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First rare word from CLAT convenor in 10 days: Correction that HC did not force answer key disclosure (but why RML did still unclear after CLAT website edited)

Compared promises
Compared promises
The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 secretariat yesterday clarified that it was under no obligation to publish the CLAT 2015 question papers and answer keys on CLAT’s website, despite only having made the publication after receiving requests from several candidates and a court case demanding the keys.

At least 6 answers in CLAT key are almost certainly wrong: CLAT ‘expert committee’ to examine test again, more delays expected

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 first merit list has been delayed indefinitely after publication of the exam’s question paper and answer key on CLAT’s website yesterday attracted complaints of errors in the paper and the key from several candidates.

CLAT publishes answer keys after writ, but errors and more alleged [CLARIFICATION]

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 question paper and answer key was published on the exam’s official website yesterday, following a 25 May Allahabad high court order in a writ praying for directions to the CLAT 2015 convenor to publish the question paper o CLAT’s website. Clarification : RML...

CLAT 2015 allotments late, scheduled tomorrow after technical & other issues with reservations

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015’s first university allotment list will be released tomorrow (2 June), according to a notification on CLAT’s website, after having originally been scheduled to be released yesterday (31 May). The notification stated: “Due to some technical reasons, publicatio...

Nalsar 2015 final campus recruitments: RCC gets jobs for all 52 out of 74, half go to BigLaw

Nalsar Hyderabad’s class of 74 LLB students graduating this year have secured 52 jobs with domestic and foreign law firms, in house, Big Four consulting and other organizations. Khaitan & Co and Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas were the largest recruiters from the batch.

HC [maybe] orders CLAT convenor to publish mysteriously missing question papers [CLARIFICATION]

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 convenor RMLNLU Lucknow will have to publish the question paper and a full merit list of candidates of the CLAT 2015, on CLAT’s website, as per Tuesday’s Allahabad high court order.

Jindal law student gang rape case: Jaising gets SC action over 'shoddy' police work, 'political pressure'

The Supreme Court today issued notice to three students of Jindal Global Law School in Sonepat, Haryana, who are accused of sexually assaulting a junior BBA/MBA course student . The notice will be served on the three students - Hardik Sikri, Vikas Garg and Karan Chhabra - through jail superintendent...

Jindal law school wins v Singapore at NLS Arbitration Moot 2015, now 9th in MPL

MPL 6: Rocking it.
MPL 6: Rocking it.
JGLS Sonepat has emerged as the winner of 8th NLS Trilegal International Arbitration Moot 2015 defeating National University of Singapore in the finals.

CLAT 2015 everything you gotta know: Highs, lows, winners, predicted cut-offs and what to do now

Singh
Singh
CLAT is one exam which always keeps itself in the news for a variety of reasons and this year was no different. IMS CLAT tracker and teacher Rajneesh Singh shares some of the highs and lows and how to proceed.

HNLU 2015 batch wins jobs for 58 students out of 146: 3 Cyril Amarchand, Trilegal, Wadia G; 2 Khaitan

HNLU Raipur placed 58 students in this year’s graduating batch of 146 students with corporate and litigation law firms, advocates, legal process outsourcing companies (LPO), government departments and CLAT coaching centres.

Clat rank 30: IDIA diversity scholar from Kerala gets into NLSIU

The Increasing Diversity by Increasing Access (IDIA) to legal education initiative has already clinched an NLSIU Bangalore seat this year, with its Kerala scholar Yamuna Menon attaining rank 30 in the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 results. CLAT 2015 was the second CLAT attempt for Menon who ...

Nalsar increases batch size by 50% to 120 students to meet BCI norms [UPDATE-1]

Nalsar Hyderabad has increased its batch size from 80 to 120 students from this year, after having been in violation of a Bar Council of India (BCI) rule on batch sizes for up to nine years.

CLAT 2015 results are out

The results for the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) are out on the official website (click here).

Please share in the comments how you did or have any queries.

Ready to go: NLU Mumbai gets TISS campus for 29 students & launches website

NLU Mumbai launched its website, shifted to a new temporary campus and closed registration for its June 2015 entrance exam.

RTI’d minutes of BCI reveal how multi-crore bar exam contract was awarded to mystery 5th bidder ITeS Horizon #longread

ITES Horizon: ca 2012
ITES Horizon: ca 2012
The BCI’s 2012 meeting minutes regarding the All India Bar Exam (AIBE) have revealed details of the process by which the contract to conduct the fourth and subsequent AIBEs was awarded to ITeS Horizon.

CLAT: 10 ways to misuse your precious final days and hours before & during the CLAT

Age of stupid
Age of stupid
The CLAT is this Sunday (10th May 2015 at 3pm). There are only a few hours left but there are many ways to waste them.

Delhi Univ to be inspected (yet again) by BCI for Rs 4.5 lakh to avert shut-down

The Delhi University’s law schools will again undergo inspection by the Bar Council of India (BCI), which will decide if it can approve the use of a single new campus building by the three law centres. DU has also set up a committee to look into its law centres’ shortcomings and report back in three weeks.

Shimla to get national law school with Rs 400 cr budget

Himachal Pradesh will build a National Law University (NLU) in Ghanahatti near Shimla for Rs 400 crore, according to Himachal Pradesh high court chief justice Mansoor Ahmed Mir, reported the PTI . He said that an ordinance would be passed soon, followed by a bill in the state assembly, which would c...

NLU Jodhpur wins best oralist at Stetson Florida moot, makes it to quarters with NUJS

MPL 6: Rocking it.
MPL 6: Rocking it.
The 19th Annual Stetson International Environmental Moot Court Competition, held in Gulfport, Florida, from April 16-18, 2015 saw splendid performance from the four teams representing India.

CLAT 2015 gets busy but not so old: 40k candidates, most from UP, but only 400 ‘mature’ applicants

The Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) 2015 will be attempted by 39,686 candidates for around 1700 undergraduate (UG) seats in 16 of India’s National Law Universities (NLU) on 10 May, while 5514 CLAT 2015 candidates will compete for LLM seats in the NLUs.