2007 bar exams results, lalabas na

Good luck sa mga kumuha ng bar exams noong isang taon. Lalabas na raw bukas os sa Sabado ang resulta. Ilan kaya ang magiging mga bagong abogado? Narito ang press release mula sa Supreme Court:

Results of 2007 Bar Exams Released Tomorrow or Saturday
By Annie Rose A. Laborte

The Supreme Court En Banc will meet tomorrow morning and decide whether the names of those who passed the 2007 Bar exams can be released tomorrow or on Saturday.

Justice Adolfo S. Azcuna, Chairperson of the 2007 Committee on Bar Examinations, said the list of the names will be displayed in LCD projectors to be strategically displayed at the Supreme Court front yard near its Padre Faura entrance. The results can be viewed simultaneously at www.supremecourt.gov.ph, the official website of the High Court.

Figures from the Office of the Bar Confidant headed by Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa showed a total of 5,626 law graduates from 109 law schools nationwide took and finished the exams held on September 2, 9, 16, and 23, 2007 at the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila.

A total of 5,804 law graduates have filed their petitions to take the 2007 Bar exams; 5,799 were admitted.

The Rules of Court provide that “a candidate may be deemed to have passed his examination successfully if he has obtained a general average of 75% in all subjects without falling below 50% in any subject.” In determining the average, subjects in the examinations are given the following relative weights: Political and International Law, 15%; Labor and Social Legislation, 10%; Civil Law, 15%; Taxation, 10%; Mercantile Law, 15%; Criminal Law, 10%; Remedial Law, 20%; and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises, 5%, for a total of 100%.

The following are the statistics on the Bar exams results for the past seven years:

Year	Total Number of Examinees	Total Number of Those Who Passed	Percentage
2006	6,187	1,893	30.60%
2005	5,607	1,526	27.22%
2004	5,249	1,659	31.61%
2003	5,349	1,108	20.71%
2002	4,659	917	19.68%
2001	3,849	1,266	32.89%
2000	4,698	979	20.84