National Law University Delhi released the AILET 2027 notification on July 23, 2026, at nationallawuniversitydelhi.in. The online form filling commenced on August 07 and the last date to register is November 10, 2026.
The exam is held annually for admission to B.A LL.B and LL.M. courses offered by NLU Delhi. The authorities have also scheduled AILET 2027 for December 13, 2026.
Presently, there are 120 seats for the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) program and 81 seats for the LL.M. program at NLU Delhi. In this article, you will learn more about AILET 2027, exam date, eligibility, exam pattern and more.
AILET stands for All India Law Entrance Test. NLU Delhi conducts this national-level entrance examination for admission to its law programmes. The exam is primarily used for admission to the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. programmes offered by NLU Delhi.
The examination tests candidates on areas such as English Language, Current Affairs and General Knowledge, and Logical Reasoning for the undergraduate programme.
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Get a quick overview of the AILET 2027 examination below.
| Particulars | AILET 2027 Details |
| Exam Name | All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2027 |
| Conducting Authority | National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi) |
| Academic Session | 2027–28 |
| Courses | B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. |
| Application Form Start Date | August 7, 2026 |
| Last Date to Apply | November 10, 2026 |
| Exam Date | December 13, 2026 |
| Exam Timing | 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM |
| Exam Duration | 2 hours (120 minutes) |
| Mode of Exam | Offline (Pen-and-Paper/OMR-based) |
| Question Type | Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs) |
| Total Questions – B.A. LL.B. | 150 |
| Total Marks – B.A. LL.B. | 150 |
| Total Questions – LL.M. | 100 |
| Total Marks – LL.M. | 100 |
| Sections |
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| Section-Wise Questions | English: 50Current Affairs & GK: 30Logical Reasoning: 70 |
| Negative Marking | 0.25 marks deducted for each incorrect answer |
National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi) has released the official AILET 2027 notification. It includes key information needed before applying, including the programmes covered by AILET, eligibility requirements, the application procedure, the examination scheme, reservation provisions, and instructions for candidates. T
| Event | Dates |
| AILET Notification Release | July 23, 2026 |
| AILET Application Form Start Date | August 7, 2026 |
| Last Date to Apply | November 10, 2026 |
| AILET Admit Card Release | November 30, 2026 (Tentative) |
| AILET Exam Day 2027 | December 13, 2026 |
| AILET Answer Key | To be announced |
| AILET Results | To be announced |
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The eligibility requirements for AILET 2027 differ for the B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) and LL.M. programmes. There is no upper age limit for either programme. Candidates appearing for their qualifying examination can also apply provisionally, subject to fulfilling the eligibility requirements at the time of admission.
| Eligibility Parameter | Requirement |
| Educational Qualification | Passed Class 12 (10+2) or an equivalent examination from a recognised board |
| Candidates Appearing in Class 12 | Students appearing for their Class 12 examination in 2027 can apply |
| Minimum Marks – General | 45% aggregate |
| Minimum Marks – OBC | 42% aggregate |
| Minimum Marks – SC/ST/PwD | 40% aggregate |
| Age Limit | No upper age limit |
| Course | B.A. LL.B. (Hons.) |
| Eligibility Parameter | Requirement |
| Educational Qualification | Passed a 3-year or 5-year LL.B. degree or an equivalent law degree from a recognised institution |
| Candidates Appearing in Final Year | Candidates appearing for their final-year LL.B. examination can apply provisionally |
| Minimum Marks – General | 50% aggregate |
| Minimum Marks – SC/ST/PwD | 45% aggregate |
| Age Limit | No upper age limit |
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The application process started on August 7, 2026, as announced by National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi). Candidates can apply online for the 2027–28 academic session through the official NLU Delhi portal. Refer to the section below to get the AILET application form filling steps:
Know about the documents required for AILET online registration below.
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You must go through the syllabus to know about the topics that hold weightage in the examination.
Know about the subject-wise AILET LL.B syllabus below.
| Subject | Topics |
| English Language | • Antonyms • Synonyms • Error Spotting • Fill in the Blanks • Idioms and Phrases • Sentence Correction • Vocabulary Enhancement • Comprehensions Passages • Choosing the Correct Words • Jumbled Words and Sentences |
Logical Reasoning |
• Legal Propositions and Reasonings • Legal Maxims • Legal Reasoning • Legal Knowledge • Indian Constitution • Contracts and Torts Note: Logical Reasoning may include questions based on legal principles, but candidates are not required to have prior legal knowledge or technical understanding. |
| • Logical and Analytical Reasoning Skills • Analogy • Syllogism • Directions • Blood Relations • Coding-Decoding • Statement and Assumptions |
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| Current Affairs and General Knowledge | • Economics • Geography • Indian Constitution • History (Indian and World) • General Science and Technology • Current Affairs (National and International) |
Check out the AILET LL.M. syllabus for different subjects below.
