The Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan has confirmed that the LAW Graduate Assessment Test (LAW-GAT) 3rd Test 2025 will be held on October 19th, 2025 (Sunday). This is a very important test, which is an entry point to the professional legal sphere of graduates of law schools. HEC stated that the registration period of the LAW GAT started on the 15th September, 2025, and the final application date was the 30th September, 2025 (Tuesday). The slips of the roll numbers will be available to the applicants on October 10th, 2025 (Friday) through the official HEC portal and the result to be published on the 7th November, 2025 (Friday).
LAW GAT Law Graduate Assessment Test is a mandatory test that is issued by the Higher Education Commission (HEC) of Pakistan in cooperation with Pakistan Bar Council (PBC). This test is used to determine the competence and legal skills of the graduates who would like to practice law as an advocate, attorney, prosecutor, or legal consultant. Only the successful candidates of LAW GAT are allowed to seek enrolment by the Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) as practicing advocates. The test is used to ensure that only competent and qualified people pass into the legal profession and keeps the law practice and its credibility intact in Pakistan.
In order to qualify the LAW GAT 3rd Test 2025, the applicant must have undertaken his Bachelor of Law (LLB) or its equivalent in one of the universities recognised by the HEC. The eligibility rules are not complicated and applicable to all law graduates in Pakistan willing to start their careers in law.
The HEC LAW GAT is divided into 100 multiple choice questions (MCQ) assessing the applicant on the knowledge of many areas of law, such as constitutional law, civil law, criminal law, and professional ethics. In order to pass the LAW GAT, an individual has to have a mark of at least 50 percent marks. The HEC enables the candidate to take five attempts on the LAW GAT and this test is conducted after every six months.
The LAW GAT registration procedure was also carried out online with the assistance of the HEC e-portal. The applicants were supposed to open an account and fill in their profiles and include academic documents. The test fee of Law GAT was fixed as Rs. 3,000 and this could be paid either through the online bank transfer or visiting any branch of Habib Bank Limited (HBL). The successful applicants should carry the original amount paid in form of a challan, roll number slip and CNIC on the day of the test to enter the examination hall.
The slips of the LAW GAT roll number can be downloaded by all registered candidates as of October 10th, 2025. The roll number slip contains valuable information like the name of the candidate, the test center, and time of reporting. The test centers of LAW GAT are located in all Pakistan major cities such as Karachi, Lahore, Islamabad, Faisalabad, Peshawar, Quetta and Multan. During the registration, the candidates are allowed to choose the city they would like to take the test, and after this is done, it cannot be done again.
The HEC LAW GAT result 2025 will be released officially on the 7th November, 2025. Nonetheless, the responses to all color-coded question papers such as blue, green, pink, white, and yellow will be uploaded on the same day of the exam, the 19th October, 2025. These keys will enable the candidates to assess their performance even before the final score is announced. The final outcome will be made on the internet following an in-depth assessment and verification on the official website of HEC.
Law Graduate Assessment Test (LAW-GAT) is crucial towards professionalism in the Pakistan legal fraternity. Its main objective is to make sure that graduates of law are only admitted as competent law graduates with sufficient legal knowledge. The LAW GAT certificate is life time and this implies that once one clears the test, he or she is forever eligible to apply to be enrolled by the Pakistan Bar Council. This makes the lawyers credible and makes the judicial system more credible.
Students who come to do the examinations during the 3 rd LAW GAT 2025 Test are expected to arrive at their examination centers at least an hour ahead of the examinations. They should carry their original CNIC, roll number slip and paid receipt of challan. It will not permit any candidate who is found to be lacking these documents to sit in the test. The most important thing is preparation and online practice tests of LAW GAT MCQs can be found in different learning websites to increase the chances of success of the candidate.