how to practice legal reasoning

Tips and Tricks to practice Legal Reasoning:

• Read the comprehension first and then attempt the question. Do not read the hypothetical situation first.
• The view of the author is paramount. Do not superimpose your view while answering the questions.
• Always go with an answer which has clear reference in the passage.
• Do not miss any Mock Tests or any practice test provided to you. There are no proper reference books available on the new pattern and the only source to practice these questions are the tests provided to you. So take the tests seriously and try to improve your legal comprehension skills through these tests.
• Work consistently on your reading skills.

Important Legal Reasoning topic for CLAT:

• Candidate must continuously invest time in reading articles related to static and current legal issues.
• Focus on the legal issues from last 10 months and read about them.
• Special attention should be paid to landmark judgments and important cases from the last year.
• Read about all the new amendments and enactments done in both monsoon and winter sessions of the parliament along with contemporary issues like LGBTQ rights or the death penalty which have been a part of the news in the last few months.
• Reading about static and current legal issues prior to your CLAT  will help you in understanding the passage easily and at a much faster pace during your final exam.
• You might land up in a situation where you are running out of time and cannot invest the last three-four minutes left in reading the entire passage. In that case, understanding of the legal issue will be of great help as you might be able to answer a couple of questions even without reading the entire passage word to word.

Hope, it helps!

Legal reasoning is one of the subject which requires a lot of practice. Practicing problems develops your thinking process which as a result helps you to solve any problem. Also legal reasoning is one of the fundamentals a litigator must be strong at.

The strategy for Legal reasoning is of two simple steps. The first step is to increase your legal awareness by following classic books like-

• Bare Acts of Indian Constitution
• Legal Awareness and Legal Aptitude by AP Bhardwaj

Increase your legal awareness from this two books and the AP Bharadwaj book is just great so you can follow it along with practicing problems. As you develops a base then go for the previous year papers. Practice question of Legal Reasoing from them and after you complete that go for some mock tests (available online or mock papers etc). This will strengthen your skills as well as your concepts. Follow this progression and I think it will benefit you.

To know more about the books for CLAT visit the link below:

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

For CLAT preparation tips visit the link below:

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

I hope this answer helps. All the very best for your future endeavors!

Dear Aspirant,

you can follow some of the tips and tricks given below for preparation of the legal reasoning section of your examination,

• Try and get hold of some of the good study materials such as textbooks and reference books
• This section is one of the most important sections, hence to ace this section, practice is key.
• Read the question properly and read it for a couple times to understand the question, then proceed to answer it.
• Revise and solve previous years question papers as it will give you a good idea as to how the questions are asked.
• try to think logically while answering the questions.
• Time manage properly so as to give the required time as per your convenience for solving this section.