Tag: bar passers

2,103 pass 2019 bar exams

(Eagle News)–More than 2000 who took the bar exams in November last year passed. The 2,103 candidates who passed the 2019 bar examinations represent 27.36% of the 7,685 examinees who completed the licensure test. The exams cover political law, international law, labor law and social legislation, civil law, taxation law, mercantile law, criminal law, remedial law, and legal and judicial ethics and practical exercises. Mae Diane M. Azores of the University of Santo Tomas-Legaspi topped […]

New lawyers to take oath on Friday

(Eagle News) — Over 1,000 successful bar candidates are set to take their oath as new lawyers at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City on Friday, June 1. The 1,719 who will be sworn in are composed of those who passed the 2016 bar exams but were unable to take their oath last year, and some of those who passed the 2017 bar exams. Over 1000, or 1,724 out of 6,748 law graduates  passed […]