3,962 pass the 2024 Bar exams

A total of 3,962 examinees passed the 2024 Bar examinations.

According to the Supreme Court (SC), this is 37.84% of the total Bar takers that completed all three exam days.

This is higher than the 3,812 passers last year.

Kyle Christian Tutor of the University of the Philippines College of Law topped the Bar exams with an overall rating of 85.7700%.

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Tutor was followed by Maria Christina Santos of the Ateneo de Manila University with 85.5400%, and Gerald Catayong Roxas of the Angeles University Foundation School of Law with 84.3550%.

Meanwhile, the top five law schools with more than 100 first-time candidates are the following:

1. Ateneo de Manila University — 159 passers out of 165 (96.36%)
2. University of the Philippines — 202 passers out of 217 (93.09%)
3. San Beda University — 119 passers out of 130 (91.54%)
4. University of Santo Tomas-Manila — 118 passers out of 133 (88.72%)
5. University of San Carlos — 94 passers out of 110 (85.45%)

The following are the top law schools with 51 to 100 first-time takers:

1. Polytechnic University of the Philippines — 54 passers out of 61 (88.52%)
2. University of Cebu — 45 passers out of 51 (88.24)
3. De La Salle University-Manila — 56 passers out of 64 (87.50%)
4. Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila — 45 passers out of 53 (84.91%)
5. Xavier University-Ateneo de Cagayan — 55 passers out of 80 (68.75%)

Lower passing grade

Meanwhile, Bar chairpreson Associate Justice Mario Lopez announced that justices voted unanimously to lower the passing grade to 74%.

“Instead of 75, the good justices headed by the Chief Justice [Alexander Gesmundo] voted unanimously to adopt the grade of 74 as a passing grade,” Lopez said.

“Hence, effectively, because of the 74% passing grade, the percentage of passing is not 37.84% for a total of 3,962 new lawyers,” he added.

Lopez said that if the grade was not lowered, the passing rate would be 30% instead of 37.84%.

He said that around 900 individuals passed the exams due to the change.

Leak

Meanwhile, when asked about the supposed leak of Bar results before the SC announcement earlier, Lopez said the situation was immediately addressed.

"Mayroon pala bagong app, ‘yung Barista. Individual lang naman ‘yun, not for public consumption, but this is individual for those who took the Bar," he said.

(The Barista is a new app for individuals who took the Bar. It's not for public consumption.)

"And immediately when we learned it, immediately, that app was immediately, automatically… disengaged. So only few were able to see. 'Yun naman ay pass or fail lang naman, eh. Walang grade (That only provides pass of fail results. No grades)," he added.

He said through the application, individual examinees may check their results.

A total of 10,490 out of 10,504 applicants completed all three days of the 2024 Bar Examinations, the SC said earlier.

The Bar exams took place on September 8, 11, and 15, 2024.—AOL/ VDV, GMA Integrated News