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MANILA, Philippines — The Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) has a new roster of solicitors ready to serve as government counsels, one of whom is 2013 bar topnotcher Nielson Pangan. The new roster of young solicitors was presented after the appointment of new Solicitor General Florin Hilbay last month replacing outgoing Solicitor General Francis Jardeleza who was recently appointed by President Benigno Aquino III as associate justice of the Supreme Court. Pangan was among […]
MANILA, Philippines — Nielson Pangan, this year’s bar topnotcher, describes himself as “just an average student” who prayed a lot. The 27-year old law graduate of the University of the Philippines College of Law topped the 2013 Bar Exams, besting 1,174 other examinees who passed the exams with a grade of 85.80 percent. When his friends started calling him up to congratulate him, Pangan said he thought it was just a joke at first. But […]
