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Requirements for the Bar Examinations
Applicants for the Bar Examinations must file a verified
petition in the form prescribed bythe Supreme Court (available at
the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) for free) from June 1to July
15, accompanied by the following documents:
A - FIRST TIMERS
1. Birth Certificate (issued by the NSO or Local Civil
Registrar) - original or certified truecopy
- legible- In case of any discrepancy of entries between the
Birth Certificate and Transcript of SchoolRecords, an affidavit of
parents and/or joint-affidavit of two disinterested persons
explainingthe discrepancy is required. The applicant is however
further required to submita corrected birth certificate or
corrected school records as the case may be.- In the absence of
birth certificate - Certificate of Late Registration.
2. Marriage Certificate (original or certified true copy)- for
Married females only.
3. Three (3) testimonials of good moral character each executed
by a member of thePhilippine Bar (form may be furnished by the OBC
for free ).
4. Official Pre-Law Transcript (original or certified true
copy)
- In case the Rizal Course is integrated with another subject(s)
appearing in the transcript,a certification from the school to that
effect is required.
5. Official Law Transcript (original or certified true copy)
6. Certificate of no derogatory record.
7. Certification from CHED confirming graduation from the
College of Law (C-2) - (Notapplicable to graduates of UP or State
Universities /Colleges governed by its own charter)
8. Three (3) copies of latest un-retouched photos wI name
IMPRINTED thereon - (1 % x 1% )
9. Self-addressed and stamped envelope
B. REPEATERS (TWO-THREE TIMERS)
1. Three (3) testimonials of good moral character each executed
by a member of thePhilippine Bar (form may be furnished by the OBC
for free).
2. Certificate of no derogatory record.
3. Three (3) copies of latest un-retouched photos w/ name
IMPRINTED thereon - (1 % x 1% )4. Self-addressed and stamped
envelope
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C. REPEATERS COVERED BY SECTION 16 OF RULE 138 (Those who failed
the Bar Exams forthree or more times)
1. Refresher Course
- Individual certification under oath by professors that the
applicant passed the followingsubjects (indicating the grades):
Civil Law Review ICivil Law Review IIPolitical/Constitutional
ReviewCommercial Law ReviewCriminal Law ReviewRemedial Law Review -
Certification under oath by the Dean or Registrar that the
professors mentioned abovewere bona-fide professors of the school
where the refresher course was taken.
2. Pre-Bar Review Course
- Certification executed under oath by the School Registrar that
the applicant is enrolled in,and is regularly attending the Pre-Bar
Review Course.
3. Certification of Completion of the Pre-Bar Review Course
4. All the requirements for repeaters under letter B above.
D. APPLICANTS WITH:
1. PENDING CASES (civil, criminal, administrative, including
cases filedwith the Prosecutor's Office and Office of the
Ombudsman)
- Certified true copy of Complaint/Information- Certificate of
pendency of the casel Certificate of status
2. DECIDED CASES (civil, criminal, administrative, including
cases filed with theProsecutor's Office and Office of the
Ombudsman)
- Certified true copy of Complaint/information- Certified true
copy of Decision- Certificate of Finality of Decision- Clearance
from the Court, Prosecutor's Office or From the Office of the
Ombudsman, asthe case maybe
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RULES ON THE CONDUCT OF THE BAREXAMINATIONS
1. No refund of the examination fee will be allowed, whether or
not your petition to take the Bar Examinations isapproved. In case
you are unable to take the examinations, seventy-five percent (75%)
of the said fee maybe applied to a future Bar Examinations.
2. Failure to take the test in any subject will bar you from
taking the rest of the examinations. (Res., October 1,1968)
3. Always bring with you your Notice of Admission, which shall
serve as your pass to the examinationcompound/room.
4. Bringing of deadly weapons, cameras, tape recorders,
cellphones, other radio or stereo equipment,communication gadgets
or any other electronic device is STRICTLY PROHIBITED.
5. You are required to come early. Gates open at 5:00 A.M. and
12:00 P.M. on examination days and close at7:30 A.M. and 1:30 P.M.,
afterwhich no one will be allowed to enter without permission from
the Chairman.
6. Upon arrival at the examination compound in the morning of
each examination day, consult the bulletinboards along the ground
corridors and on the floor to which you are assigned for your room
assignment.
7. For an easy and orderly location of your assigned building
and room, you are required to wear your color-coded Identification
Card at all times. When you arrive at the examination area, you are
required to proceedto your room assignment and not to wander
around.
8. Eating inside the classrooms and anywhere inside the
examination buildings is STRICTLYPROHIBITED. Eating is however
allowed in the following areas: a) gazebo area, b) pebble wash
area, andc) Chess Plaza. As mandated by the De la Salle University
Administration SMOKING is STRICTLYPROHIBITED anywhere within the
premises even in open spaces.
9. You will be allowed to enter your room before the start of
the examination upon submission of your Notice ofAdmission to the
headwatcher, but you have to conduct yourself properly by avoiding
loud discussions andconversations. Attend to your personal needs
before the FIRST BELL.
10. At the sound of the FIRST BELL (7:45 A.M. and 1:45 P.M.), no
examinee will be allowed to leave theroom. All books and notes
should then be placed in front of the room. An examinee will be
consideredcheating if caught with notes or codigos during the
examination.
11. A name card will be given to you by the headwatcher which
should be STRICTLY ACCOMPLISHED in thefollowing manner and
order:
1. PRINT your complete name as follows family name, given name
and middle name on the firstline;
2. Affix your CUSTOMARY SIGNATURE on the second line;3. INDICATE
THE SCHOOL where you finished your law course at the bottom of the
card;4. Affix your RIGHT THUMBMARK on the space provided
therefor;5. INSERT the name card into the envelope, which is
attached to the examination notebook, after the
headwatcher has signed at the back thereof ; and,6. Ask the
headwatcher to SEAL THE ENVELOPE.
12. Only fountain pens and sign pens in permanent blue,
blue-black or black ink should be used duringexaminations.
Variation in the color of ink and the style of your handwriting
should be avoided.
13. Begin answering at the sound of the SECOND BELL (8:00 A.M.
and 2:00 P.M.). Anyone caught answeringbefore the Second Bell will
be dealt with accordingly.
14. Per SC Resolution dated 3 February 2009 in Bar Matter No.
1161 (Re: Proposed Reforms in the BarExaminations), each Bar
subject is now divided into two (2) parts, namely: Part I and Part
II. Therewill still be one (1) set of questionnaire and notebook
per Bar subject but the same shall be dividedinto said Part I and
Part II. Examinees may start writing their answers for each part
beginning on thepage of the notebook wher e the words Begin
Answering on this Page appear. He/she has thediscretion on which
part to answer first.
15. In correcting a mistake in your answer, simply draw a line
across the word or words you want tochange. DO NOT ERASE OR TEAR
OFF ANY PAGE OF THE NOTEBOOK. DO NOT WRITE YOURNAME IN THE NOTEBOOK
OR MAKE ANY UNNECESSARY MARKING OR USE ANY IMPERTINENTEXPRESSION
which may be construed as a means of identifying your notebook.
Names of persons shouldbe represented by letters of the alphabet
such as A, B, C, etc., unless particular names are called for.
16. Write your answers on one side of the paper only on the face
and not on the back page. In case all thefront pages have been
consumed, you may use the back pages commencing on the first leaf
and so on.
17. The THIRD BELL signifies that only five (5) minutes are left
before the end of the examination.
