In the last couple of decades, we have seen a sharp increase in demand for law graduates in the country, and the legal field has gained a new momentum with wider scope and meaning through the advent of National Law Universities (NLUs), and with the introduction of Common Law Admission Test (CLAT), in 2008. The current mechanism in place for entrance test of law courses for all the institutions imparting legal education in the country is through a national-level common entrance test conducted by 18 National Law Universities that undertake the CLAT exam on a rotation basis, open to students of all streams.
Challenges
But, the problem arises when a new or an emerging national law university, with little or no experience of conducting entrance exams,…