AILET 2026 Counselling is started from 19th December 2025 for both UG & PG courses. AILET (All India Law Entrance Test) is a national level examination managed by the National Law University (NLU), Delhi.
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AILET 2026 Notifications – Counselling Started
AILET 2026 Counselling has been started from 19th December 2025. Click here to register.
This exam is conducted for candidates who want to get admission to the BA LLB, LLM, Ph.D. & PG Diploma courses. After qualifying this exam, candidates get admission in the NLU, Delhi & its affiliated colleges.

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In this article, we have updated detailed information about AILET Admission Procedure 2026.
AILET Counselling 2026
Candidates must get admission in different courses on the basis of the rank secured in the examination. AILET 2026 Admission Procedure begins only after the declaration of the result through online mode.
The university will release the first merit list of selected candidates along with the result. Candidates, those who qualify in the examination can get their admission letter through email & speed post.
Qualified candidates have to deposit their admission/depositing fee at the university to confirm their admission. Candidates must submit the admission-cum-counseling fee before last date. Otherwise, the candidate’s admission will be cancelled. After the fee deposition procedure, the university conduct the interview round for the selected candidates.
AILET 2026 Admission Procedure
After completion of the first slot, the university will release another list of qualified candidates for spot counselling only if seats remain vacant.
The counselling has been started from 19th December 2025. It is organized in various rounds. Seats will be allotted to candidates on the basis of rank, choices filled and availability of seats.
This counselling is valid only for those candidates whose name appear in the waiting list category. Selected candidates have to deposit their admission fee before the due date to confirm their seats.
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AILET Counselling 2026 Schedule
Here, we have provided the official schedule of AILET Admission Procedure 2026:
| Events | Dates (Announced) |
| Result B.A. LL.B (Hons.) | 18th December 2025 |
| Registration for online Counselling | 19th – 27th December 2025 |
| Declaration of First List | 8th January 2026 |
| Deposit of balance fee | 8th – 14th January 2026 |
| 2nd provisional merit list | 21st January 2026 |
| Deposit of Balance fee | 21st – 27th January 2026 |
| 3rd provisional merit list | 4th February 2026 |
| Deposit of Balance fee | 4th – 10th February 2026 |
| 4th provisional merit list | 5th May 2026 |
| Deposit of Balance fee | 5th – 9th May 2026 |
For LLM Programme:
| Events | Dates (Announced) |
| Result LLM | 18th December 2025 |
| Registration for online Counselling | 19th – 27th December 2025 |
| Declaration of First List | 8th January 2026 |
| Deposit of balance fee | 8th – 14th January 2026 |
| 2nd provisional merit list | 21st January 2026 |
| Deposit of Balance fee | 21st – 27th January 2026 |
| 3rd provisional merit list | 4th February 2026 |
| Deposit of Balance fee | 4th – 10th February 2026 |
| 4th provisional merit list | 5th May 2026 |
| Deposit of Balance fee | 5th – 9th May 2026 |
Seat Distribution
There will be approx 80 seats for BA LLB courses. 70 seats will be filled through AILET merit & remaining 10 seats will be reserved for direct admission to Foreign Nationals. For LLM course, there will be around 40 seats out of which 35 seats will be filled through AILET & 5 seats will be reserved for Foreign Nationals. For PH.D courses, there will be only 5 seats. Below, candidates must check the distribution of seats for BA LLB & LLM course according to the categories:
| Category | Seats Reservation | |
| BA LLB | LLM | |
| General | 52 | 25 |
| Scheduled Caste (SC) | 11 | 6 |
| Scheduled Tribe (ST) | 5 | 3 |
| Persons with Disability (PwD) | 2 | 1 |
| Kashmiri Migrants | 1 | – |
| J & K | 2 | – |
| Foreign Nationals | 10 | 5 |
| Total | 83 | 40 |
Documents Required at the time of Admission/Counselling
Candidates must carry documents along with self-attested photocopies at the time of AILET 2026 Counselling/Admission. The list of documents required for verification will be given below:
- High School & Intermediate Mark Sheets
- High School & Intermediate Passing Certificate
- AILET 2026 Admit Card
- AILET 2026 Score Card
- AILET 2026 Admission Letter
- Character Certificate
- Transfer Certificate
- Demand Draft of Rs. 50,000 (in favour of “Registrar, National Law University, Delhi”, payable at Delhi)
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