Sanmati Awasthi's Review On Himachal Pradesh National Law University - [HPNLU], Shimla

I gave the CLAT exam with the aim to enter one of the national law universities. However, my utmost priority was to apply for HPNLU for it's locational benefits and for it's recommendation to me by acquaintences....Read More

So , basically one of the main reason why I chose this college was because of the location, it creates an environment in which a student can study easily. Moreover it is the fastest growing NLU and also lots of moot court competition and ADR competition are conducted which gives exposure to students....Read More

HPNLU is a associated with and is a part of the Consortium of NLUs' and thus selects students based on their ranks through the national exam conducted by the Consortium called "CLAT" (Common Law Admission Test) which one can attempt after completing their 12th grade with a min. of 45%. The cut-off was 2200-2800 for General and went upto 30,000 for NRI and SC/ST castes. There is domicile applicable to 25% of its seats. Vanacies shall arise after the counselling process is over, in case you're not allotted an university by the 5th round. The tests consisted of 150 questions which has been recently reduced to 120 questions containing the sections of GK, Maths, English, Legal Aptitude and Logical Reasoning....Read More

I did not apply to any other college. I got this college based on my rank. I only gave Clat. I chose this because it is what I got. When I was allotted this college via tha allotment system, I chose to get feedback about it. I mostly got positive feedback for HPNLU. However, one of the senior who graduated back in 2022 asked me to choose another college due to the restrictive access this college has. I did not apply to any college as such. As soon as you're alloted HPNLU, you must submit the required fees within the required time as mentioned by the administration in the admission form. You must fill the admission form on the ERP. ERP is a section on HPNLU Website. One must fill all the necessary details asked and these shouldn't be false. These details are to be updated each year to ensure transparency. To get admission into NLUs one must pass Common Law Admission Test. The admission depends on the rank that you've secured....Read More

CLAT is the national level entrance examination for law universities. So, HPNLU also takes admission through this. If you got good rank then you can apply for counselling at the university and get the seat....Read More

The admission in this university is done based on an entrance exam known as CLAT(common law entrance test) exam . The eligibility criteria for this university is either LLB graduate or five year integrated LLB graduate with at least 55% marks....Read More