Exam Day Time Management for Law Entrance Tests
Written and reviewed by Shubham Jain, BA LL.B., LL.M. · UILS, Panjab University alumnus · founder with 15+ years of teaching · Jury Law Academy, founded in 2016.
Sep 19, 2026
Before the paper starts
- Reach early and settle.
- Decide your section order in advance and do not change it.
- Write your time caps on the rough sheet in the first minute.
The two-pass method
Pass one: answer every question you can support immediately. Flag the rest and keep moving.
Pass two: return to flagged questions with the remaining time, starting with those where you had already eliminated options.
Time caps
Divide total time by sections according to your own test data, not a generic rule. If Quantitative Techniques takes you twelve minutes in mocks, give it twelve minutes and a two-minute buffer, not twenty.
Recovering from a bad section
Take three slow breaths, start the next section's first passage, and answer two easy questions. Rhythm returns through action, not reflection. Candidates lose more from carrying a bad section forward than from the section itself.
The last five minutes
Check that every intended answer is recorded, complete flagged questions where two options were already eliminated, and leave truly blank questions blank if the exam penalises wrong answers.
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Frequently Asked Questions
In what order should I attempt the sections?
Start with your strongest section to build rhythm, keep the most time-consuming one for the middle, and leave a short section for the end.
What should I do if the first section goes badly?
Move on immediately. Time spent worrying about a finished section costs marks in the next one.
Should I set time caps per section?
Yes. Fixed caps prevent one difficult passage from consuming time meant for easier marks later.
How much time should be kept for review?
Five to eight minutes at the end for flagged questions and marking checks.