Application for 2024 online Bar exams starts Jan. 15 -- SC
The application for the 2024 online Bar examinations will start on Monday, Jan. 15, and will be accepted by the Supreme Court (SC) until April 5.
In a Bar Bulletin, the SC – through Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez who chairs the 2024 Bar Examinations Committee – said the fee is P12,800 per applicant.
The 2024 Bar exams will be administered by the SC on Sept. 8, 11, and 15 also in various local testing centers nationwide.
Just like in the 2023 examinations, there will be six core subjects in the 2024 Bar exams -- Political and Public International Law, Commercial and Taxation Laws, Civil Law, Labor Law and Social Legislation, Criminal Law, Remedial Law, and Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises.
The SC said that all new applicants, previous takers, and refreshers, who do not have existing accounts with its online platform Bar Applicant Registration System and Tech Assistance (BARISTA), must create their individual account at https://barista.judiciary.gov.ph/.
It said that all applicants are required to complete/update their respective profile, fill out the application form, upload/re-upload digital copies of the documentary requirements, and pay P12,800 application fee exclusively through the modes provided in the BARISTA.
It also said that within 10 days from the notice of approval of application, all applicants must submit the printed and signed copies of their application forms, together with the physical copies of the mandatory documentary requirements to the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC).
All applicants must upload digital copies and submit physical copies of the deferred documentary requirements to the BARISTA and OBC, respectively, until Oct. 15, 2024, it added.
In the same Bar Bulletin, the SC said it will establish various Local Testing Centers (LTCs) in key cities in the National Capital Region, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao, and all applicants must select three cities ranked by order of preference.
It said that for other concerns, the public may the OBC Help Desk, or call (02) 8552 9690 / (02) 8552 9642. It added that only information posted on the 2024 Bar Microsite at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/bar-2024/, and on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SupremeCourtPhilippines/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/supremecourtph/ Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/SCPh_PIO Threads: https://www.threads.net/@scph_pio Viber: https://bit.ly/2024BarExamsViber are true and accurate.