The Common Law Admissions Test (CLAT) to be conducted by GNLU Gandhinagar on 11 May 2014, opened its doors to applicants on 1 January 2014.
The application, which can be completed online entirely, is available on the official www.clat.ac.in website.
The re-designed website contains detailed instructions and promises that “question booklets” containing previous years’ CLAT questions will be available for Rs 250 from the website or from one of the 14 national law schools participating in the CLAT.
This year there are a total of 1,660 undergraduate seats available via CLAT national law schools, of which 436 are reserved for state quotas. A total of 794 seats are available in the general list, according to the website.
Last year 29,500 law aspirants applied to the CLAT, which was a year-on-year increase of 15 per cent.
Read last year’s CLAT preference analysis
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It assumes that aspirants in small towns can arrange PDF scans and JPG scans of documents, photographs, signatures, etc.
It also assumes that all aspirants will have computer literacy.
Thus, it is detrimental to many aspirants and against increasing access to legal education. One may even go as afar as to say it is elitist!!
Not to mention that the process has been outsourced to GIPS.
Also, lets just hope NLUs don't start functioning like PSUs!!
The CLAT online process is very cumbersome. I have stated reasons why. I have no difficulty using an online process, but many people have difficulties.
Fisr thing you'll be asked in a mock trial when you make a statement like this is - What's your source for asserting that CAT is cracked in "big number" by people who are actually based in a small town or village (I am not talking of small cities). Do you just think so, or do you have any reliable authority / proof to back you assertion? You may have heard of a dozen people from small backgrounds in IIMs but is that a "big number" as a pecentage?
Note these:
1. Yes, computer literacy is crucial for legal education at the NLUs. But most of us learnt computers after entering lawschool. It is not an eligibility criteria for getting into a NLU. Appreciate that many people come from very small backgrounds and their town/village may not have a scanner facility. Hence my comment.
2. There are entry barriers to various institutions (lawschools, lawfirms, other institutions), both direct and indirect. This online process is an indirect entry barrier for some aspirants who are not as privileged as yourself. You will realize the unjustness of an entry barrier when you face an entry barrier, which mostly act in an elitist manner. CLAT application is elitist in a limited sense, because it inconveniences certain aspirants.
Btw, if you check the IIMs, you'll find very few students from less privileged backgrounds - as a percentage, they are less than people from Tier 1 and 2 cities. Like you, I also do not have any authority for this assertion regarding IIMs, but in case of lawschools, I can tell you from personal exprience that it holds true :)
All the best with CLAT.
Fist thing you'll be asked in a mock trial when you make a statement like this is - What's your source for asserting that CAT is cracked in "big number" by people who are actually based in a small town or village (I am not talking of small cities). Do you just think so, or do you have any reliable authority / proof to back you assertion? You may have heard of a dozen people from small backgrounds in IIMs but is that a "big number" as a percentage?
Note these:
1. Yes, computer literacy is crucial for legal education at the NLUs. But most of us learnt computers after entering lawschool. It is not an eligibility criteria for getting into a NLU. Appreciate that many people come from very small backgrounds and their town/village may not have a scanner facility. Hence my comment.
2. There are entry barriers to various institutions (lawschools, lawfirms, other institutions), both direct and indirect. This online process is an indirect entry barrier for some aspirants who are not as privileged as yourself. You will realize the unjustness of an entry barrier when you face an entry barrier, which mostly act in an elitist manner. CLAT application is elitist in a limited sense, because it inconveniences certain aspirants. Also appreciate the age/maturity gap between CLAT and CAT aspirants.
Btw, if you check the IIMs, you'll find very few students from less privileged backgrounds - as a percentage, they are less than people from Tier 1 and 2 cities. Like you, I also do not have any authority for this assertion regarding IIMs, but in case of lawschools, I can tell you from personal experience that it holds true :)
All the best with CLAT.
1) NLSIU, NUJS, NLU Jodhpur and NLU Orissa are the only law colleges with no "state quota"
2) NLU Bhopal, NLU Raipur and NLU Lucknow, NLU Patna and NLU Ranchi are colleges with the highest "state quotas" of 50% seats.
3)NLU Kochi has one of the most detailed break up of reservation (such as for Ezhava, Backward Hindus, Latin Catholic, Kudumbi, etc. )
4) NALSAR is the only college with reservation for women
5) NLU Ranchi is the only college with no reservation for persons with disabilities
6) NLSIU despite having a smaller intake than NALSAR and NLU Bhopal has a much larger general quota.
www.scribd.com/doc/144607907/Law-School-Apps-Educational-Loan
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