Preparation Tips for CLAT 2021 Legal Reasoning Section

The Common Law Admission Test, also known as CLAT, is one of the most popular law entrance exams in India which is conducted every year to give admission to students to both undergraduate and postgraduate law programmes such as BA LLB, B Sc LLB, B.Com LLB, BBA LLB, LLM.

How to prepare for CLAT depends upon the time left until the day of the exam. Before jumping to any other study material, candidates must always focus on being thorough with the best book(s) available.

The Legal Reasoning section of CLAT 2021 evaluates the candidate's legal acumen to the highest level. In order to not just crack CLAT 2021 but also obtain a good score, CLAT aspirants must first understand what legal reasoning is and why preparation for the same is significant. This article provides with all the important information regarding the section of Legal Reasoning of CLAT and how to prepare for it.

What is Legal Reasoning?

There are ways how a candidate can score in the Legal Reasoning section but let's first understand what Legal Reasoning is.

The Legal Reasoning section checks your legal reasoning rather than legal knowledge. However, legal laws could also be a part of this section. The section is based on current events, legal facts and principles of law. The motive of the section is to judge a candidate's legal aptitude, problem-solving ability and research aptitude. Till 2019, Legal Aptitude used to be a separate section in the exam. However, from 2020 onwards, the exam paper will not see a separate Legal Aptitude section.

The Legal Reasoning paper will ask the candidates to read passages of approximately 450 words each which will relate to fact situations or scenarios. The questions will include legal matters, moral-philosophical enquiries and public policy questions. The candidates can take benefit of the fact that prior knowledge of the law is required to ace this section. General awareness of contemporary legal and moral issues would be enough to be able to apply general propositions or principles to the fact scenarios given.

CLAT Legal Reasoning Important Topics

The important topics for CLAT 2021 Legal Reasoning will include a few passages, each of which would be based on:

• Identifying and inferring the principles and rules given in the passage.
• Applying such principles and rules to different fact situations.
• Understanding how changes to the principles or rules may make amends in their application to different fact situations.

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Top 8 Tips to Prepare for CLAT Legal Reasoning 2021

Some of the important tips that candidates can include in their CLAT preparation strategy for the section of Legal Reasoning are provided here. These tips can prove to be quite beneficial in the overall preparation.

• Refer to only the best books for CLAT Legal Reasoning Paper 2021 like LST's Legal Reasoning Module, Analytical Aptitude E-book by R S Agarwal. Find more about the best books for CLAT 2021 on the CollegeDekho exam section.

• Legal Reasoning is the most important section, marks-wise and a diverse section like this demands candidates to have a fair knowledge of the basics. Practising regularly is the key to acing this section.

• For this section, the candidate must ensure that they first understand the question and then go about attempting it. As candidates have to attempt 150 questions in 120 minutes, they should make certain that they manage their speed and accuracy simultaneously.

• Revise previous years' question papers or sample question papers to get an impression of the real exam environment. These sample papers will help fuel the preparation for the exam. Download CLAT 2021 sample paper.

• Application of principle must be a factor a candidate needs to focus on before attempting the question.

• Think logically while attempting questions in this section.

• Make generous use of the internet and search for practice papers that would help you with the legal reasoning section.

• Create the perfect plan of action for this section. This may vary from candidate to candidate and with the apt plan of action, you are good to go.

Section-Wise CLAT 2021 Preparation Tips

Click on the below-mentioned links to check out the preparation tips for rest of the sections of CLAT 2021:

Also Read: CLAT 2021 Important Dates​

CLAT 2021 Exam Pattern

Before going about preparing for the entrance, one must have a fair idea of the pattern of the exam. CLAT 2021 exam pattern for both UG and PG levels have been revised with a few major changes. The new exam pattern for CLAT 2021 UG and PG have been provided below:

New Exam Pattern for CLAT UG 2021

The exam pattern of CLAT was changed in November 2019. Check out the changes made in the exam pattern for CLAT UG 2020 onwards:

Earlier, CLAT UG paper used to have a total of 200 questions. The number of questions has now been reduced to 150.

CLAT UG 2021 will have the below-mentioned sections:

• English Language
• Current Affairs and General Knowledge
• Legal Reasoning
• Logical Reasoning
• Quantitative Techniques

New Exam Pattern for CLAT PG 2021

Let's now walk you through the new exam pattern of CLAT PG 2021:

• CLAT PG 2021 will also comprise comprehensive based questions.
• Cut-off marks are expected to be introduced for the LL.M programme.
• Sections like Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Contract, International Law, IPR, International Law and Jurisprudence have been incorporated in CLAT PG 2021.

CLAT UG 2021 Paper Format

Check out the detailed CLAT UG 2021 paper structure and pattern below.

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With the correct methods and preparation techniques and lots of practice, it is quite easy to score well in the Legal Reasoning of CLAT entrance exam. Aspirants need to figure out their weaknesses and work upon them in order to be comfortable with the exam. 

CLAT is an integral exam that offers admission to NLUs as well as Non-NLUs. To explore your options and get admission in a law college, feel free to give a call on 1800-572-9877 or fill-up the Common Application Form. You can also write your queries in the QnA zone of CollegeDekho.

All the Best!