FULL LIST: SEPTEMBER 2023 BAR EXAM PASSERS
MANILA, Philippines. The
Supreme Court (SC) through Associate Justice Ramon Paul L Hernando has
announced that out of 10,387 examinees, only 3,812 (36.77%)
successfully passed the September 2023 Philippine Bar Examination.
The 2023 Bar Exam was the third time it was given digitally on-site using the Examplify software instead of having examinees write their answers in a booklet.
From 11,402 bar takers
last year, 8,241 passed the said exam, which is equivalent to a 72.28% passing
rate.
Meanwhile, the office
of the 2023 Bar Exam Chairperson, Supreme Court Associate Justice Ramon Paul
Hernando, has released the schedule for this year’s bar examinations. The
digitalized and regionalized exams will be on September
17, 20, & 24, 2023, in different local testing centers in Luzon,
Visayas, and Mindanao.
According to Bar Chair Assoc.
Justice Hernado, earlier examinations mean earlier results; successful bar
examinees can begin practicing law as early as December 2023.
Here is the list of successful bar passers and exemplary passers of the 2023 Philippine Bar Exam.
SEPTEMBER 2023 BAR PASSERS
List of Successful Examinees
September 2023 Bar Examinations
Held on SEPTEMBER 17, 20 & 24, 2023
Release on December 5, 2023
Each Bar passer/inductee must pay a fee of Five Thousand One Hundred Ninety Pesos (₱5,190) before attending the Oath Taking and Roll Signing.
SEPTEMBER 2023 BAR PASSING SCORE/RATE
For the 2023 bar examinations, the total weighted score is the sum of the weighted scores for each subject. The weighted score for each subject is the result of the subject’s relative weight and the raw score as a percentage of the maximum possible score, such as 75 on a 20-question exam.
A bar examinee who obtains a total weighted score of at least 85% on the September 2023 bar examination shall be recognized for exemplary performance on the bar examinations.
Examinees who have
failed three or more bar examinations are COMPELLED to complete
mandatory refresher courses.
BAR EXAM 2023 EXAM COVERAGE
Political and Public International Law – (15%)
Commercial and Taxation Laws – (20%)
Civil Law – (20%)
Labor Law and Social Legislation – (10%)
Criminal Law – (10%)
Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics
with Practical Exercises – (25%)
VALIDITY OF REFRESHER COURSE
Those who have finished the 4th-year refresher course will have up to three (3) years from the date of their course completion to take the bar exams. The three (3) bar years, not the three (3) calendar years, begin on the date the refresher course was completed. However, it’s only good for one (1) bar exam.
2023 BAR EXAM/APPLICATION FEE
The bar exam/application fee is ₱12,800 for all applicants, whether new, repeat, refresher, or re-applicant. The application fee for the bar may be paid using the Bar Personalized Login Unified System (BarPLUS) platform. Each applicant is solely liable for payment. No joint payments from several applicants will be accepted.
Each applicant is
solely liable for payment. No joint payments from several applicants will be
accepted.