Expert panel proposes CLAT overhaul; 2027 exam to remain unchanged

3 min readNew DelhiJul 25, 2026 01:58 PM IST The report also recommended an overhaul of how the CLAT is administered.From completely doing away with the general knowledge section for undergraduate aspirants to drastically reducing the number of questions in the test, an expert committee has recommended sweeping changes to the Common Law Admission Test (CLAT) — but these changes will not impact CLAT 2027, as per the Consortium of National Law Universities, which conducts the entrance exams. The Consortium published the expert committee’s report last week recommending the reforms, while clarifying that the proposed overhaul will instead be considered for CLAT 2028. For the 2027 exam, paper-setters will only “consider and adopt the suggestions of the CLAT Expert Committee Report regarding que