CLAT 2027 5-Week Study Plan (1 Nov to 6 Dec)

From Sunday 1 November to Saturday 5 December there are exactly 35 days, which is five full weeks, and CLAT UG 2027 is on Sunday 6 December 2026, 2 to 4 pm. The plan below uses those five weeks in a fixed order: diagnose in week 1, build speed in weeks 2 and 3, simulate the exam in week 4, and only revise in week 5.

It assumes you have 4 to 6 usable hours on most days. If you have less, keep the structure and cut the volume, not the mocks.

What the exam rewards, so you can plan around it

CLAT UG 2027 is 120 passage-based multiple-choice questions for 120 marks, with +1 for a correct answer and minus 0.25 for a wrong one. The section ranges announced are English 22 to 26, Current Affairs including GK 28 to 32, Legal Reasoning 28 to 32, Logical Reasoning 22 to 26 and Quantitative Techniques 10 to 14. Legal Reasoning, Current Affairs and Logical Reasoning together carry the bulk of the paper, so they get the bulk of your hours. Quantitative Techniques is small but is where many aspirants lose easy marks by ignoring it until the last week.

Week 1 (1 to 7 November): diagnose and repair

• Day 1: Take one full 120-minute mock under exam conditions, with no pauses. The score does not matter. You want a baseline per section and a list of where time went.
• Day 2: Analyse it properly (see our guide on how to analyse a CLAT mock test). Sort every wrong or skipped question into: did not know, knew but misread, ran out of time, guessed.
• Days 3 to 7: Work on the two weakest sections for about 90 minutes each day, then 60 minutes of reading practice (one editorial and one long passage daily) and 30 minutes of current affairs notes.

Do not start a new book in week 1. Use what you already have.

Week 2 (8 to 14 November): build the three big sections

• Legal Reasoning: one or two passages a day, applying the rule to the facts as given, not as you think the law should be. Revise the basics of torts, contract, criminal law and constitutional law concepts that passages commonly build on.
• Logical Reasoning: argument practice daily (assumption, weaken, strengthen, conclusion). Our guide on logical reasoning question types has original worked examples.
• Current affairs: start the six-month revision described in this current affairs guide.
• Take one sectional or half-length test at the end of the week.

Week 3 (15 to 21 November): speed and quantitative techniques

• Spend three days on Quantitative Techniques using the 10 day plan here, in 45 to 60 minute blocks, so the section stops feeling foreign.
• Keep English moving: two passages a day with a strict timer of about 6 to 7 minutes each, then check vocabulary-in-context errors.
• Take two full mocks this week, spaced at least two days apart, each followed by a full error log the next day.

Week 4 (22 to 28 November): simulate

This is the week to behave like the exam. Take three full mocks at the actual slot, 2 to 4 pm, on Sunday, Wednesday and Saturday if you can. Practise your order of sections and your skip rule (see time management across 120 minutes). Keep your attempt rate honest: the negative marking guide explains how many questions to attempt.

On the off days, work only from your error log: redo the questions you got wrong, without looking at the explanation first.

Week 5 (29 November to 5 December): revise, do not learn

• Revise your one-page notes: current affairs list, legal maxims and principles you keep confusing, formulae, vocabulary you missed.
• One lighter mock early in the week at most, then stop. Fresh scores in the last three days tend to hurt confidence more than they help.
• Follow the day-by-day schedule in our last 7 days revision plan.

A sample daily rhythm

1. Morning (90 minutes): the section you are weakest in, fresh.
2. Late morning (60 minutes): reading, one editorial plus one passage.
3. Afternoon (60 to 90 minutes): a timed set or a mock section.
4. Evening (45 minutes): error log, current affairs notes.

What to cut if you are short on time

Drop new reading lists, long-form video lectures at normal speed, and perfecting the strongest section. Keep daily passages, mocks, and the error log. If you are weak in maths, aim to get the easy half of that section right rather than chase all 10 to 14 questions.

Where Lexfolio fits, if you want it

You need timed papers with explanations. Lexfolio sells four full-length CLAT 2027 mocks (Rs 149) and a three-test online series (Rs 99); check the product pages for exactly what each includes. Any good set of papers works, including ones you already own. The plan matters more than the brand.

Check dates and instructions only on the official site, consortiumofnlus.ac.in. As of 1 November no change to the 6 December exam date had been found.

How to handle each section inside the plan

English. Read one long editorial a day and write the author’s main point in one line. For each passage practise three question habits: the main idea, the meaning of a word in context, and the tone of the author. Vocabulary lists matter much less than reading at a steady speed.

Legal Reasoning. The passages give you a rule, and the questions ask you to apply it to facts. Practise stating the rule in your own words before reading the options. If a question asks what the law in the passage requires, an answer based on your own view of fairness is a trap.

Quantitative Techniques. Treat it as school maths with a timer. Ten to fourteen questions are enough to matter, and the first four or five easy ones are worth securing.

Weekly checks so the plan does not drift

• Every Sunday, write down the attempts, correct answers and marks in each section for your latest mock.
• Compare with the previous week. If one section did not move, change what you do there instead of doing more of the same.
• Take one day off in the five weeks, or half days twice a week. Sleep and rest are part of preparation.

If you start late or lose a week

Compress, do not skip. Merge weeks 2 and 3, keep the mocks and the final revision week, and accept lower coverage of current affairs. A plan you follow at 80 percent is better than a perfect one you abandon.