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2nd round of CLAT college allocations are out (but overall list still secret & password protected)

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 has released the second university seat allocation for undergraduates and postgraduates, with individual results again only accessible by candidates with their username and password.

Which state did best in CLAT 2015? 4 charts prove Karnataka is king of CLAT, while UP, Bihar underperform

Ranked by state
Ranked by state
Legally India has crunched the numbers in the first merit list into a table that will tell you which states performed best at the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) this year.

CLAT listens, publishes full merit list: Top 3 scores 30 marks less than last year at only 140-ish

Complete rank list now out
Complete rank list now out
In a bid at transparency, the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 has published the complete second revised merit list of all candidates for download on its website now, after days of hiding individual results behind individual usernames and passwords.

Did CLAT 2015 infringe copyright by plagiarising questions? SpicyIP thinks maybe yes

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 paper-setters may have breached the copyright of an online portal and Common Admission Test (CAT) guidebooks, in addition to committing a cognizable offence under the Information Technology Act 2000, argues SpicyIP . All but 15 out of 153 questions in CLAT 2...

Agonised parent pleads with CLAT schools: ‘Rectifying an omission is better than commissioning injustice’

A CLAT-aspirant’s parent, who has requested anonymity, has written an open letter pleading with the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) committee members to correct incorrect questions.

Long-awaited postgrad CLAT seat allocations now live it seems (but still password protected)

The postgraduate “first seat allocation” is now live on the clat.ac.in website.

HC hits CLAT with writ over 15 wrong questions, wanting publication of merit list now [UPDATE-1: READ COPY PASTE ERRORS]

Jaipur bench to hear CLAT appeal
Jaipur bench to hear CLAT appeal
A writ petition has been filed in the Rajasthan high court’s Jaipur bench by a Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 applicant, claiming that at least 15 questions remained obviously incorrect or were impossible, after having asked senior counsel and other experts to try and solve them.

Quadruple global glory: NUJS wins ELSA moot in Geneva v Jodhpur | Nalsar wins Man Lachs Asia v NLU Delhi

MPL 6: Rocking it.
MPL 6: Rocking it.
Two Indian teams scored huge points internationall and in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6 sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills recently at the ELSA and Manfred Lachs Space Moot Asia Pacific round.

CLAT uploads password protected 'first indicative seat allocations' (despite massive remaining question marks over scoring)

The CLAT committee has published the “first indicative seat allocation” for undergraduate students on its website.

These 2 graphs of our survey won’t explain the torrent of abuse, fear & loathing CLAT takers left in the comments

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Approximately 80% of applicants surveyed saw increases in CLAT scores, while only around 5% saw decreases in their scores, with 40% getting 2.5 points or more from 2 cancelled questions.

Angry CLATers open letter: 135 out of 150 questions plagiarised, but managed to get 20 answers wrong, allege bias

This is in continuation of the previous open letter written by us. After we pointed out 22 genuine errors in the question paper, the CLAT authorities with-held the result and appointed an expert committee to look upon the errors. We were a bit hopeful about the same. Now, when the new result has been published, the CLAT authorities have proved their insincerity and have shown that they have conducted an All India Level examination with a lackadaisical attitude.

2 dodgy CLAT questions cancelled (but here are some other obvious errors the expert committee utterly ignored)

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The CLAT committee’s Dr. JD Gangwar has announced that 6 questions had incorrect model answers in the 2015 paper and two were cancelled completely.

Confirmed - CLAT 2015 score re-adjustments are happening: Share whether yours went up or down to get some transparency

According to several reports, students who log in to download their Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) results are getting different results to before by up to a few points. It is understood that no official announcement has been made on the official CLAT website. http://clat.ac.in/?page_id=561 Update...

2015 NUJS batch of 106 secures 100% placements, ‘overwhelming’ 78 jobs through RCC

NUJS 2015 batch
NUJS 2015 batch
NUJS Kolkata’s class of 106 students graduating this year secured 78 jobs on and off campus, all 78 jobs being bagged by the 78 students who participated in on-campus recruitment (CRC).

NLU Delhi’s AILET probably had only 1 dubious question & 1 error in answer key so far

The answer key of the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2015 for entry into NLU Delhi’s LLB program, has two errors which have not been corrected, but the result of the exam has been published.

NLU-J lead in MPL widens as it & NLIU Bhopal get to semis of ICC trial & Commonwealth moot Glasgow

MPL 6: Rocking it.
MPL 6: Rocking it.
NLIU Bhopal and NLU Jodhpur both performed well in international moots, with Jodhpur extending its lead considerably in the Mooting Premier League (MPL) 6, sponsored by Herbert Smith Freehills.

Confessions of a ‘Slut’: On harrassment that happens on campuses but not enough people talk about [via Glasnost] #longread

NLU Delhi campaigns against sexism
NLU Delhi campaigns against sexism
Law student Aarushi Mahajan wrote a powerful piece in NLU Delhi’s Independent Student Newspaper Glasnost about her and other women’s experiences on the campus of one of India’s top national law schools.

Keep calm: CLAT convenor says committed to transparency, ready to admit mistakes, candidates won’t lose

CLAT 2015
CLAT 2015
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 secretariat has promised that CLAT 2015 candidates will not be the sufferers of any errors that may be found in the CLAT 2015 LLM and LLB question papers.

These 30 out of 200 official answers in CLATaclysm 2015 may be wrong, say 2 experts & group of students. So, what now?

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Three independent parties interested in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 have gone through the CLAT with a fine toothcomb, trying to figure out which questions could be wrong.

CLAT aspirant’s concerned dad: With great power comes great responsibility so why was the CLAT rubbish (again) this year?

An anonymous and concerned CLAT aspirant’s father rails against the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015, which, as last year, was of a disturbingly low quality, containing a number of wrong questions, wrong answers, printing errors, and grammatical and spelling errors, even if we don’t argue about the general low quality of this copy-paste exercise.

Even copy-paste requires careful verification of every single word that one copies from somewhere.