MANILA, Philippines — Eighty seven-year-old Ibarra Mariano, one of the more than 8,000 bar hopefuls in 2018, hurdled the four-day grueling exam on Sunday. This year’s Bar exams drew a record-number of takers. 8,701 filed their applications, but the number dropped to 8,156 by the third day of the Bar exams. It was not until 1995, after retiring, that he was able to take the Bar exams but failed. READ: 2018 Bar exams end peacefully‘Is litigation still an attractive proposition?’As the four-day Bar exam closed, lawyers’ groups challenged their future colleagues on the challenging road they would forge on ahead.

Source: Philippine Star November 26, 2018 04:06 UTC