THE first of the four-Sunday Bar examinations proceeded on Sunday without any trouble.
Supreme Court Associate Justice and 2019 Bar Exams Committee Chairman Estela Perlas-Bernabe, along with Chief Justice Diosdado M. Peralta and Associate Justices Marvic MVF Leonen and Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa even personally visited the Pontifical and Royal University of Santo Tomas (UST) prior to the exams. The justices wanted to ensure that bar takers would not encounter any problem and that the exams would proceed smoothly.
Accompanying them on the final inspection is Court Administrator Jose Midas S. Marquez.
“They [justices] are all hoping that many will be able to pass the bar exams because we need more lawyers in the country,” SC Spokesman Brian Keith F. Hosaka said.
More than 600 policemen were deployed inside and outside the UST to ensure the security of the examinees.
Earlier, the Supreme Court said a total of 8,245 examinees are set to take the first Sunday of the bar exams.
The exams cover eight subjects namely: “Political and International Law,” “Civil Law,” “Taxation,” “Labor Law and Social Legislation,” “Criminal Law,” “Remedial Law,” “Mercantile Law” and “Legal and Judicial Ethics.”
The first Sunday of the Bar Exams covers Political and International Law in the morning, and Labor Law and Social Legislation in the afternoon.
The second Sunday will cover Civil Law and Taxation, while the third Sunday is Mercantile Law and Criminal Law.
The last Sunday will cover Remedial Law, and Legal and Judicial Ethics. In the 2018 Bar examinations, 1,800 of the 8,158 examinees passed what is dubbed as the most grueling licensure examinations in the country with a graduate from Ateneo de Manila University topping the exams.
Hosaka confirmed
PERALTA announced on Sunday he has decided to retain Hosaka, a lawyer, as the spokesman of the High Court.
Peralta made the announcement prior to meeting law school deans during the first Sunday of the 2019 bar examinations.