SC: 9,916 to take Bar exams

MANILA, Philippines — A total of 9,916 law graduates will take the 2022 Bar examinations to be held this month in 14 testing centers nationwide, the Supreme Court (SC) announced yesterday.

SC spokesman Brian Hosaka said the number of examinees was originally 10,075, but 159 of them withdrew their applications for unknown reasons.

The four-day Bar exams will be held on Nov. 9, 13, 16 and 20.

The testing centers for Metro Manila are San Beda University, De La Salle University, Manila Adventist College, Ateneo Junior and High School Complex and University of the Philippines campus in Bonifacio Global City, Taguig.

For Luzon, the testing sites are Saint Louis University, De La Salle Lipa in Batangas and University of Nueva Caceres.

The testing centers for Bar examinees in the Visayas are the University of Cebu, University of San Carlos and Dr. Vicente Oreste Romualdez Educational Foundation in Tacloban City.

Bar examinees in Mindanao can take the test at Xavier University – Ateneo de Cagayan, Ateneo de Davao University Senior High School and Ateneo de Zamboanga University.

Bar chairman Associate Justice Alfredo Benjamin Caguioa earlier asked the examinees to monitor their Bar Plus dashboard to check their final testing centers.