CLAT, LSAT and AILET Exam Patterns, Syllabuses and Preparation Tips

In this article we will talk about the difference between the three major law entrances in the country which are CLAT, LSAT and AILET. …

In this article
we will talk about the difference between the three major law entrances in the
country which are CLAT, LSAT and AILET.

First of all we
will talk about the different colleges which accept the scores obtained in
these three exams, and then we will talk about the eligibility criteria for
these exams and finally about the difference in the exam patterns and syllabus
for these exams. Let us start with CLAT participating colleges.

The following 17 colleges
accept CLAT scores

·
National Law School of India
University, Bangalore (NLSIU)

·
National Academy of Legal Study
and Research University of Law, Hyderabad (NALSAR)

·
The National Law Institute
University, Bhopal(NLIU)

·
The West Bengal National
University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata (WBNUJS)

·
National Law University, Jodhpur
(NLUJ)

·
Hidayatullah National Law
University, Raipur (HNLU)

·
Gujarat National Law University,
Gandhinagar (GNLU)

·
Dr. Ram Manohar Lohiya National
Law University, Lucknow (RMLNLU)

·
Rajiv Gandhi National University
of Law, Punjab (RGNUL)

·
Chanakya National Law University,
Patna (CNLU)

·
The National University of
Advanced Legal Studies, Kochi (NUALS)

·
National Law University Odisha,
Cuttack (NLUO)

·
National University of Study and
Research in Law, Ranchi (NUSRL)

·
National Law University and
Judicial Academy, Assam (NLUJAA)

·
Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law
University, Visakhapatnam (DSNLU)

·
Tamil Nadu National Law School,
Tiruchirappalli (TNNLS)

·
Maharashtra National Law
University, Mumbai (MNLU)

Now let’s take a
look at colleges accepting LSAT scores

·
Alliance School of Law, Alliance University
Bangalore

·
AURO University School of Law,
Surat

·
Central India College of Law,
Nagpur

·
College of Legal Studies UPES,
Dehradun

·
Faculty of law, ICFAI University

·
GH Raisoni Law School

·
ITM Law School, Gurgaon

·
JSS Law College, Mysore

·
School of Law, KR Mangalam
University, Gurgaon

·
KLE Society’s Law College,
Bangalore

·
MATS Law School, Raipur

·
OP Jindal Global University,
Sonepat

·
School of Law, Gitam University
Visakhapatnam

·
School of Law, Noida International
school, Uttar Pradesh

·
School of Law, Sharda University

·
VIT Law School, Chennai

·
School of Law, Galgotias
University, Uttar Pradesh

·
The ICFAI Law School, Hyderabad

·
ICFAI University, Jaipur

·
ICFAI University, Sikkim

·
IIMT, Greater Noida

·
Amity Manesar

·
BMS College of Law, Bangalore

·
Durgapur Institution of Legal Studies

·
Geeta Institute of Law, Panipat

·
Haldia Law College, West Bengal

·
IMS Unison University, school of
law

·
Institute of Law and Research,
Faridabad

·
Institute of Management Studies,
Noida

·
Jagannath University, Jhajjar

·
Mohammad Abdul Bari Institute of
Juridical Science, Murshidabad

·
Manikchand Pahade Law College,
Aurangabad

·
Midnapore Law College, Midnapore

·
NIMS University School of Law,
Jaipur

·
NIMT, Greater Noida

·
Royal College of Law, Ghaziabad

·
Sardar Patel Subharti Institute of
law, Meerut

·
Shri Vaishnav Institute of Law,
Indore

·
Siddhartha Law College,
Dehradun

·
Srimarti Kamlaben Ghambirchand
Shah law school

·
Vaikunta Baliga College of Law,
Karnataka

·
Faculty of Law SGT University,
Gurgaon

·
Raffles school of Law, Raffles
University

·
IFIM Law College, Bangalore

·
Lovely Professional University,
Punjab

·
CMR Law School, Bangalore

·
Disha Law College, Raipur

·
School of law, Jagran Lakecity
University Bhopal

·
Jaipur School of Law, Maharaj
Vinayak Global University

·
NA Global Law School, Bangalore

·
REVA University, Bangalore

·
Jagan Nath University, Bangalore

·
Indore Institute of law

·
RNB School of Law, Pitampura

·
Institute of Legal Studies and
research, Aligarh

·
LJ School of Law, Ahemdabad

·
GD Goenka University, Gurgaon

·
Faculty of law, ADAMAS University
Kolkata

·
School of law of SVKM’s Narsee
Monjee Institute of management studies

Now let us look
at colleges accepting AILET scores

·
NLU, Delhi

·
NIMS University, Jaipur

·
ITM University, Gwalior

·
The Northcap University, Gurgaon

·
IFIM law college, Bangalore

·
NCU school of law, Gurgaon

·
Ramaiah Institute of legal
studies, Bangalore

This is a
comprehensive list of colleges which accept the scores of these exams and now
we will talk about the eligibility criteria for these exams and finally we will
look at the exam pattern and syllabus of CLAT, LSAT and AILET.

