1,289 pass bar exams
By VLADIMIR C. VEGA
MANILA, Philippines -- The Supreme Court on Saturday released the September 2007 Bar examinations with a total of 1,289 passers.
Those who took numbered 5,626 law graduates from 109 law schools.
The Rules of Court provides that "a candidate may be deemed to have passed the examination successfully if he has obtained a general average of 75 percent in all subjects. Falling below the 50 percent in any subject means failure in the exams."
Subjects in the examinations are:Political and International Law, 15 percent; Labor and Social Legislation, 10 percent; Civil Law, 15 percent; Taxation, 10 percent; Mercantile Law, 15 percent; Criminal Law, 10 percent; Remedial Law, 20 percent; and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises, 5 percent, for a total of 100 percent.
The new ruling of the high court which it issued last year provides that five-time flunkers are permanently disqualified from taking the bar exams.
