MANILA, Philippines — Amid incidents of human rights abuse during ongoing coronavirus crisis, the National Union of Peoples’ Lawyers (NUPL) is calling on those who passed the 2019 Bar examinations to “stand in the frontlines” against injustice. The NUPL issued the statement after the Supreme Court released the list of the 2,103 passers of the 2019 bar examinations. NUPL further told the new lawyers: “The country needs you.”“Where there is injustice, there is a growing clamor for change. Together with the Filipino people, we must stand in the frontlines against this injustice,” NUPL said. Bar examinees tackled a total of eight subjects over four consecutive Sundays in November: Political Law and Labor Law, Civil Law and Taxation, Mercantile Law and Criminal Law, Remedial Law and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer April 29, 2020 08:03 UTC