AILET: The national entrance test for law exam

Every year, the National Law University (NLU), Delhi, conducts a national level entrance exam called the All-India Law Entrance Test or AILET. This exam is for students who aspire to be law graduates (5-year integrated B.A. LLB) from colleges affiliated to this university all across India right after their class XII finals. This year, this entrance test happened in the month of July. AILET 2022 registration will begin in the first week of January 2022 and the exam will tentatively happen in May 2022. Here is everything about this law admission test.

Eligibility criteria

Candidates must be Indian nationals with valid identity proofs.
There’s no upper age limit for AILET. However, candidates must be more than 16 years of age during the time of admission.
Candidates must have successfully passed their class XII board exams with a minimum of 45%. Candidates belonging to the reserved categories like SC, ST, PWD need to have secured minimum 40% in their qualifying school finals.
Candidates who are studying in class XII but and are yet to appear in their final exams are also eligible to sit for this entrance test. However, they need to pass their school finals with the required percentage to be admitted to the B.A. LLB course under NLU.

Exam pattern
AILET for B.A. LLB students has 150 multiple-choice questions (MCQs). All questions are compulsory. The paper is divided into 5 sections. The syllabus includes topics such as General Knowledge, Legal Aptitude, Logical Reasoning, Basic English and Mathematics. The first four sections have 35 questions each and the last section has 10 questions. The syllabus is based on any 10+2 curriculum of Indian school education system.

Marking scheme
AILET comprises of 150 marks. The first four sections will have 35 marks each and the final section will have 10 marks. 1 mark will be awarded for each correct answer. For every wrong answer, 0.25 mark will be deducted. Unanswered questions will not be penalized.

Mode and duration
AILET is conducted offline in a pen and paper mode through OMR sheets. Candidates can answer their papers only in English. The duration of the entrance exam is 90 minutes.