CUET (for Law)Common University Entrance Test (UG and PG, law programmes)

CUET is the National Testing Agency's common admissions test for central universities, adopted since 2022 by a widening circle of state, deemed and private universities. For law aspirants it matters in two ways: CUET UG governs admission to five-year integrated programmes (BA LLB and similar) at universities such as BHU, AMU and Allahabad — institutions with respected, low-fee law faculties outside the NLU system — while CUET PG covers LLM admissions and, notably, the three-year LLB at Delhi University's Faculty of Law, one of India's largest and most influential law schools.

Structurally, CUET differs from dedicated law exams: candidates assemble a combination of language, domain and general test papers according to each university's notified requirements, rather than sitting one fixed law paper. The earlier Legal Studies domain subject was dropped and replaced by the General Aptitude Test, so most law-programme requirements now centre on language papers plus general aptitude. Papers are computer-based, typically 50 compulsory questions in 60 minutes each, marked +5 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one — a marking scheme far heavier per question than CLAT's.

The strategic appeal of CUET is breadth at low marginal cost: one registration covers many universities, and the aptitude-centric syllabus overlaps substantially with CLAT preparation. Its complexity is administrative — each university publishes its own required test combination, eligibility marks and counselling process, so aspirants must map their target law programmes to the right CUET papers early. All notifications, subject lists and results flow through the NTA's official CUET portals.