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2023 Bar exams set in September: Supreme Court

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="The Supreme Court building in Padre Faura, Manila on August 24, 2022. George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/12/08/20220824-supreme-court-facade-gc-9.jpg"/><figcaption>The Supreme Court building in Padre Faura, Manila on August 24, 2022. <em>George Calvelo, ABS-CBN News</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA — The 2023 Bar examinations will take place in September, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. </p><p>The SC said the examinations would remain digitalized and regionalized, and were scheduled on 3 days: Sept. 17, 20, and 24 next year. </p><p>The 2022 Bar exams were held on 4 days last month, while the 2020-2021 Bar exams were held on 2 days in February. </p><p>&quot;The rationale is both practical and societal: an earlier conduct of examinations means an earlier release of examination results; successful Bar examinees can commence their practice of law as early as December 2023,&quot; the Office of the Bar Chair said in a press release. </p><p>“New lawyers may begin contributing to their families and to society as new members of the Bar in the same year they graduated from law school,&quot; it added. </p><p>The exams will cover the following 6 core subjects. Two subjects will be taken per exam day. </p><div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img alt="Bar exam core subjects and schedule. Screenshot from SC press release" src="https://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2022/news/12/08/bar-subjects.png"/><figcaption>Bar exam core subjects and schedule. <em>Screenshot from SC press release</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Examinations will be composed of a maximum of 20 “straightforward, entry-level questions, in essay-type form.” Answers will be graded from 0 to 100 percent, or 5 percent for each question, the Supreme Court said. </p><p>The exams will have 4 examiners per subject “to achieve an efficient, thorough review of answers despite the increasing number of Bar candidates every year,” it added. </p><p>Some 9,800 candidates took the 2022 Bar exams in November. </p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/11/20/22/2022-bar-takers-set-to-hurdle-final-day-of-exams">2022 Bar takers set to hurdle final day of exams</a></li></ul><p>The 2020-2021 Bar exams, meanwhile, was the first to be held digitally and pushed through last February after a 2-year delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Out of 11,402 law graduates who took the exams, 8,241 passed.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/news/04/12/22/full-list-2020-2021-bar-exam-passers">FULL LIST: 2020-2021 Bar exam passers</a></li></ul><div><strong>— With a report from Mike Navallo, ABS-CBN News </strong></div>

The 2023 Bar examinations will take place in September, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. 