21/10/2025
The (SC) ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค, in a Resolution dated August 12, 2025, in A.M. No. 24-10-05-SC, approved the 2025 ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ 138 ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต (๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด), formally adopting electronic and regionalized Bar Exams as the standard mode of admission into the practice of law.
The ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด will take effect on November 3, 2025, following its complete publication in the Official Gazette or in two newspapers of general circulation in the Philippines.
Under the ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, the Bar Exams shall be -
โข ๐๐๐๐๐ค๐ฃ๐๐ก๐๐ฏ๐๐ - the Bar Exams shall take place annually in local testing centers across the Philippines as may be designated by the SC.
โข ๐ผ๐๐ข๐๐ฃ๐๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ก๐ก๐ฎ - while the ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด provide that the Bar Exams shall be administered electronically, the Bar examinees are nonetheless required to answer the questions personally without help from anyone.
โข ๐๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฃ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ข๐ค๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ ๐ค๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฉ๐๐ข๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ง๐๐ (3) ๐๐๐ฎ๐จ ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ก๐ก๐ค๐ฌ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐จ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐จ ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐ง ๐๐ค๐ง๐ง๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ค๐ฃ๐๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐๐ฉ:
- First day: Political and Public International Law (morning), 15%; Commercial and Taxation Laws (afternoon), 20%,
- Second day: Civil Law and Land Titles and Deeds (morning), 20%; Labor Law and Social Legislation (afternoon), 10%,
- Third day: Criminal Law (morning), 10%; Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics, with Practical Exercises (afternoon), 25%.
The ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด likewise set the general average of 75% in all subjects unless the SC ๐๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ค determines another passing rate.
Only applicants who have passed the Bar Exams, found eligible for admission, and completed the requirements outlined in the ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด, including the completion of the ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ 138-๐ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ง ๐๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ต or the ๐๐ข๐ธ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐๐ณ๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ฆ, shall be allowed to take the corresponding oath of office before the SC.
Read full text of A.M. No. 24-10-05-SC here: https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/?p=153519
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