CLAT Counselling 2026: Schedule, Registration, Round 1 Seat Allotment in top NLUs

CLAT Counselling 2026: As the CLAT 2026 results are announced, the Consortium of NLUs has started the CLAT Counselling Registration 2026 on December 16. Eligible candidates can register for CLAT Counselling 2026 till December 27, 2025. The seat allotment for first round will be declared on January 7, 2026, at 10 AM. The counselling process for CLAT 2026 exam will be conducted in three rounds. 

Students who qualified in CLAT 2026 will be eligible to participate in the counselling process by paying the required fee. The counselling fee for CLAT 2026 is Rs 30,000 for the general category and Rs 20,000 for the reserved category. Only the candidates who scored above the minimum marks required in the CLAT result will be invited for counselling. Selected students must accept/decline the offered college and seat for the next applicant to be contacted for those positions. 

LATEST UPDATES

The CLAT exam 2026 is scheduled on December 7, 2025.

Last Updated 10th October 2025

The last date to register for CLAT 2026 is October 31, 2025. Candidates can apply through the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in.

Last Updated 10th October 2025

CLAT 2025 Admit Card Out at consortiumofnlus.ac.in

Last Updated 10th October 2025

Also Read: CLAT Result 2026

Latest Updates: 

• CLAT 2026 Registration Begins at the official website - consortiumofnlus.ac.in. 

CLAT Counselling 2026

The CLAT counselling functions on the following rounds: registration, CLAT result, and seat allotment. The shortlisted students will need to accept the given seat and college or forfeit it so that the next candidate in line can be called for the same. The CLAT 2026 counselling process will be held in three rounds until all of the participating NLUs' seats are occupied.

Below are the highlights of the CLAT counselling -

Read More: CLAT Final Answer Key 2026

CLAT Counselling 2026 Dates 

Candidates participating in CLAT counselling can check the counselling schedule in the table below.

CLAT Counselling 2026: Registration

Before the eligible students get to participate in the counselling round, they are required to register for it by paying a sum of fee. Each of the shortlisted candidates has been invited to register on the official NLU website. Five college preferences will be available at the time of registration. Note that after the deadline for CLAT counselling registration, candidates won't be able to make any modifications. Only applicants who take part in CLAT Counselling 2026 will be considered eligible for the seat allocation process.

How to register for the counselling process?

After the declaration of the result, students must check their scorecards, and eligible students will be asked to register for the counselling process based on merit and the invite lists. Furthermore, they will be asked to select any 5 NLUs according to their preference. The candidate's rank and test scores will be taken into account while considering their preferences at the time of counselling. After students will be done selecting their preferred choices, they will be asked to pay the fee after which the registration will be completed. The entire process will be done on the official website only.

Also Read: CLAT 2026 Admit Card

CLAT Counselling Registration Fee

As discussed earlier, students will need to pay a counselling registration fee which will be INR 30,000. A candidate will be given a total reimbursement of Rs. 30,000 without any deductions if they are unsuccessful in getting a seat in any of the NLUs. While a candidate would only receive a partial refund of Rs. 20,000 if they decide to withdraw from the CLAT Counselling Process or do not accept any of the seats given in any of the three lists announced by the Consortium. Additionally, only Rs. 20,000 would be returned if a candidate proves to be ineligible based on the documents or information they have submitted.

CLAT Counselling 2026: Seat Allotment

After the merit list is declared, the seat allotment process will begin. For the year 2026, there will be a total of 5 seat allotment rounds. Check below to know the dates for the same.

CLAT Counselling 2026: Required Documents

The following documents would be required when the CLAT 2026 counselling begins.-

• Marks sheets (Class 10th and 12th)
• Caste Certificate (If applicable)
• NRI Certificate and Sponsored NRI Certificate (If applicable)
• Specially-Abled Certificate (If applicable)
• Domicile Certificate (If applicable)
• Call Letter issued by CLAT Exam authority
• Recent passport-size photo
• CLAT Application Form
• CLAT Admit Card 
• CLAT Score Card 

Check: CLAT 2026 Cut-Off

CLAT Counselling 2026: Opening and Closing ranks 

Meanwhile, students can check the first seat allotment list of different colleges participating in CLAT 2024:

CLAT 2026 Second Seat Allotment List