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San Beda grad tops 2014 Bar exams
By MARK MERUEÑAS, GMA News
(Updated 1:11 p.m.) A student of the San Beda College of Law scored a grade of 85.5 to top the 1,126 law graduates who passed the 2014 Bar exams.
The passing rate is 18.82 percent, Associate Justice Diosdado Peralta, chair of the 2014 Bar exams, announced on Thursday.
Of the 6,370 law students who applied for last year's Bar exams, only 6,344 made it to the final cut.
Over 300 backed out during the four Sundays of the exams held at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in October. [Click here for complete list of passers.]
The top 10 Bar passers are:
The passing grade for the 2014 Bar exams was lowered from 75 to 73 percent. It was the third time that the SC en banc decided to lower the passing grade, the first one was in 2012 with 70 percent, and 2013 with 73 percent.
Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is “deemed to have passed his examinations successfully if (he/she) has obtained a general average of 75%.”
However, the SC en banc has the discretion to lower the passing grade, upon recommendation of the Committee Chairperson.
Successful despite challenges
Top 3 passer Magalang graduated summa cum laude from UP in 2014.
During the wake for the late Senator Juan Flavier in November, she thanked the senator and his family for helping her succeed "despite being born cross-eyed and poor" through Oplan Sagip Mata.
Passing rates
Over 300 backed out during the four Sundays of the exams held at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila in October. [Click here for complete list of passers.]
The top 10 Bar passers are:
1st: Irene Mae Alcobilla - San Beda College - Manila - 85.5
2nd: Christian Drilon - Ateneo de Manila University - 85.45
3rd: Sandra Mae Magalang - UP - 84.6
4th: Mark Leo Bejemino - UP - 84.55
Gil Garcia - Ateneo de Davao - 84.55
Gil Garcia - Ateneo de Davao - 84.55
Reginald Laco - De La Salle Lipa - 84.55
5th: Michelle Liao - University of Cebu - 84.5
6th: Jose Angelo David - San Beda College - Manila - 84.45
7th: Adrian Aumentado San Beda College - Manila - 84.35
8th: Rhey David Daway - UP - 84.2
Fideliz Cardellie Diaz - FEU-DLSU - 84.2
9th: Jamie Liz Yu - UP - 84.00
10th: Tristan Matthew Delgado - Ateneo de Manila University - 83.95
The passing grade for the 2014 Bar exams was lowered from 75 to 73 percent. It was the third time that the SC en banc decided to lower the passing grade, the first one was in 2012 with 70 percent, and 2013 with 73 percent.
Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is “deemed to have passed his examinations successfully if (he/she) has obtained a general average of 75%.”
However, the SC en banc has the discretion to lower the passing grade, upon recommendation of the Committee Chairperson.
Successful despite challenges
Top 3 passer Magalang graduated summa cum laude from UP in 2014.
During the wake for the late Senator Juan Flavier in November, she thanked the senator and his family for helping her succeed "despite being born cross-eyed and poor" through Oplan Sagip Mata.
Passing rates
The results of the 2013 Bar exams, with a passing rate of 22.18 percent, were released in March last year, compared with 17.76 percent in 2012 – a 12-year low.
The oathtaking of the successful Bar candidates will be on April 24, 2015 at 3 p.m. at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
The eight subjects covered by the bar are: Political Law and Public International Law, Labor and Social Legislation, Civil Law, Taxation, Mercantile Law, Criminal Law, Remedial law and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises.
The bar examinations are the only professional licensure examinations not conducted by the Professional Regulations Commission.
It is also the only examinations which require the examinees to answer a combination of open-ended and multiple choice questions in long hand, subject to exceptions that may be approved by the Court upon recommendation of the Bar Confidant. —KG/VS/KBK/ELR, GMA News
The oathtaking of the successful Bar candidates will be on April 24, 2015 at 3 p.m. at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC).
The eight subjects covered by the bar are: Political Law and Public International Law, Labor and Social Legislation, Civil Law, Taxation, Mercantile Law, Criminal Law, Remedial law and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises.
The bar examinations are the only professional licensure examinations not conducted by the Professional Regulations Commission.
It is also the only examinations which require the examinees to answer a combination of open-ended and multiple choice questions in long hand, subject to exceptions that may be approved by the Court upon recommendation of the Bar Confidant. —KG/VS/KBK/ELR, GMA News
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