There will be 14 local testing centers (LTCs) for the 2023 online and regionalized Bar examinations set on Sept. 17, 20, and 24. In Bar Bulletin No. 4, the Supreme Court (SC) said the LTCs in the National Capital Region (NCR) will be at the San Beda University, Manila; University of Santo Tomas, Manila; San Beda College, Alabang in Muntinlupa City; University of the Philippines, Quezon City; Manila Adventist College, Pasay City; and University of the Philippines, Bonifacio Global City. In Luzon, the LTCs will be at the Saint Louis University in Baguio City; Cagayan State University, Tuguegarao City; and University of Nueva Caceres, Naga City. In the Visayas, University of San Jose-Recoletos in Cebu City, University of San Carlos also in Cebu City, and Dr. V. Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation in Tacloban City will be the LTCs. There will be two LTCs in Mindanao – one at the Ateneo de Davao University in Davao City and the other at the Xavier University in Cagayan de Oro City. The July 12, 2023 Bar Bulletin issued by Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, chairperson of the 2023 Bar examinations committee, stated that the San Beda College in Alabang will also be the site of the national headquarters of the examinations “where the Court will be supervising and directing the simultaneous operations in the different LTCs during the Bar Examinations.” Justice Hernando said the venue selection by Bar examinees will be conducted on July 24 and 24, morning and afternoon. Site for the Bar Applicant Registration Information System and Tech Assistance is accessible at [https://barista.judiciary.gov.ph/](https://barista.judiciary.gov.ph/). The 2023 Bar examinations will be administered by the SC for only three days instead of four and with only six core subjects instead of eight. Hernando had earlier said: “Commercials Law and Taxation Law have been conjoined to the close affinity between these two fields in legal practice, while Remedial Law and Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises were fused together as these subjects complement each other in actual practice.” Thus, the subjects for examinations on Sept. 17, 2023 will be Political and Public International Law in the morning, and Commercial and Taxation Laws in the afternoon, from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. On Sept. 20, 2023, the subjects covered are Civil Law in the morning and Labor Law and Social Legislation in the afternoon. On Sept. 24, 2023, Criminal Law and Remedial Law will be in the morning and Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises in the afternoon. Justice Hernando said the early release of the Bar exams results would be complementary to an early conduct of the examinations. “We will therefore have aspirants to the profession earning their J.D. (Juris Doctor) degree, taking the Bar exams, taking the oath and signing the roll of attorneys all in the same year,” he said.