Directly sourced from http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/nation/03/26/10/71-passing-grade-2009-bar-exams-report
MANILA, Philippines (2nd UPDATE) - A total of 1,451 out of the 5,903 examinees or 24.58% passed the 2009 Bar examinations, the Supreme Court announced Friday.
The results will be released at around 6 p.m. Friday.
Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, chair of the 2009 Committee on Bar Examinations, said "the passing rate was lowered from 75% to 71%."
The disqualification grade in Taxation was also lowered from 49% to 45%.
The Supreme Court said that in the last decade, "the highest passing rate was posted in 2001 with 32.89%, while the lowest was in 2002 with 19.68%."
"The highest passing percentage of all time though in 1954 with 75.17%, while the lowest was in 1999 with 16.59%," it added.
The 2009 Bar Examinations were held on September 6, 13, and 20; and October 4, 2009 at the De La Salle University in Taft Avenue, Manila.
The exams were administered through Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa.
The Bar exams are traditionally held in 4 consecutive Sundays of September, but the High Court had to reset to October 4, 2009 the last exam week due to the widespread flooding brought about by Typhoon Ondoy.
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 Supreme Court said the list of successful Bar examinees simultaneously will be shown on three LCD monitors strategically set up at the court's front yard. They can also simultaneously be viewed at http://www.sc.judiciary.gov.ph, the official website of the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court said "2009 Bar exams marked the first time that not one but two examiners were designated as examiners in each of the eight Bar examination subjects. Thus, every Bar subject would be divided into two parts, with each designated examiner assigned a specific scope."
"In February 2009, the SC, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, decided to implement the two-examiners per subject policy," the court said.
Nachura announced that the examiners were Atty. Sixto S. Brillantes, Jr. and Atty. Jeremy I. Gatdula (Political and International Law), Court of Appeals (CA) Justice Vicente S.E. Veloso and Atty. Pablo R. Cruz (Labor and Social Legislation), Justice Alicia V. Sempio-Diy (ret.) and Court Administrator Zenaida N. Elepaño (ret.) (Civil Law), Court of Tax Appeals (CTA) Presiding Justice Ernesto D. Acosta and Atty. Edwin R. Abella (Taxation), CA Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando and Atty. Hector Danny D. Uy (Mercantile Law), Sandiganbayan Justice Edilberto G. Sandoval and CA Justice Mario V. Lopez (Criminal Law), Sandiganbayan Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo and CA Justice Magdangal M. De Leon (Remedial Law), and Sandiganbayan Justice Samuel R. Martires and CA Justice Noel G. Tijam (Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises).
The court said Bar examinations are conducted annually pursuant to its constitutional mandate to promulgate rules governing, among others, the admission to the practice of law.
The first Bar exams were held in 1901, with 13 examinees, the court said.
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