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Court News Flash March 2008
Results of 2007 Bar Exams Known Tomorrow Posted: March 28, 2008 By Annie Rose A. Laborte The results of the 2007 Bar Examinations will be released tomorrow, March 29, 2008. “We expect the results to be released tomorrow after lunch,” Assistant Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez, Chief of the Supreme Court Public Information Office and Chief of Staff of the Office of the Chief Justice, told the members of the press in a media briefing following a meeting with Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna, Chairperson of the 2007 Committee on Bar Examinations. “Prior to the release, we really want to check and double-check (the matching of the examinees’ number with the corresponding names of examinees), Atty. Marquez added. The decoding process has already started after the Supreme Court En Banc session that took place this morning. As early as yesterday, Justice Azcuna has said the Bar exams results can be viewed simultaneously at www.supremecourt.gov.ph, the official website of the High Court. The list of the names will be displayed in LCD projectors to be strategically displayed at the Supreme Court front yard near its Padre Faura entrance, Justice Azcuna added. Figures from the Office of the Bar Confidant headed by Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa showed a total of 5,626 law graduates from 109 law schools nationwide took and finished the exams held on September 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2007 at the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila. A total of 5,804 law graduates have filed their petitions to take the 2007 Bar exams; 5,799 were admitted. The Rules of Court provide that “a candidate may be deemed to have passed his examination successfully if he has obtained a general average of 75% in all subjects without falling below 50% in any subject.” In determining the average, subjects in the examinations are given the following relative weights: Political and International Law, 15%; Labor and Social Legislation, 10%; Civil Law, 15%; Taxation, 10%; Mercantile Law, 15%; Criminal Law, 10%; Remedial Law, 20%; and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises, 5%, for a total of 100%. The following are the statistics on the Bar exams results for the past seven years: Year Total Number of Examinees Total Number of Those Who Passed Percentage 2006 6,187 1,893 30.60% 2005 5,607 1,526 27.22% 2004 5,249 1,659 31.61% 2003 5,349 1,108 20.71% 2002 4,659 917 19.68% 2001 3,849 1,266 32.89% 2000 4,698 979 20.84%