Congratulations to Bar Passers March 20, 2013

The Supreme Court released the results today March 20, 2013

The Supreme Court released today the results of the 2012 Bar Examinations, after meeting in a special en banc session.

Nine hundred forty six (946) examinees out of a total of 5,343 bar takers passed, constituting 17.76% of the total examinees. An original 5,686 were admitted to take the bar but only 5,343 completed the four-Sunday examinations.

Bar Exam Passers List

This was announced by SC Associate Justice Martin S. Villarama, Jr., Chairperson of the 2012 Committee on the Bar Examinations during a press briefing at the Court premises today in Padre Faura Street, Manila. As per tradition, the names of the successful examinees who garnered the ten highest scores were also released.

Ignatius Michael D. Ingles of the Ateneo de Manila University topped the 2012Bar examinations with a rating of 85.64%. The others in the top ten are:

INGLES, Ignatius  Michael D.	KING KAY, Catherine  Beatrice O.	LACSON, April  Carmela B.	ROMUALDO, Xavier  Jesus D.	BASE, Maria  Graciela D.	MACHUCA, Jose Maria  Angel P.

SALAZAR, Patrick  Henry D.	BARCELONA, Ralph  Karlo B.	LLAMAS, Marvyn S.	LI, Carlo Martin C.	TIOPIANCO, Francis  Paolo P.

Rank	Name	School	Score
1	INGLES, Ignatius Michael D.	ADMU	85.64%
2	KING KAY, Catherine Beatrice O.	ADMU	84.72%
3	LACSON, April Carmela B.	UP	84.48%
4	ROMUALDO, Xavier Jesus D.	ADMU	84.10%
5	BASE, Maria Graciela D. MACHUCA, Jose Maria Angel P.	UP ADMU	83.99% 83.99%
6	SALAZAR, Patrick Henry D.	UP	83.71%
7	BARCELONA, Ralph Karlo B.	Aquinas	83.43%
8	LLAMAS, Marvyn S.	ADMU	83.29%
9	LI, Carlo Martin C.	ADMU	83.27%
10	TIOPIANCO, Francis Paolo P.	UP	83.25%

The four-Sunday examinations were held on October 7, 14, 21, 28 2012 at the University of Santo Tomas in España, Manila. The examinations were administered through Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa.

The names of the successful examinees will be shown on three LCD monitors set up at the Supreme Court front yard and can simultaneously be viewed at sc.judiciary.gov.ph.

The oath-taking of the successful Bar candidates will be on April 24, 2013 at 2:00 in the afternoon at the Philippine International Convention Center.

The Bar passers may secure their clearances from the Office of the Bar Confidant during office hours, Monday to Friday, beginning April 1, 2013 from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Justice Villarama also announced the names of the examiners for the 2012 bar examinations. They are:

Political and Public International Law	SOLICITOR GENERAL FRANCIS H. JARDELEZA
Labor and Social Legislation	CA PRESIDING JUSTICE ANDRES B. REYES JR.
Civil Law	ATTY. JESUS M. MANALASTAS
Taxation	ATTY. VICTORINO C. MAMALATEO
Mercantile Law	ATTY. LILY K. GRUBA
Criminal Law	JUDGE THELMA ALLENA-PONFERRADA
Remedial Law	SB ASSOCIATE JUSTICE RAFAEL R. LAGOS
Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises	CA ASSOCIATE JUSTICE MANUEL M. BARRIOS

The Supreme Court conducts the Bar examinations once a year pursuant to its constitutional mandate under Article VIII, Sec. 5 which provides that it shall have the power to promulgate rules governing the admission to the practice of law. 

The following are the statistics on the Bar exams results for the last 11 years: 

Year	Total Number of Examinees	Total Number of Those Who Passed	Percentage
2011	5,987	1,913	31.95%
2010	4,847	982	20.26%
2009	5,903	1,451	24.58%
2008	6,364	1,310	20.58%
2007	5,626	1,289	22.91%
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%