All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 2026 - Offered Courses, Pattern, Important Dates and How to Apply?

The National Law University, Delhi will lead 'All India Law Entrance Test - 2026 (AIIET - 2026). The NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY, DELHI built up in 2008 by Act No. 1 of 2008 is chief Law University set up in the capital city of India. The University welcomes applications for admission to B.A.LL.B. (Hons.), LL.M. also, Ph.D. Projects for the Academic Year 2026 starting from August 2020.

Important Dates

Programs Offered

• Five Year B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)
• LL.M.
• Ph.D

Test Centre: Bangalore, Bhopal, Chandigarh, Chennai, Cochin, Cuttack, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Greater Noida, Gurugram, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jammu, Jodhpur, Kolkata, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Raipur, and Varanasi.

Entrance Exam Fee

No Entrance Examination fee for SC/ST Below Poverty Line (BPL) only

B.A.LL.B. (Hons.)- Five-Year Program 

Qualification 

• All applicants, other than those applying under the Foreign Nationals class, ought to show up for the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) and the choice will be exclusively on that premise. The Foreign National and OCI/PIO Candidates are additionally required to apply online on a similar entrance. 
• Have breezed through the Higher Secondary School Examination (10+2) framework or an equal assessment thereto verifying in the total at the very least half of the all-out marks. The Eligibility condition for affirmation of understudies under the Foreign Nationals category will be 65% marks in the Higher Secondary School Examination of (10+2) framework or an equal assessment. Applicants showing up/anticipating consequences of the passing assessment can likewise apply and show up in the Entrance Test. Nonetheless, the qualification by such up-and-comers will must be gotten by the cut-off date which will be told alongside the Notification of Entrance Test result and in the event that such up-and-comer is set in compartment in the time of the confirmation, would be treated as ineligible. 
• Outside National, Candidates are excluded from taking the confirmation test. Different guidelines with respect to the qualification for confirmation will be equivalent to the material to different competitors. The up-and-comers having a place with OCI/PIO class will have the alternative to either apply under the Foreign National Category or under the classification of Indian understudies. On the off chance that the OCI/PIO applicant applies under the classification of Indian National, they need to show up in the All Indian Law Entrance Test alongside different understudies.

Total Seats: 110+10 

• 110 Seats on merit through All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 
• 10 Seats for direct admission to Foreign Nationals on merit (5 seats for Foreign Nationals & 5 seats for OCI/PIO). 
• Foreign Nationals are exempted from AILET. Foreign Nationals to be eligible should have obtained 65% marks in the qualifying examination.

Note: One additional supernumerary seat for Kashmiri Migrants. Two additional supernumerary seats for Residents of Jammu & Kashmir. 

Entrance Test (AILET) Scheme

The AILET has 150 Multiple Choice Questions for 150 marks that must be attempted within 1 hour 30 minutes. The AILET has sections on English, General Knowledge, Basic Mathematics, Logical Reasoning, and Legal Aptitude.

Negative marking: Negative marking will be based on the formula 0.25*4=1 which means per the wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.

Subject areas and marks distribution

LL.M. Program 

Qualification 

• All competitors, other than those applying under the Foreign Nationals class, should show up for the All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) and the choice will be exclusively on that premise. The Foreign National and OCI/PIO Candidates are likewise required to apply online on a similar entrance. 
• To be qualified for admission to the LL. M. Program, an applicant should have passed the LL.B. or then again a proportional degree from a perceived University with at the very least 55% marks on total (half if there should be an occurrence of held classifications, for example, SC/ST/Persons with Disability). 
• Applicants showing up/anticipating aftereffects of the passing assessment can likewise apply and show up in the Entrance Test. In any case, the qualification by such up-and-comers will be acquired by the cut-off date which will be told alongside the Notification of Entrance Test result, and on the off chance that such competitor is set in the compartment in the year of the affirmation would be treated as ineligible

Total Seats: 70+10+1

• 70 Seats on merit through All India Law Entrance Test (AILET) 
• 10 Seats for direct admission to Foreign Nationals on merit (5 seats for Foreign Nationals & 5 seats for OCI/PIO). 
• Foreign Nationals are exempted from AILET. Foreign Nationals to be eligible should have obtained 65% marks in the qualifying examination.

