Hi

No, you cannot join NLUs without qualifying CLAT.

This is because,

Admission in NLUs is through CLAT ( except NLU Delhi which provides admission through AILET  ), so irrespective of how much money you have, you cannot get a seat without qualifying CLAT as there's no management quota seats or donation seats in NLUs.

So, If you want to join NLUs then you must qualify CLAT examination and for that you need to prepare well which you can do following the below tips:-

----------) Go well through your  CLAT syllabus , don't leave any part just because you find it difficult or boring or you don't like it.You can get clat syllabus at https://law.careers360.com/articles/clat-syllabus

There are 5 subjects in your clat

• english language

• quantitative techniques

• Legal Reasoning

• current affairs including gk

• Logical Reasoning

----------) Top books which you can follow for CLAT are listed below subject wise

>>>>> GK & CURRENT AFFAIRS

*Manorama Year Book

*General Knowledge by Arihant Publications

*Current Affairs Yearly by Arihant Publications

>>>>> LOGICAL REASONING

*A Modern Approach to Logical Reasoning by RS Aggarwal

>>>>> LEGAL REASONING

*Legal Awareness and Legal Reasoning by Pearson

*Objective Legal Aptitude by Rs Agarwal

>>>>> QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE

*Fast Track Objective Arithmetic, Arihant Publications

*Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Examinations by Pearson's

>>>>> ENGLISH

*Objective General English by R S Aggarwal

*Word Power Made Easy by Norman

For detailed information about books for CLAT go through

https://law.careers360.com/articles/best-books-for-clat/amp

----------) A major part  of your Clat  question paper are from the gk and current affairs section , so focus more on them, read news papers like The Hindu, Financial Express, and The Economist on daily  basis to keep you updated

----------) Make a routine or a time table and religiously follow it ,  take short breaks in between your studies, studying continuously can be brain tiring and it becomes difficult to focus and study with concentration, so take breaks to relax and refresh your brain.

----------)  Plan your studies, and set daily, weekly and monthly goals to cover the syllabus and meet them without any fail.

----------) Revise at regular intervals as syllabus is wide .

----------) Solve previous year CLAT questions :-it will let you know the examination pattern, type and difficulty level of questions asked in the exam etc

----------) Once done with complete syllabus, go through CLAT  mock test papers , it will let you know your preparation level and and weak areas so that you can work on them and perform well in your CLAT examination

For more preparation tips go through

https://law.careers360.com/tags/clat-preparation-tips

Thankyou