Category Archives: Bar Exams

(Note: As to when the bar exam results will be released, please see updates at the bottom of post or in the comments. Update: Full list of the 1,130 passers is here.)

I’m no longer posting the questions and proposed answers for the four past Sundays of the 2008 bar exams (Political Law, Labor Law, Civil Law, Taxation, Mercantile Law, Criminal Law, Remedial Law and Legal Ethics). Please refer to phBar.org for the questions and the discussions. Read more »

The entire phbar community would like to express its gratitude to Joan for sharing her time and effort in giving a lecture during the 2nd Gathering of the phbar community. Joan placed No. 1 during the 2005 Bar Exams. Here’s a summary of the lecture:

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Update (7 September 2008): The first Sunday is almost done. The SC newsflash reported that a “record” 6,533 law graduates are set to take the 2008 bar exams. A higher number (6,560) filed their respective petitions to take the Bar exams, but 11 applications had been denied. 16 applicants withdrew. Let’s hear from the examinees (and those who served in the barops) how’s the first day. Read more »

The diverse opinions on the 2007 bar examination expressed in this site probably reflects the level of “controversy” surrounding it. I agree that more reforms are needed, although it’s unfair to say that the Supreme Court is not doing anything about it. I agree that the Supreme Court is not perfect, but any effort to destroy its credibility, especially when based on mere allegations, should never be allowed as it brings more harm. I agree that some are luckier than others, but it’s unfair to attribute everything to luck because we all know the extreme difficulty in preparing for the bar exams. I agree that there’s nothing else we could do because the result was already released, but it’s unfair to tell those who want to express their respective opinions to shut up. Read more »

The Bar examinations are not difficult, it depends on the examinees. If he prepared well and studied well, and prayed hard, then he will make it.

The correction (by the examiners) was unusually strict so that the justices of the court felt there was a need to lower the passing rate. There was need to lower the passing grade in order to balance the correction in these three subjects.

- Associate Justice Adolfo Azcuna
Chair of the 2007 committee
on Bar examinations
(as quoted by Inquirer.net)

There’s a lot of comments on the proposed bar exam reforms. Some say that a major overhaul of the entire system is needed. Some, on the other hand, say that the bar exams is acceptable as it is, and no reforms are needed. Perhaps the opinion of the Political Law examiner for the 2007 bar exams, Dean Raul Pangalangan, would carry more weight. Here’s a portion of what Dean Pangalangan said in his PDI column: Read more »

The original title of this post is “Congratulations, Wednesday Team,” but it had to be modified because it sounds showbiz, closely resembling the Wednesday Group of Kuya Germ’s That’s Entertainment. Anyway, congratulations to the members of our Wednesday Team at the U.P.-Office of Legal Aid (OLA): Read more »

If “amici curiae” means “friends of the court,” is it correct to say that “blawg amici” means “friends of this law blog”? Whether it’s wrong or not, let’s put a face and congratulate, in no particular order, those who contributed to the traffic (the reason why this blog broke down at least three times) and who became lawyers (subject to the taking of lawyer’s oath and signing of the roll of attorneys, two requisites before becoming a full-fledged lawyer) in the process: Read more »

We’ve seen, in the past three or four days, a sudden buzz of comments and activities in this blog centered on the bar exams. Three times the site broke down due to the surge in traffic. After more than 1,500 combined comments in two blog entries (here and here) relating to the 2007 bar exams, we’ve seen, after a long and suspense-filled wait, the victors. Questions arise as the dust settles. Read more »

TOP TEN:

1. Mercedita Ona (83.55% – Ateneo de Manila University)
2. Jennifer Ong (83.35 – University of the Philippines)
3. Yvanna Maalat (82.75 Ateneo de Manila University)
4. Jennie Aclan (82.1 – University of San Carlos)
5. John Michael Galauran (81.6 – University of Nueva Caceres)
6. Karen Canullas (81.4 – San Sebastian College)
7. Cecille Mejia (81.35 – Ateneo de Manila University)
7. Sheryl Ann Tizon (81.35 – University of the Philippines)
8. Marforth Fua (81.2 – San Beda College)
9. Ruby Luy (81.15 – Ateneo de Davao University)
10. Christian Llido (80.9 – University of Cebu)
10. Vivian Tan (80.9 – University of the Philippines)

LIST OF SUCCESSFUL EXAMINEES Read more »