I am a 30 year old sports professional from Mumbai. I want to pursue law degree as it will help me in my career. Do I need to take CLAT?
I have scored 50% M.Com (Mumbai University), 58% B.Com (Mumbai University), JAIIB - 2nd Class, Diploma in football management (Western India Football Association - Skillanation).
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According to the Supreme Court's order of March 2017, any law aspirant can fill the application form for CLAT irrespective of their age. Hence, there is no age bar for CLAT application form hereon.
However, CLAT is not a compulsory exam to do law. Only students who wish to pursue law from National Law Universities (and Universities that take law into consideration for admission) should sit for CLAT. Reputation of NLUs is par excellence and for all the right reasons. The curriculum is exhaustive and the placement scenario is much better than most other law college.
However, if NLU is not the only option for you, you should also sit for o...more -
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Konatham Abhishek If you do not go to the end, why to start? | Scholar-Level 17
6 years agoAccording to the Supreme Court's order of March 2017, any law aspirant can fill the application form for CLAT irrespective of their age. Hence, there is no age bar for CLAT application form hereon. However, CLAT is not a compulsory exam to do law. Only students who wish to pursue law from National Law Universities (and Universities that take law into consideration for admission) should sit for CLAT. Reputation of NLUs is par excellence and for all the right reasons. The curriculum is exhaustive and the placement scenario is much better than most other law college. -
Let me tell you that CLAT is a common law admission test for students who aspire to get into any of the 18 National Law Universities in India. The law degree from NLUs matter a lot, and if you are interested to pursue law in NLU, CLAT is compulsory.
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Hi,
I would appreciate your decision and it will surely help you get good career opportunities.
CLAT is a common entrance test for the National Law colleges across India. Based on the score in the exam you get college. So if you wish to take admission in the National Law College/ University, You need to go for CLAT which I would suggest you to take. The national colleges offer a great career opportunities and you having sports background, you will surely get a good scope for continuing your sports as well.
Apart from CLAT or the national colleges, there are many top private colleges that you could option for.
They are as follows-
1. Aligar...more
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