CLAT 2026 Preparation Guide – Exam Pattern & Strategy

CLAT (Common Law Admission Test) is the national entrance exam for undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes at 24 National Law Universities across India.

CLAT 2026 Exam Sections

• English Language – Comprehension passages, grammar, vocabulary
• Current Affairs & GK – National and international events, legal news
• Legal Reasoning – Apply given legal principles to fact situations
• Logical Reasoning – Argument analysis, assumption-conclusion
• Quantitative Techniques – Class 10-level Maths and data interpretation

CLAT 2026 Preparation Tips

• Read one quality newspaper daily to build current affairs and reading speed
• Practise at least 10 legal reasoning passages per day
• Build a monthly current affairs digest and revise it weekly
• Work on reading comprehension speed — passages are long and time is tight
• Take at least one timed full-length CLAT mock test every week