High Court announces today new lawyers who passed 2022 Bar exams

The Supreme Court (SC) will announce today (Friday) the results of the Bar examinations held in November last year with 9,183 aspiring lawyers taking the country’s most grueling national test.

The list of bar passers will be released after the SC holds a special en banc session to determine the 30 Bar topnotchers, as well as the law schools which obtained the five highest  Bar passers’ percentages.

According to the SC, the Bar candidates who were conditionally admitted to take the tests and have passed the same will be allowed to join in the oath-taking, provided that they have submitted the required documents within the prescribed period.

The 2022 Bar examinations, conducted under a regionalized and digitalized set-up, was held on November 9, November 13, November 16 and November 20.

In the 2022/2021 Bar exams, a total of 8,241 or 72.28 percent of the 11,402 examinees passed the first-ever regionalized and   digitalized examinations.

On the other hand, 14 or 0.17 percent of the  Bar passers earned recognition for excellent performance after they obtained grades higher than 90 percent.

The University of the Philippines law school produced the most number of excellent passers with four.

Asked for his advice for those who would flunk the Bar exam,  Chief Justice Alexander Gesmundo said: “Never give up. Everything is according to God’s plan.”

Meanwhile the High Tribunal officially launched the Code of Professional Responsibility and Accountability (CPRA) which was unanimously approved by the en banc during the magistrates’ summer session in Baguio City last April 12.

The CPRA, which will govern the conduct of lawyers in the court, is part of the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027, the five-year blueprint of the judiciary that is expected to hasten court proceedings, processes and resolution of cases.