Note: One additional supernumerary seat for Kashmiri Migrants. Two additional supernumerary seats for Residents of Jammu & Kashmir. 

Entrance Test (AILET) Scheme

The AILET has 150 Multiple Choice Questions for 150 marks that must be attempted within 1 hour 30 minutes. The AILET has sections on Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Law of Contract, Jurisprudence, Law of Tort and International Law.

Negative marking: Negative marking will be based on the formula 0.25*4=1 which means per the wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.

Ph.D. Program 

Qualification

• A Master's qualification in Law or an expert degree announced identical to the Master's certificate in Law by the relating statutory administrative body, within any event 55% marks in total or its proportional evaluation 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or a comparable evaluation in a point scale any place reviewing framework is followed) or an equal degree from an outside instructive foundation licensed by an Assessment and Accreditation Agency which is affirmed, perceived or approved by a power, set up or joined under a law in its nation of origin or some other statutory expert in that nation to survey, authorizing, or guaranteeing quality and gauges of instructive organizations. 
• Or 
• Acquired a degree in law and Master's Degree in sociologies or humanities from any perceived instructive establishment, Indian or an outside instructive organization certify according to UGC Regulations, within any event 55% stamps in total or its equal evaluation 'B' in the UGC 7-point scale (or an equal evaluation in a point scale any place reviewing framework is followed). 
• Given that competitors' capabilities in sociologies and humanities might be admitted to the program if the examination they wish to seek after interfaces with the order of law with a unique spotlight on Public Policy or Law. 
• For the over two classifications, an relaxation of 5% of marks, from 55% to 50%, or an equal relaxation of evaluation, might be took into account those having a place with SC/ST/in an unexpected way abled applicants and different classes of competitors, according to the choices of the UGC every now and then, or for the individuals who had acquired their Master's certificate before nineteenth September 1991. The qualification characteristics of 55% (or a proportionate evaluation in a point scale any place reviewing framework is followed) and the relaxation of 5% to the classifications referenced above are reasonable dependent on the passing marks without including the elegance mark methodology. 
• Or
• Degree in law and breezed through the Company Secretary assessment directed by the Institute of Company Secretaries of India and granted the Associate Membership of the Institute will be qualified for admission to the program if the examination they wish to seek after interfaces with the control of law. 
• Or
• Degree in law and finished the last assessment of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India will be qualified for admission to the program if the examination they wish to seek after interfaces with the order of law. 
• Or
• Judge of any State High Court in India with three years' understanding or Judge of Supreme Court of India.

Entrance Test

The AILET has 100 Multiple Choice Questions for 100 marks that must be attempted within 1 hour 30 minutes. 50% of the questions for the entrance test shall be relating to Research Methodology and the remaining 50% shall be from different areas of law i.e. all major subject of law like Criminal Law, Constitutional Law, Law of Contract, Jurisprudence, Law of Tort, Corporate Law and International Law etc.

Negative marking: Negative marking will be based on the formula 0.25*4=1 which means per the wrong answer 0.25 marks will be deducted.

How to Apply for AILET 2026

Minimum Requirements of online application 

• Valid E-mail Address 
• Valid Mobile Number 
• Scanned Copy of Photograph( in .jpg,.gif or .bmp group) not in excess of 150 KB. 

Instructions for filling the form 

• On the login page, click on the Register to apply presently interface. 
• Peruse important insights concerning the course and application from the landing page joins. Above all, Eligibility Criteria,Selection Process and Reservation Guidelines. 
• Fill the details into User Registration Form. 
• Confirm Registration details by tapping on the Confirm button. 
• After you Login in the main page that is shown is "Application Locker". Click on NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY from the List of schools 
• Pick your application form and Click on Apply Button. 
• Fill all details on the form for every one of the segments. Fragmented forms will be summarily dismissed. 
• Click Submit for sparing all details and continuing back to the Application Locker for making payment for all pending application forms. 
• In the Application Locker, under the Pending Applications region, pick your forms for which you wish to make payment and Click on Make Payment. 
• On the Make Payment Page, pick Mode of Payment and confirm the Amount and Click on Proceed. 
• 
  

Accessible payment Methods 

Online Payment Gateway - underpins payments from Credit Cards/Debit Cards and Net financial Click here to see details.

Click Here to Apply Online for AILET 2026