| Area of Law | Key Topics Covered |
| Constitutional Law | • FRs • DPSPs • Amendments • Doctrines • Federalism • Landmark cases |
| Criminal Law | • IPCCr • PC • Evidence Act • Principles • Leading cases |
| Jurisprudence | • Schools of law • Thinkers • Theories • Legal concepts |
| Contract Law | • Offer • Acceptance • Breach • Consideration • Remedies |
| Torts | • Negligence • Strict liability • Vicarious liability • Consumer law |
| International Law | • Treaties • UNICJ • Sovereignty • Sources of law |
| Family Law | • Marriage • Divorce • Maintenance • Guardianship |
| Administrative Law | • Delegated legislation • Tribunals • Natural justice |
| Environmental Law | • Environment protection • Statutes • Conventions |
| Company & Commercial Law | • Companies Act basics • Contract enforcement |
| IPR | • Copyright • Patents • Trademarks • Infringement principles |
The detailed exam pattern for LL.B and LL.M. course can be checked below:
| Exam Component | AILET UG (LL.B) | AILET PG (LL.M.) |
| Mode of Exam | Offline (OMR-based) | Offline (OMR-based) |
| AILET Exam Duration | 120 minutes | 120 minutes |
| Total Questions | 150 MCQs | 100 MCQs |
| Total Marks in AILET | 150 marks | 100 marks |
| AILET Sections | English, GK & Current Affairs, Logical Reasoning | Only MCQs related to Law |
| Type of Questions | MCQs | MCQs |
| Marking Scheme | +1, –0.25 | +1, –0.25 |
| Tie-Breaking Criteria | Logical Reasoning marks → age → draw of lots | Age → draw of lots |
For AILET 2027, candidates should choose books according to the three sections of the exam: English Language, Current Affairs & General Knowledge, and Logical Reasoning.
| Section | Book | Author/Publisher |
| English Language | Word Power Made Easy | Norman Lewis |
| High School English Grammar and Composition | Wren & Martin | |
| Objective General English | S.P. Bakshi | |
| Logical Reasoning | A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning | R.S. Aggarwal |
| Analytical Reasoning | M.K. Pandey | |
| Legal Awareness and Logical Reasoning | A.P. Bhardwaj | |
| Current Affairs & GK | Lucent’s General Knowledge | Lucent Publication |
| Manorama Yearbook | Malayala Manorama | |
| Pratiyogita Darpan | Pratiyogita Darpan |
NLU Delhi will release the AILET 2027 admit card online to candidates who successfully complete the application process. In the previous AILET cycle, the admit card was made available on November 26, 2025, around 18 days before the December 14 exam. Based on this timeline, the AILET 2027 admit card can be expected in late November or early December 2026, subject to the official schedule.
Candidates can download their AILET 2027 hall ticket by logging into their application account on the official NLU Delhi admission portal.
National Law University Delhi will conduct the AILET 2027 exam offline, in pen-and-paper mode, across designated test cities in India. Candidates can select up to three preferred exam cities while filling out the application form. The final ALIET exam centre will depend on city preferences and availability.
| State/UT | AILET Exam Centres |
| Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam |
| Assam | Guwahati |
| Bihar | Patna |
| Chandigarh (UT) | Chandigarh |
| Chhattisgarh | Raipur |
| Delhi | Delhi |
| Gujarat | Ahmedabad |
| Haryana | Faridabad, Gurugram, Hisar |
| Jammu & Kashmir (UT) | Jammu |
| Jharkhand | Jamshedpur, Ranchi |
| Karnataka | Bengaluru |
| Kerala | Cochin, Thiruvananthapuram |
| Madhya Pradesh | Bhopal, Gwalior, Jabalpur |
| Maharashtra | Mumbai, Nagpur, Pune |
| Odisha | Bhubaneswar |
| Rajasthan | Jaipur, Jodhpur |
| Tamil Nadu | Chennai |
| Telangana | Hyderabad |
| Uttar Pradesh | Ghaziabad, Greater Noida, Gorakhpur, Kanpur, Lucknow, Varanasi |
| Uttarakhand | Dehradun, Haldwani |
| West Bengal | Asansol, Kolkata |
The AILET 2027 exam is scheduled for December 13, 2026, from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM, as per the official notification issued by National Law University Delhi. NLU Delhi has not yet announced an official result date. However, the previous two AILET cycles indicate that the result is usually declared within a few days of the examination.
