The bar examinations for the years 2020 and 2021 for law graduates who are qualified to take the tests will be held in November, 2021 in the cities of Manila and Cebu.
In an announcement, Associate Justice Marvic Mario Victor F. Leonen, chairperson of the bar examinations committee for the years 2020 and 2021, said:
“By approval of the Court (Supreme Court) en banc, the next bar examinations will be held in November 2021.
“The examination periods and the venues of the next bar examinations will be announced in a separate Bar Bulletin.”
Last June in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic, the SC postponed the 2020 bar examinations set in November this year and decided to conduct the tests “definitely in 2021” not only in the City of Manila but also in Cebu City.
In a Bar Bulletin issued last June, Leonen said:
“Upon the recommendation of the 2020 Bar Examinations Chairperson, and in view of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, as well as the social and economic disruption caused by the pandemic and the resulting Enhanced Community Quarantine, the Supreme Court En Banc resolved to postpone the 2020 Bar Examinations.
“This is to give the Court ample time to determine the necessary adjustments and to make adequate preparations for the safe and orderly conduct of the examinations.
“Furthermore, acting on the Bar Chairperson’s proposal for regionalization, the Supreme Court En Banc resolved that the next bar examinations shall be held in Manila and in Cebu City.”