THE much-awaited results of the 2017 Bar Examinations will be known on April 26, after the Supreme Court meets in a special en banc session to set the passing rate. Lawyer Theodore Te, the court’s information chief, said Justice Lucas Bersamin, chairman of the 2017 Bar Exams Committee, was tasked to announce the results. The names of the new lawyers will be flashed on screen at the Supreme Court quadrangle fronting Padre Faura Street, and at the same time, posted on its website. Bar examinees were tested on their knowledge of political law, labor law, civil law, taxation, mercantile law, criminal law, remedial law and legal and judicial ethics. In 2016, 3,747 out of 6,344 examinees or 59.06 percent passed the Bar, considered the highest passing rate in 16 years.

Source: Manila Times April 12, 2018 16:07 UTC