Let us begin with
the eligibility criteria for CLAT

·
The candidates should be less than
20 years of age as on July 1 of the year of application if they belong to the
general category and less than 22 years of age as on July 1 of the application
year if they belong to the SC/ST/OBC/Specially abled category.

·
The minimum marks obtained in the
qualifying exam of 10+2 should be 45% if the student belongs to the unreserved
category, OBC category, specially abled category, and OBC. For SC and ST
category the minimum marks is 40%.

·
Candidates appearing in the
qualifying exam can also appear.

Now let us look
at the eligibility criteria for AILET

·
The candidate should be less than
20 years old as on July 1 of the year of application if he belongs to the
general category and should be less than 22 years of age as on July 1 of the
year of application if he belongs to the SC and ST category.

·
The candidate must have cleared
the qualifying exam i.e. 10+2 with a minimum of 50% marks

·
Candidates appearing in the
qualifying exam can also appear.

Finally, let us
look at the eligibility criteria for LSAT before we move on to exam pattern and
syllabus for all three exams.

·
The candidate must have cleared
the qualifying exam i.e. 10+2 with a minimum of 45% marks

Let us now begin
with CLAT exam pattern, duration and syllabus

To begin with the
pattern of CLAT exam lets first see the names of the five subjects/sections in
CLAT. The breakage of marks for each section is given below

Subject	Weightage of marks
English including comprehension	40
General Knowledge and current affairs	50
Elementary maths	20
Legal aptitude	50
Logical reasoning	40
Total marks	200
Marks per correct answer	1
Marks per incorrect answer	-.25 negative marking

The total
duration of the course is 2 hours and the exam will be held in online mode.

The syllabus for
English includes a passage that will be given in the paper and there will be
questions based on the passage, grammar includes correcting the grammar in
incorrect sentences and finally there will be fill in the blanks kind of
questions where you have to find the most suitable word to complete the
sentence.

General knowledge
includes current affairs at both national and international level and static GK

Maths is vast and
includes everything covered up until grade X.

Legal aptitude
includes principle and facts based questions where you have to assume the
veracity of the principle and then apply it to the fact to get to the
conclusion.

Logical reasoning
will include logical links, and rectifying illogical statements, syllogisms,
logical sequence and analogies.

Now let us look
at the exam pattern, duration and syllabus of LSAT. There are 4 sections. The
below table will talk about what the four sections are and the weightage given
to each section

Subject	Weightage of marks
Analytical reasoning	24
First logical reasoning	24
Second logical reasoning	24
Reading comprehension	24
Total marks	96
Marks per question	1
Negative marking	No negative marking

The total
duration of the exam is 2 hours and 20 minutes and one has to finish the first
section in 35 minutes before which the student cannot move on to the next
section which again has to be finished in 35 minutes. Basically, there are 35
minutes allotted to each section and one cannot switch between the sections. The
exam will be held in pen paper mode i.e. offline.

Analytical
reasoning section consists of questions where you have to understand the
structure of relationships and draw logical conclusions. The statements given
explain the relationship which could be between people, things or events.

Logical reasoning
judges one’s ability to analyze and critically evaluate. The questions judge
both logical thinking and legal reasoning. The questions will be logic based where
a passage will be given and based on that there will be a question to be
answered logically.

Reading
comprehension judges a person’s insight and understanding of the given
paragraph. A paragraph will be given and will be followed by a few questions
that one has to answer.

Now finally let
us look at AILET pattern, duration and syllabus

Following table
talks about the weightage of marks per
section

Subject	Weightage of marks
English	35
General Knowledge	35
Maths	10
Legal aptitude	35
Reasoning	35
Total marks	150
Marks per question	1
Negative marking	No negative marking

The total
duration of the course is 1:30 hours and the exam will be held in pen and paper
mode. Now let’s take a look at the AILET syllabus. In the English section there
will be questions based on reading passage, antonyms and synonyms, jumbled
paragraphs, fill in the blanks, and idioms and phrases.

The GK section
includes questions on history, geography, general science, economics, and civics.
This covers static GK and then will be current affairs for last whole year.

Maths syllabus
includes everything one studies till grade XII including and with special
emphasis on profit loss, speed and distance, time and work, algebra, average,
permutation and combination and venn diagrams.

Legal reasoning majorly
includes questions where legal propositions will be stated and one has to apply
the principle to the given facts and arrive at a conclusion

Next up and last
of all is reasoning which basically means logical reasoning here and in this
section some passages will be given based on which logical reasoning questions
will be asked.

The conclusion is
that this is the most basic difference between the CLAT, LSAT and AILET exams
and while CLAT colleges are most coveted, AILET colleges are next in line and
LSAT colleges are still in their budding stage.