The Supreme Court (SC) administers starting at 8 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 17, the first of the three-day 2023 online Bar examinations in 14 local testing centers (LTCs) nationwide.

Earlier, the SC had announced that there are 10,816 registered examinees, 5,832 of them first takers and the rest are examinees at least for the second time.

The SC, through the Office of the Bar Confidant, will be assisted by 2,571 Bar personnel in the 14 LTCs.

The last two days of the examinations will be on Sept. 20, Wednesday, and Sept. 24, Sunday.

It is expected, like in previous examinations, that the number of examinees will dwindle on the second day and finally on the third day.

It is also expected that several SC justices will visit LTCs to observe the conduct of the examinations.

Six core subjects will be covered in the examinations -- Political and Public International Law, 15 percent; Commercial and Taxation Laws, 20 percent; Labor Law and Social Legislation, 10 percent; Criminal Law, 10 percent; and Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises, 25 percent.

SC Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando, the 2023 Bar exams committee chairperson, said 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.

In the National Capital Region, the LTCs will be at the San Beda University, Manila; University of Santo Tomas, Manila; San Beda College Alabang (SBCA); 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.

SBCA in Muntinlupa City will be the SC’s national headquarters for the Bar examinations.

Courts in the areas of the 14 LTCs will be closed on Sept. 20.

Several local governments in the 14 LTCs have announced traffic rerouting in areas where the examinations will be held. Most of them have also banned the sale of liquor on certain times of the day during the three-day examinations.