Only 20% pass Bar exams By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/18/2011

Only 20% pass Bar exams

By Benjamin B. Pulta 03/18/2011

Less than a quarter of the 4,847 law school graduates who took last September’s Bar exams passed the grueling four-weekend test, the Supreme Court (SC) announced yesterday.

In a report furnished to reporters by the Committee of Bar Examiners headed by Associate Justice Conchita Carpio-Morales, the SC said only 982 out of 4,847 examinees passed the 2010 Bar examinations, bringing the passing rate to 20.26 percent, the second lowest since 2002.

According to available information in the last decade, the highest passing rate in the Bar was 32.89 percent in 2001 while the lowest was 19.68 percent in 2002. The highest was 75.17 percent in 1954 while the lowest was 16.59 percent in 1999.


 This year’s passing rate is lower than the 24.5 percent passing rate in 2009..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

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