Supreme Courtroom Affiliate Justice Mario Lopez —Photograph from Supreme Courtroom web site
MANILA, Philippines — On the primary day of the Bar examination on Sunday, September 8, some 10,483 examinees out of the preliminary pool of over 12,000 candidates confirmed as much as take the assessments.
That is in line with the Supreme Courtroom Affiliate Justice Mario Lopez, this 12 months’s Bar chair.
Many potential examinees had been nonetheless ending their ultimate 12 months in legislation college or taking refresher programs throughout the utility interval, mentioned Lopez.
He mentioned in a press briefing at San Beda School in Alabang, Muntinlupa Metropolis that “nfortunately, some didn’t graduate and/or encountered unexpected circumstances that led to withdrawals.”
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Of the ten,483 examinees, solely half or 5,234 are new candidates, 4,060 are earlier takers and 1,189 are refreshers, or those that failed thrice within the earlier exams.
The youngest examinee is 23 years outdated and the oldest is 78, a mirrored image of the “wide selection of people aspiring to hitch the authorized occupation,” Lopez mentioned.
Moreover, the Supreme Courtroom accommodated 155 senior residents and 313 examinees with particular wants “to make sure that everybody has a good alternative to exhibit their {qualifications}.”
Sunday’s examination lined political and public worldwide legislation, in addition to business and taxation legal guidelines.
The second day of examination will likely be on Sept. 11 when examinees will likely be examined on civil legislation, labor legislation and social legislations.
‘Fairly troublesome’
The third and final day of the examination will likely be on Sept. 15 and can cowl remedial legislation and authorized and judicial ethics with sensible workout routines.
Requested in regards to the problem of the examination in comparison with final 12 months, Lopez mentioned: “Fairly troublesome however we tried to [frame the questions] objectively.”
The affiliate justice mentioned the Supreme Courtroom has already famous a gentle rise within the variety of aspiring legal professionals who search to take the Bar exams every year, prompting them to open the applying interval as early as January.
“The appliance interval spanned from January to April, offering candidates with 4 full months to finish their necessities and apply seamlessly,” Lopez mentioned.
A complete of 13 native testing facilities throughout the nation accommodated the Bar examinees, with San Beda College in Manila having the very best quantity at 1,455.
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