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CLAT 2008 will be entirely objective. The exam is going to be held on a much larger scale and it is not possible by the organisers to evaluate subjective-type questions, especially when the competition level is going to be rather stiff. When the cut-off is going to vary by half or three-quarters of a mark, it is not fair to have subjective questions. CAT, CET… every test is objective. This does not mean that there will be dilution of standards" says NLSIU Vice-Chancellor A. Jayagovind. in a recent interview to The Hindu
Some prestigious law colleges in the country will come together on May 11 to conduct the
Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) . With this, for the first time in the country, admission to seven national law schools will be through a common entrance examination. These institutions are located in Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, Jodhpur, Raipur and Gandhinagar. Apart from them, the law colleges in Patna, Lucknow and Patiala will use the
CLAT score for admission.
Each of the seven schools will get a chance to conduct the annual examination by rotation. This year, it is the turn of the National Law School of India University, Bangalore.
On being asked if CLAT would improve the quality of legal education or help streamline law education in the country, the VC replied, "With
CLAT, the standard of students seeking legal education will definitely improve. I am hoping that all leading law schools in the country will join. I do not mean just colleges in the government sector, but also prestigious and quality institutions such as ILF-Pune. For instance, in the U.S., they have LSAT. If there is an integrated law entrance procedure, naturally the students will compete and get better. And as for the NLS, obviously the quality of students will be better if the “catchment area” becomes the entire country."
Until last year, students had to sit for separate entrance tests and also had to pay Rs. 1,000 for each exam. Application forms are now available for Rs. 2,000, which will considerably reduce the financial burden on students. Previously students had to write several exams and travel to different centres.
Most of these
National Law Schools have applicants from all over the country.
This common test will make it much less cumbersome for students.
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