10,400 candidates complete 1st day of 2023 Bar exams

A total of 10,400 candidates completed both tests for the first day of the 2023 Bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced Monday.

The SC said this is equal to a turnout of 96.38% as a total of 10,791 applicants were expected to arrive for the examinations.

The morning exam on Sunday, September 17 was on political law and public international law while the afternoon exam was on commercial and taxation law.

For Bar chairperson and Associate Justice Paul Hernando, the first day of the  examinations was “a smashing success.”

“The Court and its 2,310-strong Bar personnel have vigilantly stood watch over our 2023 Bar Examinees and ensured the safe, peaceful, and orderly conduct of the exams. Let us all hope and pray that this would continue until the last day of the Bar,” Hernando said in a statement.

“To all of my 2023 Bar Examinees, I salute you for powering through the first Bar Day. There are only two Bar Examination days left. You can do it! I look forward to warmly welcoming you to our profession before Christmas day,” he added.

According to Hernando, the release of the Bar results as well as the oath-taking and signing of the roll of attorneys will be held before Christmas.

“This year, however, following the examples of my recent predecessors as Bar Chair, the time spent by the Examinees waiting in agony for the results of the exams will be cut short: my team and I are eyeing the release of the results of the 2023 Bar Examinations in early December before Christmas day,” he said.

“The results will, God-willing, come out in early December, before Christmas day,” he added.

The second day of the Bar exams will be held on September 20, Wednesday while the third day will be held on September 24, Sunday. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News