Supreme Court revives 2-examiner policy in Bar exams

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court (SC) has revived the two-examiner per subject policy for this year’s Bar examinations.

In a resolution released recently, the high court said it would adopt the policy used in the Bar exams in 2009 and 2010 upon the recommendation of Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe, who heads the 2019 Bar committee.

Bernabe proposed the policy “to promote operational efficiency amid the increase in the number of admitted examinees.”

Under the two-examiner policy, the subject will be divided into two parts. Each examiner will be given a specific scope where the examiner will formulate the questions.

During the actual exam, the examinee will have one questionnaire containing both parts I and II and two conjoined booklets. 

After the examination, part I and part II booklets containing the number corresponding to the name of the examinee will be given to each of the examiners “in order to expedite the checking of booklets while ensuring the quality of assessing them.”

The SC is expected to release the results of the 2018 Bar exams on May 3.

A record-high of 8,155 law graduates took last year’s Bar exams.