CLAT 2018 Calendar

Sl. No. Description of Specific Activities Date and Day

20th December, 2017
1 Date of Issue of Admission Notification
(Wednesday)
Date of commencement of submission of online
1st January, 2018
2 application form along with the order of preferences
(Monday)
for NLUs
Last date for submission of filled-in online
31st March, 2018
3 application form along with the order of preferences
(Saturday)
for NLUs

Commencement of downloading of Admit 20th April, 2018

4
Cards/Hall Tickets (Friday)
13th May, 2018 (Sunday)
5 Date of CLAT 2018 online Examination
from 03:00 pm to 05:00 pm
15th May, 2018
a. Date of uploading the Answer Key
(Tuesday)
b. Representation, if any, relating to the exam, 16 May – 18th May, 2018
th

questions or key (Wednesday – Friday)

c. Date for uploading the amended answer key 26th May, 2018
(if required) (Saturday)
Declaration of results, i.e., issue of Merit List 31st May, 2018
6
(Category-wise) (Thursday)

Publication of the first indicative seat allocation list 7th June, 2018
7
based on merit-cum-preference (Thursday)
8 Date for payment of counselling fee of Rs. 50,000/- 8th June – 12th June, 2018
(Rupees Fifty thousand only) (Friday – Tuesday)

Note: The candidates failing to deposit the required

fees by the specified date will forfeit their right to be
considered for admission in CLAT 2018 and their
names will be dropped from the CLAT 2018 Merit
List. Date for locking of allotted seats or exercising
option for shifting against the next indicative seat
allocation list.

Publication of the second allotment list after 16th June, 2018

9
payment of counselling fee. (Saturday)
Date for payment of counselling fee for the
17th June – 19th June, 2018
10 candidates whose names appear for the first time in
(Sunday – Tuesday)
the second provisional allotment list
 Date for locking of allotted seats after exercising
17th June – 19th June, 2018
11 option for shifting or withdrawing from the
(Sunday – Tuesday)
admission process against the second allotment list.
12 Last date of withdrawal from the Admission 19th June, 2018
Process. (Tuesday)

a. There shall be no refund of counselling fee

after the last date of withdrawal from
admission process i.e., 19th June, 2018

b. The counselling fee of those candidates who

withdraw up to 19th June, 2018, will be
refunded after deducting Rs. 10,000/-
24th June ,2018
13 Publication of the third allotment list
(Sunday)
Payment of full fees by the candidates whose name
14 appear for the first time in the third allotment list to
the allotted Universities 28th – 30th June, 2018
Candidates to complete the admission formalities at (Thursday - Saturday)
15 the allotted NLU’s for admission against allotment
list.
Date for receiving status of admissions from the 4th July, 2018
16
participating NLU (s) in the CLAT Office (Wednesday)
Date of closure of admission process by the CLAT 6th July, 2018
17
2018 Office (Friday)
Note: After the closure of the CLAT Office, vacancy if any, in any NLU will be
filled by the respective NLU at their own level from the CLAT list in the order of
merit as per the Rules and Regulations of the participating Universities.