CLAT Exam Counseling 2025 – The Consortium of NLUs has released CLAT 2025 seat allotment for Round II on June 4, 2025. The seat allotment has been published online at consortiumofnlus.ac.in. CLAT allotment is made considering NLU preferences opted by the candidate, CLAT 2025 merit rank, category, and seats available.
The direct link to check the seat allotment is given below.
Candidates who are allotted seats in Round II must pay the seat-confirmation fee from June 4 to June 9, 2025 (1 pm).
Seat allotment for Round I was announced on May 26, 2025. The registrations for CLAT 2025 counseling was conducted from 4 pm, May 17, to 5 om, May 21, 2025.
CLAT 2025 counseling has THREE seat allotment rounds. The 3rd and final seat allotment will be announced on June 20, 2025.
The counseling of CLAT is conducted online, as a centralized seat allotment process. Candidates who have qualified CLAT 2025 exam can participate in the counseling. As part of the counseling registration, the candidate had to get registered, pay the CLAT 2025 counseling fee, and lock choices (of colleges in the order of priority).
The CLAT 2025 counseling registration fee is INR 30, 000 (SC, ST, OBC, and PwD candidates need to pay only INR 2000).
The CLAT 2025 exam was conducted on December 1, 2024.
Latest Updates:
- Round II – CLAT 2025 Seat Allotment Announced (OUT) – Download Here
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- CLAT 2025 Result Declared – Download Scorecard Here
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CLAT Exam Counseling 2025 – Highlights
| Particulars | Description |
| Counseling Registration | May 17, (4 pm) to May 21, 2025 (5 pm) |
| Round I Seat Allotment | May 26, 2025 at 10:00 A.M |
| Payment of Confirmation Fee | May 26, 2025 to 1:00 P.M. on May 30, 2025 |
| Round II Seat Allotment | June 4, 2025 |
| Payment of Confirmation Fee | June 04, 2025 to 1:00 P.M. on June 09, 2025 |
| Conducting body | The Consortium of NLUs |
| Mode | Online The counseling is being conducted as an online, centralized seat-allotment process. |
| Counseling registration fee | INR 30,000 ST/ SC/ OBC/ BC/ EWS/ PWD categories are required to pay INR 20,000 only. |
| Who can participate in CLAT counseling | The candidate must have secured a valid rank in CLAT 2025 Additionally, the candidate must meet CLAT 2025 eligibility criteria specified for the exam (explained in detail below) |
| Basis of CLAT seat allotment | The seat allotment will depend on: CLAT 2025 merit rank of the candidate College options opted and their order of priority Category under which admission is sought Seats available |
| Information included in CLAT 2025 seat allotment result | CLAT 2025 seat allotment will be released for all the participating institutes in downloadable PDF format. The seat allotment document includes the following information: The seat allotment Round Admit card No. of Allotted candidates All India Rank of the allotted candidates Category of seat allotment |
| Post seat-allotment options | Candidates who have been allotted a seat must exercise any of the following options: Freeze Float, or Exit If the candidate doesn’t exercise of these options, their candidature will be cancelled. |
| Seat-confirmation fee | To freeze or exercise the float option, the candidate has to pay a Non-Refundable Confirmation Fee of Rs. 20,000. Note: The seat-confirmation fee and counseling fee will be adjusted with the University Fee to be paid to the NLU. |
| Useful Resources | CLAT 2025 – Official Counseling Instructions |
CLAT 2025 Counseling Schedule
The detailed counseling schedule of CLAT 2025 is given below.
CLAT Counseling 2025 – Eligibility Criteria for Participation
To participate in the CLAT 2025 counseling, the candidate must have passed the CLAT 2025 exam and secured a rank.
Additionally, the candidate must meet the following conditions:
- The candidate must have passed 10+2 or an equivalent exam with a minimum of 45% (SC/ST/PwD categories) marks or its equivalent in grade.
- Candidates appearing for the qualifying exam in March/ April, 2025 are also eligible to apply. However, they must produce evidence of their passing the qualifying examination at the time of admission, failing which they may be disqualified.
Also Read:
- How to Prepare for CLAT
- CLAT Colleges 2025 – List of NLUs and Affiliated Law Colleges
- CLAT Question Papers
CLAT Counseling 2025 – Step-wise Process
The counseling for CLAT 2025 will be conducted online. The Consortium of NLUs will conduct centralized counseling for the participating CLAT 2025 institutes.
In the current edition of the exam, the 5-year LLB program is offered by 25 NLUs, while the one-year LLM program is available at 21 NLUs.
Step-wise CLAT 2025 Counseling process
- Register for Counseling – The candidate needs to log-in to the candidate account using their mobile number and password. Next click on the counseling link.
- Enter NLU preferences – Depending on the program opted for admission, the candidate has to select their NLU preferences. The entries must be in the order of priority.
