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UST-Legazpi law dean says preps, school support keys to producing Bar topnotchers

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/news/04/29/ust-legazpi-s-official-website.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Photo grabbed from UST Legazpi&#x27;s official website</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA - The dean of the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi (UST-Legazpi) Law School on Wednesday said that adequate preparation, school support and faith in God helped the institution produce 2 topnotchers in the 2019 Bar examinations.</p><p>The school&#x27;s Mae Diane M. Azores and Myra M. Baranda were respectively named as the first and third top scorers in the recent Bar examinations, marking the first time UST-Legazpi had more than 1 graduate among the examinees&#x27; cream of the crop.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/I6YY3boXPeM?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div><p>&quot;Ang thinking ng nasa province [na students], siguro they would not be able to make it [in the top 10]. So siguro, mindsetting lang,&quot; UST-Legazpi Law School Dean Mary Ailyne Zamora said in a DZMM interview.</p><p>(Most of the law students from provinces might think that they would not be able to make it in the Top 10. So I guess it is just mindsetting.)</p><p>&quot;From the first year, we&#x27;ve been telling them na kaya naman nila... Motivation lang. And we were really judging kung ano yung mga mode of instruction [sa exam], and we try to parang tweak [our lessons] a little,&quot; she said.</p><p>(From their first year in law school, we&#x27;ve been telling them that they can top the exams... We just motivated them. And we were really judging the Bar exam&#x27;s possible mode of instruction and tweak our lessons a little.]</p><p>&quot;&#x27;Yung mga alumni, they were helping. They were giving feedback kung paano gagawin. We also asked the whole university to pray for the bar examinees,&quot; she said.</p><p>(Our alumni also helped. They gave feedback on what to do.)</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/20/bar-topnotchers-philippines-2019-exams">UST-Legaspi grad tops 2019 Bar Exams</a></li></ul><p>The last time UST-Legazpi produced a Bar topnotcher was over a decade ago in 2007, Zamora said.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s such a blessing for us... I am so proud,&quot; she said.</p><p>The law school dean reminded Azores and Baranda that she expects them to &quot;make a difference&quot; by showing that they have a &quot;good heart to be a lawyer.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/20/women-clinch-top-5-spots-in-2019-bar-exams">Women clinch top 5 spots in 2019 Bar exams</a></li></ul><p>&quot;I knew from the very start that you will be able to make it. I am proud not only because you topped the Bar, but also because I know you will be good lawyers,&quot; Zamora said.</p><p>&quot;You have so much values that I know you would be able to make a difference,&quot; she added.</p><p>&quot;Show the world - not just because you are Top 1 and Top 3, but because you are from UST-Legazpi - that you have a good heart to be a lawyer.&quot;</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/29/20/2019-bar-exam-results-philippines-supreme-court">2,103 out of 7,685 examinees pass 2019 Bar exams</a></li></ul><div> </div>

<p>The dean of the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi (UST-Legazpi) Law School on Wednesday said that adequate preparation, school support and faith in God helped the institution produce 2 topnotchers in the 2019 Bar examinations.</p>

The dean of the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi (UST-Legazpi) Law School on Wednesday said that adequate preparation, school support and faith in God helped the institution produce 2 topnotchers in the 2019 Bar examinations.