Judgement day, D day, moment of truth those are just some of the words that bar candidates choose to call the day that the bar exams would be released. The Supreme Court in it's website has officially anounced that the results for the 2007 bar exams which was held last September 2007 will be finally released either Friday, March 28, 2008 or Saturday, March 29, 2008. The Supreme Court En Banc will still have to meet tomorrow morning (Friday) to decide on the final release date. It's do or die tommorow for the 5,799 bar candidates that will no doubt be loosing sleep starting tonight. Rumors has been circulating that there were only 300 that passed the 2007 Philippine bar exams. If this is true only 6 % passed in what is regarded as the hardest exam in the Philippines. But I doubt if the rumors are true. The average passing rate since the 1950s was always within the 20% plus range. This point in time takes me back a year ago when I was awaiting the results of the 2006 bar exams. … [Read more...]
Preparing to hurdle the Philippine bar exam ? Than this review center might just be for you !
One month to go and Jurists Bar review center will start its review classes in Cebu City ! Jurists Bar review Center is a one of a kind bar review center that not only provides bar-review lectures to bar reviewees but gives a unique bar review experience by establishing a system of coaching and performance-monitoring that would better prepare the reviewees for the bar examinations. During its first season in the year 2005, Jurists obtained an overall passing percentage of 41.38% as against the national passing percentage of 27.20%. For those Jurists reviewees who faithfully followed and adhered to the Jurists training protocol of mock-bar examinations and attendance in one-on-one coaching sessions, the passing percentage was an astounding 85%. Gladys Gervacio, a Jurists Reviewee who faithfully followed the Jurists protocol, copped 6th place in the bar examinations and scored a perfect 100% in Labor Law and Legal Ethics, a feat unparalled in the annals of the bar … [Read more...]
OBSERVATION ON THE 1980 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMINATIONS – Full report
The following are excerpts from the actual reports of the 1980 Bar Examiners submitted to, and released to the law schools by, Madam Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Hererra, Chairperson of the 1980 Committee on Bar Examinations. I have already made a summary of this report and has posted it in this blog in the post entitled “How to pass the Philippine bar exams.” However I believe that law students and law professors will gain more by reading the full report. Although this report was made more than 27 years ago, the lessons that can be gleaned are timeless and can still very much apply to those who will be taking the Philippine bar exams. This report is also useful for law professors and law schools as this will help us re-evaluate our teaching methods in order to effectively help our students hurdle the hardest exam in the Philippines, the bar exams. The report starts out with these interesting observations: 1. With a relatively few notable exceptions, I observed a deficiency in the … [Read more...]
Marketing one of the best Bar Review Centers
For the past few weeks, we had been busily promoting Jurists Bar Review Center in Cebu City Philippines. In fact I have written several articles related to Jurists Bar Review in this blog namely: - November 27, 2007 – Ten reasons why I love Jurists Bar review Center - December 26, 2007 – One of the gifts I hope I will get for Christmas - February 6, 2008 – Applying the Blue Ocean Strategy in Bar Exam review We are utilizing all means to promote the review center. We are currently putting up the familiar "yellow" (The Jurists "official color") posters in study centers, law schools, and government offices. Three huge streamers are also placed in heavily populated areas. We have given press releases to two newspapers; they will be possibly printed before the end of February or early March. We are also planning to promote via radio and of course place the traditional newspaper ads. We will also be calling our Southwestern Alumni personally. The last leg of our marketing effort … [Read more...]
How to pass the Philippine Bar exams
More than 27 years ago Madame Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Hererra, Chairperson of the Committee on Bar Examinations submitted a report to the Philippine Supreme Court her observations on the 1980 bar exams. Her pointed remarks on how the examinees answered the 1980 bar exams could serve as a lesson for those who are aspiring to make it to the Philippine bar. The actual report is seven pages long. I have summarized the report in order to drive home the point. In order to hurdle the Philippine bar exams, examinees must have a mastery of what I call as the four “L’s.” in taking the bar exams, Language, Logic, Law and Layout. Here are the comments of Justice Herrera (In quotation) with regards to these four areas. • MASTERY IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS: A.) LANGUAGE – How should you express your answer? 1.) “Only in a few instances was there a command of the English language.” 2.) ” . . . Require additional courses even in law school proper in the fields of English composition and … [Read more...]