CLAT Legal Reasoning – What to Study?

Legal Reasoning is one of the most important sections in CLAT 2022. It will have questions testing the candidate’s understanding of the law and its various aspects. The legal reasoning section consists of passage-based questions.

• The CLAT Legal Reasoning section will include passages of around 350-500 words, from which, a series of 3 to 5 questions per passage will be asked. The passages will relate to any static or current topic/news related to the field of law.
• Important Supreme Court Judgments, Important and recent acts and amendments of the legislature, Important topics from Contract law, Criminal law, tort law, and Constitutional law.

AT UG Pattern – Subject Wise Questions and Weightage

Total weightage:- 25%

Content of passages:- Fact situations or scenarios involving legal matters, public policy questions, or moral philosophical inquiries.

Focus area:–

•  General awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues
• Identify and infer the rules and principles given in the passage.
• Apply rules and principles to various fact situations

Ability to understand how changes to the rules or principles may change their application to various fact situations

Important topics for CLAT legal Reasoning :-

1. Indian Constitution – Fundamental Rights, Duties, Judiciary, Parliament, Directive Principles of State Policy, Local governments
2. Important amendments and provisions
3. Important judgments
4. Current legal affairs  

The following study material and topics can be referred to for CLAT legal aptitude.

1. Bare Acts of Indian Constitution
2. Legal Awareness and Legal Aptitude by AP Bhardwaj
3. Universal’s CLAT Guide
4. Newspapers – The Hindu or The Indian Express
5. Websites on current affairs for CLAT and legal issues

CLAT Legal Reasoning Syllabus

Here are some key points that you should keep in mind while covering the CLAT legal reasoning syllabus.

• This section will consist of passage-based questions.
• The CLAT Legal Reasoning section will include passages of around 350-500 words, from which, a series of 3 to 5 questions per passage will be asked. The passages will relate to any static or current topic/news related to the field of law.
• Important Supreme Court Judgments, Important and recent acts and amendments of the legislature, Important topics from Contract law, Criminal law, tort law, and Constitutional law.