| AILET Exam | Exam Date | Result Date | Gap Between Exam & Result |
| AILET 2025 | December 8, 2024 | December 12, 2024 | 4 days |
| AILET 2026 | December 14, 2025 | December 18, 2025 | 4 days |
| AILET 2027 | December 13, 2026 | December 17–18, 2026 (Expected) | ~4–5 days |
AILET cutoff 2027 for BA LL.B is expected to be 120- 135, while the same for LL.M. can lie in the range of 65 to 72 marks for the general category.
| Category | BA LL.B (Hons.) Expected Cutoff Marks | LL.M. Expected Cutoff Marks |
| General | 120+ | 65+ |
| OBC (Non-Creamy Layer) | 100+ | 50+ |
| EWS | 80+ | 42+ |
| SC | 70-75 | 48+ |
| ST | 70-80 | 45+ |
| PwD | 65-70 | 52+ |
AILET counselling is the online admission process conducted by National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi) for candidates shortlisted on the basis of their AILET merit and category-wise ranking. The University will announce the detailed counselling schedule after the AILET 2027 results. Shortlisted candidates will be informed through their registered email/mobile number and AILET login.
After the AILET 2027 result is declared, candidates should log in to their AILET account and check whether they have been shortlisted for counselling. NLU Delhi will also communicate the invitation through the registered email ID and mobile number.
Eligible candidates must complete the online counselling registration within the deadline specified by NLU Delhi. The counselling process is conducted exclusively in online mode.
Candidates who are invited for counselling must pay the prescribed counselling registration fee through the available online payment modes. The fee and payment deadline will be specified in the official counselling notification.
Candidates must submit the documents required for counselling and admission. For B.A.LL.B. candidates, these include Class X and XII marks statements, a character certificate, transfer certificate and applicable category certificates. Original documents are required during admission/document verification.
NLU Delhi prepares the category-wise provisional merit list from candidates who have completed counselling registration and paid the required fee within the stipulated period. Counselling registration alone does not guarantee a seat.
NLU Delhi will inform candidates selected for admission. They must complete the admission formalities and pay the prescribed fees within the given deadline. Failure to complete the process within the stipulated time can result in cancellation of the admission offer. The same procedure applies to candidates placed on the waitlist.
Skimming through AILET previous year papers helps candidates to analyse the overall exam pattern. It also helps to deduce the overall topic-wise question distribution, structure of the questions and difficulty level. Therefore, candidates must analyse atleast last five years of AILET papers, as they provide better insights.
Follow the given tips to ace the AILET 2027 examination with high marks.
Before starting preparation, know the number of questions, sections, marking scheme and time available. For AILET 2027, the B.A. LL.B. paper has 150 questions from English Language, Current Affairs & General Knowledge, and Logical Reasoning. This helps you divide your preparation time according to the weightage of each section.
Read a good newspaper or reliable news source every day. Focus on national and international events, legal developments, government schemes, awards, important appointments, reports and major Supreme Court judgments. For English, reading editorials also helps with vocabulary and comprehension.
Do not restrict your preparation to the month immediately before the exam. Make monthly notes covering important national and international events. Revise these notes repeatedly and solve current-affairs quizzes to check how much you remember.
Prepare synonyms, antonyms, idioms, one-word substitutions, vocabulary in context and grammar. Instead of memorising long word lists, note unfamiliar words while reading and revise their meanings and usage regularly.
Logical Reasoning carries the highest number of questions in the AILET UG paper. Practise arguments, assumptions, conclusions, inferences, statement-based questions, critical reasoning and analytical reasoning regularly. After solving a question, understand why the correct option follows from the given information.
Here is a quick difference between AILET vs CLAT:
| Basis | AILET | CLAT |
| Full Form | All India Law Entrance Test | Common Law Admission Test |
| Conducting Body | National Law University Delhi (NLU Delhi) | Consortium of National Law Universities (NLUs) |
| Purpose | Admission to law programmes at NLU Delhi | Admission to undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes at participating NLUs |
| Course | B.A. LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. | 5 Year Integrated Law Courses like B.A. LL.B, B.Com. LL.B., BBA LL.B., LL.M |
| Eligibility for UG Exam | Class 12 or equivalent | Class 12 or equivalent |
| Main Sections | • English Language • Current Affairs & General Knowledge • Logical Reasoning • AILET does not have separate Legal Reasoning or Quantitative Techniques sections |
• English Language • Current Affairs, including General Knowledge • Legal Reasoning • Logical Reasoning, Quantitative Techniques |
| Exam Mode | Offline, pen-and-paper based | Offline, pen-and-paper based |
| Exam Duration | 2 hours | 2 hours |
| Type of Questions | Multiple-choice questions | Multiple-choice questions |
| Major Institutes | NLU Delhi | All Participating 27 NLUs except NLU Delhi |
| Competition | Primarily for admission to NLU Delhi | Admission to different NLUs based on their rank and score |
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