CLAT PG Syllabus and Exam Pattern for LLM Admission

CLAT PG exam pattern

There is no separate descriptive section in the current format. Earlier cycles had an essay part, so if you are using older guides, ignore advice about writing essays for CLAT PG.

Subjects in the syllabus of CLAT PG

The official list names constitutional law first and then these twelve: jurisprudence, administrative law, law of contract, torts, family law, criminal law, property law, company law, public international law, tax law, environmental law, and labour and industrial law. The Consortium does not publish marks per subject.

What each area usually covers

• Constitutional law: fundamental rights and their limits, directive principles, the Union and state legislatures, the executive, the judiciary and its writ powers, centre state relations, emergency provisions, amendments and the basic structure
• Jurisprudence: schools of legal thought, sources of law, rights and duties, ownership, possession, personality and liability
• Administrative law: delegated legislation, natural justice, judicial review of administrative action, tribunals and the liability of the State
• Contract: offer, acceptance, consideration, capacity, free consent, void and voidable agreements, breach and remedies, plus indemnity, guarantee, bailment and agency
• Torts: negligence, nuisance, defamation, strict and absolute liability, vicarious liability and consumer protection themes
• Criminal law: general principles of criminal liability, general exceptions, offences affecting the human body and offences relating to property, and the procedure and evidence ideas tied to them under the new criminal law codes and the older laws they replaced
• Family law: marriage, divorce, maintenance, adoption, guardianship and succession under the personal laws
• Property law: transfer of property, sale, mortgage, lease, gift and easements
• Company law: incorporation, directors, meetings, share capital, corporate governance and winding up or insolvency
• Public international law: sources, treaties, state recognition, state responsibility, law of the sea, human rights and the United Nations
• Tax law: basic principles of income tax and GST
• Environmental law: constitutional provisions, pollution and forest statutes, the polluter pays and precautionary principles, and green tribunals
• Labour and industrial law: industrial disputes, trade unions, wages, social security and the labour codes

How questions are framed

Recent CLAT PG papers have been built around short passages on legal issues, each with a cluster of items that test whether you can apply the principle in the passage, spot the ratio of a judgment or link it to a provision you already know. Important court decisions, recent amendments and new statutes are therefore part of the syllabus in practice, even though the official list names only subjects. The format page does not fix the number of passages, so practise with the sample paper the Consortium releases.

Where to put more time

Constitutional law is the only subject named on its own, and it ties into administrative law, environmental law and even labour law questions through fundamental rights. Make it your strongest area. After that, give early time to jurisprudence and criminal law and the other core papers that also appear in UGC NET law, because they are conceptual and do not change much. Tax, company and labour law can be covered with a focus on principles and recent landmark rulings rather than every section.

Six month plan for the CLAT PG syllabus

1. Month 1: constitutional law in depth with landmark judgments.
2. Month 2: jurisprudence, administrative law and criminal law.
3. Month 3: contract, torts and family law.
4. Month 4: property, company and tax law.
5. Month 5: public international, environmental, and labour and industrial law, plus a running file of recent Supreme Court and High Court rulings.
6. Month 6: two complete timed mocks a week, a close look at each error, and revision of your case file.

Study material in general terms

Your LL.B. textbooks and the bare acts are the foundation. Add the full text or reliable summaries of important judgments, especially Constitution bench decisions. Read a legal news digest each day for amendments and rulings. The sample paper the Consortium puts on its website shows the passage style best.

Eligibility in short

An LL.B. or equivalent law degree is the base requirement. Recent brochures set the floor at 50 percent, relaxed to 45 for SC, ST and PwD applicants, and those still in their last LL.B. year may apply provided they pass before admission. CLAT PG has no maximum age. Full rules are on our CLAT eligibility page, and the confirmed figures are always in the current brochure.