SC: Over 9,000 finish Bar exams

MANILA, Philippines — The 2022 Bar examinations concluded yesterday, with more than 9,000 law graduates completing the fourth and last day of the exams.

While the Supreme Court (SC) recorded 9,183 hopefuls who finished the exams, a decrease in examinees was observed.

A total of 10,006 law graduates applied for the Bar examinations this year, but only 9,207 were able to finish the exams on political, international and labor laws on Nov. 9.

On Nov. 13, the SC said 9,196 applicants completed the exams on criminal and commercial laws.

The SC said 9,190 Bar examinees took the test on civil law on Nov. 16. They also completed the exams on remedial law and legal ethics yesterday.

The decreasing turnout of examinees has prompted Bar exams chairman Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa to call on the applicants to not give up.

This year’s Bar examinations were the second digitalized and regionalized exams since the COVID-19 pandemic hit the country in 2020.

The exams were held in 14 educational institutions nationwide.