THE Supreme Court (SC) will release the results of the 2021/2022 bar examinations on April 14.
In an advisory on Wednesday, Associate Justice and chairperson of the bar exams Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa said the results will also include examinees with the 30 highest total averages and the top five law schools with the highest percentage of bar passers.
He said bar passers should wait for more announcements on getting clearance for the oath-taking and roll-signing on May 2.
In the 202/21 exams, 8,241 takers passed, representing a 72.8% passing rate.
The 2020/21 bar was the first to be administered digitally and with multiple testing sites.
For this year, the tribunal has raised the bar admission fee to P5,000 from P3,750 to cover the operating costs of the oath-taking ceremonies for bar passers.
It scheduled this year’s exams in September, earlier than the usual November to allow for an earlier release of results.
Associate Justice and 2023 bar exams chairperson Ramon Paul L. Hernando said holding the exams in September would allow passers to seek employment earlier.
The court had also condensed the coverage of the exams to combine similar topics.
Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo had said the bar exams would continue the digital format to take full advantage of new technology. — John Victor D. Ordonez