Crack it with Ease

WORK ON YOUR ANALYTICAL ABILITIES, LEARN TIME MANAGEMENT AND BRUSH UP YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BEFORE YOU SIT FOR YOUR ENTRANCE

With increasing awareness about the importance of legal education, coupled with students looking beyond the conventional career choices of engineering and medicine, law entrances have become far more competitive. After all, a law degree opens up a range of options—from practicing in courts of law, working with corporate and law firms, legal process outsourcing, academics and research, judiciary and civil services to being part of international organisations such as the United Nations. Entry to good law schools is getting tougher by the day but an aspirant can crack CLAT (Common Law Admission Test)/AILET (All India Law Entrance Test) and other entrances including the National Law Universities—with ease if right steps are taken.

UNDERSTAND THE EXAM

Get hold of previous year entrance papers and evaluate their structure, analyse how the exam pattern has evolved over the years, and look for changes.

TIME MANAGEMENT

Law entrances are a test of your aptitude. Unlike engineering and medicine entrance tests, law entrance exams do not test your knowledge of the subjects you studied in school. It is the application of this knowledge along with your reasoning abilities and general awareness that gets tested. Starting early will ease your pressure. If you can devote one to two hours every day for 365 days, there’s no scope for failure.

WORK ON YOUR WEAK POINTS

While preparing for law entrances, it is important to gauge your command over the topics that are covered in the exam. Working on the fundamentals and regular practice is key. This will help you understand how comfortable you are with the topics. It is equally crucial to work on the sections and topics you are not that comfortable with.

ANALYSE YOUR PERFORMANCE

Write as many mocks as possible. And after every mock test, analyse the strategy that works for you. Some of you may prefer to attempt section-by-section while others might opt for selecting the easy questions to answer first.

LET GO OFF ANY FEAR OF MATHEMATICS

Many aspirants are not comfortable with mathematics and develop a fear of the subject. While mathematics is a component of the law entrance exam, one needs to understand that the questions asked cover basic level understanding of the subject (Classes 9 and 10).

BUILD YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE BASE

Almost all law entrances have a significant number of questions on general knowledge. Similarly, a sizeable number of questions are also asked about current affairs. Read newspapers and magazines to keep yourself updated on what is happening around you.

DO ONLINE TESTS

With most major law entrances now being conducted in CBT (computer-based test) format, it is important for you to adapt to that. While technology does entail a change in one’s strategy and at times can act as a distraction, it should not hamper your preparation. Spend sufficient icine a lot of time practicing and reading online.