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List of Passers of Philippines Bar Exam Results 2012
Supreme Court Spokesman Jose Midas Marquez announced yesterday that a A total of 1,913 out of 5,990 law graduates successfully passed the November 2011 Bar Exam.
Comprising 31.95 percent of examinees, it is the second highest passing rate in the history of the Philippines Bar examinations next to the 32 percent in 2003 according to Marquez.
Marquez had earlier announced that the 2011 Bar Exam results, containing the list of passers, will be released at 2 PM today (February 29, 2012).
Wednesday’s release would also be the earliest in the exam’s history. It is being credited to the change of exam format from essay type to multiple choice.
Supreme Court Associate Justice Roberto Abad served as the chairman of the 2011 Bar examination which was held for the first time at the University of Santo Tomas for four Sundays in November.
The examiners were:
- Court of Appeals Associate Justice Amy Lazaro Javier for Political Law
- Author and professor lawyer Cesario Alvero Azucena Jr. for Labor Law
- Author and Former Justice Undersecretary Dean Ernesto Pineda for Civil Law
- Author and Professor Abelardo Domondon for Taxation
- Court of Appeals Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando for Mercantile Law
- Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Maria Cristina Cornejo for Criminal Law
- Former Professor and practitioner Virgilio Manguera for Remedial law and
- Professor Edwin Carillo for Legal Ethics
Update – 1: Top 10 Philippines Bar November 2011 Examination
Update – 2: List of Philippines Bar Exam Results 2012 For November 2011 Examination via Alphabetical Order
Congrats to all new soon-to-be lawyers!
In recent memory, this is probably the bar exam result where there are more than six — seven to be exact — Law Schools represented in the Top Ten placers. Hope the trend will continue in the upcoming bar exams.
Ateneo Law School has always consistently dominated the Top Ten places in the bar exams since its first batch led by former Chief Justice Claudio Teehankee Sr sometime after the 2nd World War, roughly in 1946. Then for the last 30 or so years they have also dominated the passing percentage, followed by San Beda and UP College of Law, usually in that order.
Once again, congrats to the new passers who are about to take their oath! Hope you’ll contribute to the judicial reform agenda of the government towards a more progressive, just and humane society.