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(Eagle News) — A total of 3,992 of the 9,183 examinees passed the 2022 bar exams. Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa, the 2022 bar chair, said on Friday, April 14, that the figures translate to a 43.47% passing rate. He also announced the 30 bar passers who obtained the highest ratings. These were: According to the SC, the top five law schools with the highest passing rate were: San Beda University – 97.58% Ateneo de […]
(Eagle News) — The first day of the 2022 bar examinations “went well and smoothly.” This is according to the Supreme Court, which quoted Supreme Court Associate Justice and Bar Examinations Committee chair Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa. “He is very pleased and hopes for the same results in the remaining Bar Exam days,” the high court said. According to the SC, 9,207 candidates attended the first day of the bar exams on Wednesday, Nov. 9. This […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday, Nov. 8, said over 9000 candidates are expected to take the 2022 bar exams. According to the High Court, of the 9,821, 5,947 will be taking the exam for the first time. Over 3,000–or 3,974—will be taking the exam for the second time. Some 253 applicants withdrew their petitions. The SC earlier reminded bar exam takers to install the right test software version to ensure “uninterrupted exam-taking.” […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court on Saturday, November 5, reminded those slated to take the bar exams in November to ensure they have the correct software version installed. 2022 Bar Examinations Chair Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa issued the reminder in Bar Bulletin No. 12 S. 2022 to “ensure uninterrupted examination taking.” The bulletin said the following are the versions of Examplify required for each operating system: For Windows OS – Examplify Version 2.9.6 For Mac […]
(Eagle News) — A total of 8,241 law graduates passed the country’s first-ever digital bar exams. The 8,241 who passed the exam represent 72.28 percent of the 11,402 who took and completed the 2020-21 bar examinations held on Feb. 4 and 6. According to Supreme Court Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, 11,790 had been admitted to take the bar exams, with 3.9 percent unable to complete them. The SC had pegged the passing score to 75%. […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court has rescheduled anew the conduct of the 2020/2021 bar examinations. 2020/2021 bar chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen said the exams, which were supposed to take place on Jan. 23 and 25, were moved to Feb. 4 and 6 instead following results of an SC survey that showed 16.8 percent of the 8,546 bar examinees who responded to the SC email were either positive for COVID-19, living with someone positive […]
(Eagle News) — The 2020/2021 bar examinations which were supposed to be held this November have been moved to January and February 2022 instead. According to Bar Bulletin No. 28, S. 2021 signed by Associate Justice and Bar Chair Marvic Leonen, the resetting to January 16, 23, 30, and February 6, 2022 of the exams was approved by the Supreme Court upon Leonen’s recommendation, based on the advice from various experts and “after considering […]
(Eagle News) — The Supreme Court will hold two mock bar examinations in several law schools and other activities in the country to test the viability of computerized exams under a localized and proctored setting. According to Bar Bulletin No. 16 s. 2020 issued by the Office of 2020/2021 bar chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, this proposed setting would do away with the traditional handwritten examinations, “which have long been deemed to affect the evaluation […]
Mix of online and written exams also being looked into (Eagle News)–The next bar exams will not be conducted in the same manner as the previous ones. This was confirmed by 2020/2021 bar exams chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, who issued the bar bulletin after Chief Justice Diosdado Peralta told a budget hearing for the judiciary that the Supreme Court was “considering” online bar exams. Leonen confirmed that his office was specifically studying the possibility […]
(Eagle News) — The next bar exams will be held at a date not earlier than February 2021. This is according to the Office of the 2020 bar chair Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, which issued a bulletin on the exams which were supposed to be held in November this year. Bar bulletin No. 12 s. 2020 said the SC en banc “resolved to announce the schedule” of the next bar exams to a later date […]
(Eagle News) — Over 8,000 candidates are slated to take the bar examinations this November, the Supreme Court announced on Thursday, Oct. 31. Th SC said the 8245 candidates are expected to take the exams on all four Sundays of November at the University of Sto. Tomas in Espana, Manila. According to the High Court, ten buses from the SC shall be available to transport examinees and personnel on duty to the venue from several […]
(Eagle News)–The Supreme Court has fined two Shari’a Circuit Court judges for what it ruled were their “misjudgments” that cast doubts into the integrity of the 2014 Shari’a Bar Examinations. In a 13-page Resolution promulgated on July 24, the third division upheld the findings of the Office of the Court Administrator that found Judge Kaudri Jainul of the Shari’a Circuit Court of Isabela City, Basilan and the appointed chair of the Board of Examiners; and […]
