th meeting of the NLU Consortium, held at the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore.

A press release further informs that the feasibility of making CLAT online would be considered depending on future requirements. It states, “Keeping in view that in last few years there have been glitches due to the fault of the service provider in the conduct of the online CLAT examination, the CLAT Consortium unanimously resolved that CLAT-2019 will be conducted Off-line. It was also resolved that as and when number of candidates taking up CLAT drastically increases or when admission to law colleges in the entire country would be based only on the CLAT score, the feasibility of online test will be considered.”

A question bank will also be prepared with contribution from experts from all the NLUs and other institutions in order to improve the quality of the CLAT question paper.

The CLAT Secretariat is intended to function throughout the year from its permanent office at Bangalore. Pursuant to ensuring the stable conduct of CLAT, the Consortium has also decided that a permanent website for CLAT will be created.

The consortium has also decided to increase the number of exam centres depending upon the number of candidates who apply for the exam. The decision in this respect will be taken by the CLAT Convener and the Executive Committee.

The consortium has also decided to hold a workshop in collaboration with NAAC and UGC on evolving objective parameters for the accreditation of NLUs by NAAC and other accreditation agencies.