By Rey Panaligan
Only 7,691 out of the 8,245 accredited law graduates were deemed qualified to take the test on the third day of the 2019 Bar examinations on November 17 at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila.
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
This is because 554 examinees out of the 8,245 law graduates earlier accredited by the SC either failed to show up during the first day of the examinations last November 3 or failed to take the tests on three of the four subjects scheduled on the first two days of the Supreme Court (SC)-administered examinations.
If a law graduate fails to take any of the eight subjects in the examinations, he or she is automatically disqualified for the entire examinations.
A total of 545 law graduates did not show up on the first day of the examinations.
Meanwhile, one of the 7,700 graduates who took the examination on the first subject, Political and Public International Law, in the morning on November 3 did not take the test on the second subject, Labor Law and Social Legislation, in the afternoon of the same day, and thus, only 7,699 examinees were accredited on the second day last November 10.
However, of the 7,699 examinees who were qualified to take the tests last Sunday, seven of them did not show up for the first subject on Civil Law.
In the afternoon, one of the “surviving” examinees failed to take the second subject, Taxation, leaving only 7,691 of them qualified to continue this Sunday.
The figures on examinees were released by the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), the office that supervises the annual bar examinations for the SC.
Subjects lined up this Sunday are Mercantile Law in the morning and Criminal Law in the afternoon.
On the last day of the examinations on November 24, the subject of Remedial Law will be tackled in the morning, while Legal and Judicial Ethics and Practical Exercises will be taken up in the afternoon.
SC Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe is the chairperson of the committee on bar examinations.
Traditionally, results of the bar examinations are released by the SC five months after the examinations.
The SC also reminded the examinees of its contingency plan in case of heavy rains and flooding on the day of the examinations, to wit:
(JANSEN ROMERO / FILE PHOTO / MANILA BULLETIN)
This is because 554 examinees out of the 8,245 law graduates earlier accredited by the SC either failed to show up during the first day of the examinations last November 3 or failed to take the tests on three of the four subjects scheduled on the first two days of the Supreme Court (SC)-administered examinations.
If a law graduate fails to take any of the eight subjects in the examinations, he or she is automatically disqualified for the entire examinations.
A total of 545 law graduates did not show up on the first day of the examinations.
Meanwhile, one of the 7,700 graduates who took the examination on the first subject, Political and Public International Law, in the morning on November 3 did not take the test on the second subject, Labor Law and Social Legislation, in the afternoon of the same day, and thus, only 7,699 examinees were accredited on the second day last November 10.
However, of the 7,699 examinees who were qualified to take the tests last Sunday, seven of them did not show up for the first subject on Civil Law.
In the afternoon, one of the “surviving” examinees failed to take the second subject, Taxation, leaving only 7,691 of them qualified to continue this Sunday.
The figures on examinees were released by the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), the office that supervises the annual bar examinations for the SC.
Subjects lined up this Sunday are Mercantile Law in the morning and Criminal Law in the afternoon.
On the last day of the examinations on November 24, the subject of Remedial Law will be tackled in the morning, while Legal and Judicial Ethics and Practical Exercises will be taken up in the afternoon.
SC Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas Bernabe is the chairperson of the committee on bar examinations.
Traditionally, results of the bar examinations are released by the SC five months after the examinations.
The SC also reminded the examinees of its contingency plan in case of heavy rains and flooding on the day of the examinations, to wit:
- In case of heavy rains, 10 SC buses shall be available to transport examinees and duty personnel to UST from several pick-up points in the morning of a Bar examination day. The buses shall be stationed as early as 4:30 a.m. and will leave exactly at 5 a.m. in the following areas -- Quezon City Memorial Circle (two buses); Park and Ride, Lawton, Manila (one bus); SC Compound, Taft Avenue (two buses); EDSA Magallanes Flyover (beneath the Flyover), Pasay City (two buses); Greenbelt and Glorietta, Ayala Center, Makati City (two buses); and Marikina Sports Complex (one bus).
- Only Bar examinees and duty personnel are allowed to ride the shuttle buses. Boarding shall be on a first-come, first-served basis. To avail of this service, they must present their Notice of Admission, Gate Pass and/or identification cards, as the case may be, to the bus driver before being allowed to board.
- In the event there is flooding inside the UST compound before the start of the exams, commuter vans of the SC shall also be available to transport examinees and duty personnel from the UST gates to their respective examination buildings. Senior citizens, pregnant women, and persons with disability (PWDs) shall be prioritized in the use of the commuter vans.
- If there is flooding after the end of the exams, the SC commuter vans shall also be available at each examination building to shuttle Bar examinees and duty personnel back to Osmeña and Arellano Drives near Gate 5 along España Boulevard, where the SC buses are parked. The SC buses will transport and drop them off in the following areas: 1) northbound passengers shall be transported up to QC Memorial Circle; 2) southbound passengers could be dropped-off at Park and Ride, Lawton, Supreme Court premises, and at the EDSA Magallanes Flyover (beneath the Flyover) in Pasay; 3) for the Makati area, drop-off area shall be at the Ayala Center (Glorietta and Greenbelt); and 4) for the Marikina area, the Marikina Sports Complex.