Ditto in CLAT top 40 this year

Kolkata:

Two girls

from the city ranked sixth and 31st and a boy came 35th in CLAT—entrance exam for 22 national

law

schools in the country—the

results

of which were declared by the Consortium of Law Universities on Monday. Online admissions will start from Tuesday, based on a new module drawn up for the pandemic.

Shailja Beria, who has ranked sixth, was a student at Sushila Birla School and had scored 96% in CBSE Class XII exams. Beria wants to study at

NUJS

and doesn’t want to leave the city. “I have been preparing for

CLAT

since Class XI. I dream of becoming a lawyer and hope to be placed well after graduation,” she said. Palak Kumar, who has ranked 31st is a student of Ashok Hall and plans to study at NLSIU, Bengaluru. She had scored 98% in CBSE. A passout of Birla High School, Shikhar Sharma (35th rank) also hopes to study at NLSIU Bengaluru.

“Though we published the results on Monday evening, complete with the merit list, we published admit card numbers now. We will be able to compare these numbers to names only on Tuesday,” said CLAT convenor Balraj Chauhan from Jabbalpur.

NUJS published the modalities of admissions on Monday. Each candidate has been asked to give five preferences this time. By October 9, the first list will be published and candidates will be given the option to lock their choice or seek an upgrade. By October 14, the third or final list will be announced. “We will end admissions on October 15. All documents will have to be uploaded online and they will be verified only when students come to the campus. For now, all admissions will be provisional,” said NUJS VC Nirmal Kanti Chakraborty.


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