National Law Universities are considered best universities for study of law and a few organise their own entrance test. NLU Delhi conducts its own test.
CLAT Common Law Admission Test test is organised for admission in NLU's- National Law Universities. Participating law schools for CLAT with their establishment are given below-
| Name of the Institution (Year of Estd.) | Location | Year of joining CLAT | Vice Chancellor |
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| National Law University and Judicial Academy, Assam(2009) | Guwahati | 2012 | Jaiprakashreddy Patil |
| National Law School of India University(1986) | Bangalore | 2008 | R. Venkata Rao |
| Nalsar University of Law(1998) | Hyderabad | 2008 | Faizan Mustafa |
| The West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences(1999) | Kolkata | 2008 | P. Ishwar Bhat |
| National Law Institute University(1997) | Bhopal | 2008 | S.S. Singh |
| National Law University, Jodhpur(2001) | Jodhpur | 2008 | Poonam Pradhan Saxena |
| Hidayatullah National Law University(2003) | Raipur | 2008 | Sukh Pal Singh |
| Gujarat National Law University(2004) | Gandhinagar | 2008 | Bimal N. Patel |
| Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia National Law University(2006) | Lucknow | 2009 | Gurdip Singh |
| Rajiv Gandhi National University of Law(2006) | Patiala | 2009 | Paramjit Singh Jaswal |
| Chanakya National Law University(2006) | Patna | 2009 | A. Lakshminath |
| National University of Advanced Legal Studies(2005) | Kochi | 2009 | Rose Varghese |
| National Law University, Orissa (2009) | Cuttack | 2012 | Srikrishna Deva Rao |
| National University of Study and Research in Law(2010) | Ranchi | 2012 | B.C. Nirmal |
| Damodaram Sanjivayya National Law University(2008) | Visakhapatnam | 2014 | Prof. (Dr.) S. Surya Prakash |
| Tamil Nadu National Law School(2013) | Tiruchirappalli | 2014 | Kamala Sankaran |
| Maharashtra National Law University, Mumbai(2014) | Mumbai | 2016 | Bhavani Prasad Panda |
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| Maharashtra National Law University, Nagpur(2016) | Nagpur | 2016 | Vijender Kumar |
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In Himachal a NLU is started under guidance of Prof. Raina.