- Pay the counseling fee – Next, pay the CLAT 2025 counseling fee
- Publication of CLAT 2025 Invite List – Based on the options entered by the candidate and other factors like merit rank, category, and seat available, the consortium will publish an invite list. The invite list will be sent via email/ SMS. The candidate can also check the status by logging into the candidate portal.
How to Register for CLAT Counseling 2025
The candidate can register for CLAT 2025 counseling following the steps mentioned below. The registration process will be conducted online.
Eligibility and Invitation for CLAT Counseling 2025
Eligibility criteria to participate in counseling
Eligible candidates will be invited to participate in the CLAT 2025 admissions counselling process in accordance with the CLAT 2025 rank list and the admissions matrix provided by each NLU.
Invitations for counseling
Eligible candidates will receive:
- An email invitation to participate in the admissions counselling process at their registered email address
- an SMS at their registered mobile number; and
- an invitation on their CLAT 2025 portal
Candidate’s validation for participation in CLAT Counseling 2025 – Mandatory
Login to the CLAT 2025 applicant account and validate that you have been invited for counselling during each round.
The consortium will not take responsibility for any undelivered emails/SMSs.
So, make sure that you check your emails, sms’s, and CLAT 2025 accounts for any invitation from the consortium.
Register for CLAT Counseling 2025
Follow these steps to register for CLAT Counseling 2025
- Update NLU Preference – Log-in to your CLAT 2025 account. If you have been invited for counselling, you will see a “Update NLU Preferences” button. The consortium recommends that you provide a minimum of 15 preferences. Note that if you don’t select an NLU as one of the preferences, you won’t be considered for allotment in that institute even if vacancies are available. You can update the preferences as many times you want until the closure of the counselling registration. Also, you can only move up to the higher preferences and can not go down in the preferences given.
- Pay the Counseling Registration Fee – The candidate has to next pay the counseling fee (refundable) through the CLAT 2025 candidate account. Don’t wait till the last minute to make payments to avoid payment related issues.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2025 – Freeze, Float, and Exit Options
Candidates who have been allotted a seat at any NLU must exercise any of the ‘Freeze’, ‘Float’, or ‘Exit’ options.
If the candidate doesn’t choose any of these options, then they will lose the currently allocated seat. Further, they can’t participate in subsequent CLAT 2025 counseling processes.
CLAT Seat Allotment 2025 – Freeze Option
| Particulars | Description |
| When to use the freeze option? | If the candidate is satisfied with the allotted seat, accepts it, and is not interested in participating in further rounds of seat allocation/ counselling, they may ‘Freeze’ the seat allocation |
| How to freeze a seat? | To ‘Freeze’ a seat in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th round of counselling, you must pay the CLAT 2025 seat confirmation fee of INR 20,000 (Twenty thousand) within the stipulated time. |
| Will I be considered for subsequent rounds if I opt for the freeze option? | A candidate who selects the Freeze Option and pays the confirmation fee will NOT be considered in subsequent rounds of counselling. |
| Availability of the freeze option | The ‘Freeze’ option will be available for all the five rounds of counselling. However, the ‘Float’ option is available only till the Fourth round (explained in detail below). |
CLAT Seat Allotment 2025 – Float Option
| Particulars | Description |
| When to use the float option? | If the candidate has not been allotted their first preference NLU and chooses to leave ‘open’ the possibility of getting a higher preference NLU seat they may choose the ‘Float’ Option. |
| How to opt for the float option? | To exercise the Float Option in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th round of counselling, you must pay the confirmation fee of Rs. 20,000 (Twenty thousand) within the time stipulated. |
| Will I be considered for subsequent rounds if I opt for the freeze option? | Under the Float Option, you may hold the seat allotted to you, and if you are allotted a higher preference NLU seat in a subsequent counselling round, you can move to that more preferred NLU. Further, if you select a higher preference seat, the previous allocation will automatically get cancelled. |
| Availability of the float option | The ‘Float’ option will be available till the Fourth round of counselling |
CLAT Seat Allotment 2025 – Exit Option
| Particulars | Description |
| When to use the Exit option? | If at any time after completing the registration, you don’t want to participate in the counselling process, you can choose the ‘Exit’ option. If you have chosen a Float or Freeze Option prior to the Exit option, the seat allocated to you will be reallocated to some other candidate and the confirmation fee will be forfeited. No candidate will be allotted a seat after choosing the Exit option. |
Sample CLAT Seat Allotment or Merit List
A sample seat allotment for CLAT exam is given below for the reference of the candidate.
CLAT Result 2025
The Consortium of NLUs declared the revised results of CLAT 2025 on May 17, 2025. The results, which were earlier declared December 7, were withdrawn,
The candidate can check their results by logging into the portal using their CLAT application number/ Admit Card Number and Date of Birth.
The CLAT results include details like sectional and overall score, merit rank, and qualifying status.