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The Supreme Court (SC) will determine on Wednesday, Nov. 2, if pleadings and requests are filed with the Office of the Bar Confidant seeking to postpone the 2022 online and regionalized Bar examinations.
If pleadings and requests were made, the SC is likely to resolve the matter on Wednesday or within the week as the four-day Bar exams officially start on November 9.
Responding to queries by reporters, SC spokesman lawyer Brian Keith Hosaka said that they have to wait for November 2 to find out if such pleadings or requests are filed with the Office of the Bar Confidant.
“I think it would be premature to say that the OBC has received a formal request or petition on this (Bar exams postponement) considering the official holidays. I would have to wait for Nov. 2 to be able to respond to your question,” Hosaka said, in a text message.
Hosaka’s statement was confirmed by Chief Justice Alexander G. Gesmundo.
Deaths caused by severe tropical storm “Paeng” have ballooned to 98 while more than 1.8 million individuals were reported to have been affected in 14 out of 17 regions nationwide.
A total of 9,916 law graduates are expected to take the 2022 online and regionalized Bar examinations to be administered by the SC in 14 local testing centers (LTCs) nationwide on Nov. 9, 13, 16, and 20.
Hosaka said a total of 10,075 law graduates originally applied and were accepted but 159 of them withdrew their applications. He said he did know the reasons for the withdrawal.
“I believe a formal notice would have been sent by them to the OBC,” he added.
Earlier, Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin S. Caguioa, chairperson of the 2022 Bar examinations committee, advised the examinees “to monitor their Bar PLUS dashboard to view their final LTCs.”
Caguioa said “all venue assignments are final and requests for changes of the venue at this point will no longer be entertained.”
Additional information needed by examinees may be sourced thru:
1. Frequently Asked Questions on the Digitalized Examinations for the 2022 Bar Examinations at https://bit.ly/2022BarExamplifyFAQs
2. Bar Examinations Manual for Examplify (for Examinees) at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/files/BAR-2022/using-examplify-bar-2022- manual.pdf
3. Bar Bulletin No. 9, s. 2022 at https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/files/BAR2022/Bar-Bulletin-9.pdf
4. Office of the Bar Confidant hotline numbers (02) 8552-9690 or (02) 8552- 9642, or through the Online Help Desk form via https://bit.ly/2022BarExamHelpDesk.
