CLAT toppers happy to pass the ‘state-of-mind’ test

The Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) announced the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) results on Saturday. Top rankers feel elated to have passed this exam known to contain tricky questions that check a candidate’s mental strength.

The Free Press Journal spoke to the top 3 rankers. “I started preparing for this exam from Class 11,” said All India Ranker (AIR) Rishabh Shivani. He participated in a number of Model United Nation (MUN) conferences during his school days.

“I learnt quite a bit about international law at the MUNs. During those days I discovered my fascination for law,” he said.

“The result was not a surprise. I knew I would make it to the top 10 but getting AIR 1 was a dream come true,” he said, adding, “I want to pursue litigation in the future.”

Meenal Jain bagged the second rank. Surprised with the results, she said, “I studied history and political science in my junior college, this proved to be very helpful for my exam.”

Meenal said, “I am happy with AIR 2. CLAT tends to contain tricky questions, so your marks are affected by your state of mind as much as they depend on your preparation.” The competitive exams have several questions like English, math, and legal reasoning.

But the students find general knowledge (GK) is hard to master. “This year the GK section was the toughest,” said

AIR 3, Shivaansh Chaudhary, a student of humanities from Kanpur.

“Sometimes the exam consists of questions that are meant to throw you off, I tried my best to remain calm while attempting this,” said the ranker.

CLAT remains a highly competitive examination where students in India and abroad compete to get a seat in elite colleges.

“Usually exams like IIT JEE and NEET hog all the limelight. But come to think of it, the selection ratio for CLAT is equivalent to or even tougher than that of JEE or NEE,” said

Harsh Gagrani, the cofounder of an institute. The students who achieved their CLAT aspirations and started their law schools find the possibilities to be endless.

“Although my CLAT preparation days were quite stressful, law school provided me the platform and resources I needed,” said Tanmay

Gupta who is currently studying at The National Academy of Legal Studies and Research (NALSAR) in Hyderabad.

Published on: Sunday, June 26, 2022, 10:03 AM IST