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Manila Bulletin devider Philippines devider Mayor Abby congratulates UMak-SOL Bar passers

Mayor Abby congratulates UMak-SOL Bar passers

Published Apr 12, 2022 02:33 pm

Makati City Mayor Abby Binay congratulated on Tuesday, April 12, the nine pioneer graduates of the University of Makati School of Law (UMak-SOL) who passed the 2020-21 Bar Examinations.

"As a fellow lawyer, I could not be more proud of our pioneer batch of UMak SOL bar examinees for their outstanding performance in the recent bar exams. This is an affirmation of your years of hard work, training, and discipline and UMak's continued drive for academic excellence," Binay said.

She added that UMak also got a 100 percent passing rate and two exemplary passers – Jamille Justine Perez Santos and Jonah May Crizaldo Enayon – who scored above 85 percent.

The other Bar passers from UMak-SOL were Janos Randel Alvarez Antona, Kristofferson dela Cruz, Glenn Wil Delima Egano, Ma. Lilibeth Bautista Fabre, Dexter Jay Fernandez Bagumbay, Oscar Bunag Catolico III, and Joshua Janine Gabriel Lugtu.

UMak is the country's first ISO-certified local university that provides quality and accessible education to young students, particularly those from poor families in the city.

Binay explained that in 2017, UMak-SOL was opened through the initiative of its founding dean, former Vice President and senatorial aspirant Jejomar Binay, to offer a Juris Doctor (J.D.) program on a full scholarship to deserving students from various parts of the country.

Apart from free tuition, UMak-SOL scholars enjoy a P10,000-monthly allowance and a P20,000-book stipend for two semesters.

The mayor said that UMak-SOL currently has six academic research centers: Center of Legal Aid, Center for Human Rights, Center for Local Governance and Public Policy, Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Center for Energy Studies, and Center for Law and Technology.

She added that UMak-SOL continues the vision and mission of the university to produce competitive young Filipino professionals who are empowered to thrive in their selected fields or industries.

According to Supreme Court (SC) Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, 8,241 out of 11,402 examinees, equivalent to 72.28 percent, passed the exams.

Of the 8,241 who passed the exams, there were 761 exemplary passers who got 85-90 percent rating in the Bar exams, while 14 Bar takers earned recognition for excellent performance after obtaining grades higher than 90 percent.

The 2020-2021 Bar exam has been postponed for two years due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

After several postponements, it was finally held on February 4 and 6, 2022 in 31 testing sites scattered in 22 local government units around the country. It is also the very first Bar examination held digitally as a precaution against Covid-19.

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