A total of 12,114 examinees have completed their registration for the 2025 online Bar examinations which will be conducted by the Supreme Court (SC) on September 7, 10, and 14 in various local testing centers nationwide.
As of Thursday, March 20, the SC said it was still verifying the registration of 1,239 examinees on requirements like the payment of P12,800 registration fee.
The deadline for the registration was last Monday, March 17.
Chairperson of the 2025 Bar Examinations Committee is SC Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier.
There are six core subjects in the examinations which will be administered at two subjects per day from 8 a.m. to 12 noon and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.
On September 7, Political and Public International Law will be the subject in the morning, while Commercial and Taxation laws is set in the afternoon.
On September 10, Civil Law will be in the morning, while Labor Law and Social Legislations will be in the afternoon.
On September 14, the subjects are Criminal Law in the morning and Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises in the afternoon.
In an earlier Bar Bulletin, Justice Lazaro-Javier said that each examination will be prepared by her with the assistance of four examiners per subject “to facilitate the expedient yet thorough correction of answers.”
The lady justice also said: “There will be a total of 20 essay questions per exam, with only a single question per number. Answers will be graded with a total of 0 to 100 percent or five percent per question. The questions will be straightforward and will be designed to assess the examinee’s understanding of basic and fundamental legal knowledge expected of entrants to the legal profession.”
The first online Bar examinations were conducted by the SC in 2021 for the years 2020 and 2021. The examinations for 2020 were postponed due to the then raging Covid-19 pandemic.
Senior Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen was the chairperson of the SC Committee on Bar Examinations for 2020-2021.