Individuals arrive on the Supreme Courtroom in Padre Faura, Manila to attend for the results of the 2023 bar examination. | File picture from ARNEL TACSON
MANILA, Philippines — Over 10,000 regulation graduates confirmed up on the primary day of this 12 months’s Bar Examinations, the Supreme Courtroom (SC) mentioned on Sunday (Sept. 8).
This quantity is out of the 12,246 who initially registered to take the exams.
In a press convention, SC Affiliate Justice Mario Lopez defined that from the preliminary variety of candidates, some didn’t graduate whereas others went by means of surprising conditions that made them withdraw their purposes.
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“Throughout the utility interval, many potential examinees have been nonetheless finishing their last 12 months of regulation college or refresher course. Sadly, some didn’t graduate and / or encountered unexpected circumstances that led to their withdrawals,” Lopez mentioned.
“Because of this, from the preliminary pool of over 12,000 candidates, there are 10,483 examinees who confirmed up immediately,” he added.
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5,234 of the candidates have been are examinees; 4,060 are earlier takers; and 1,189 are refreshers.
A complete of 6,108 examinees are feminine, whereas 4,375 are male examiners.
155 of them are senior residents, and 313 have particular wants.
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13 native facilities
In accordance with Lopez, there are 13 native facilities nationwide — two in Mindanao, three in Visayas, two in Luzon, and 6 within the Nationwide Capital Area. ‘
Earlier SC mentioned the digitalized Bar examinations are scheduled for 3 days, beginning on Sunday (September 8) and persevering with on September 11 and 15.
On the primary day, the exams will cowl Political and Public Worldwide Legal guidelines, in addition to Business and Taxation Legal guidelines.
Civil Legislation, Labor Legislation and Social Legislations might be on September 11.
Felony Legislation, Remedial Legislation, and Authorized and Judicial Ethics with Sensible Workouts might be on September 15.
Lopez mentioned the examination outcomes might be out in early December, whereas the oath-taking ceremony for brand spanking new attorneys is scheduled on January 24, 2025.
Within the 2023 Bar exams, 3,812 out of 10,387 examinees handed, registering a passing price of 33.7 p.c.
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