Bar Exam Result 2019 List of Passers

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The November 2019 Philippine Bar Exam results are officially released online after the special en banc session on Wednesday, April 29, 2020. the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) said that 8,245 were admitted to take the examinations. After the first Sunday on November 3, the number of candidates who took the test was only 7,699. After the second Sunday on November 10, the number went down to 7,691.

Senior Associate Justice Estela Perlas-Bernabe sits as the 2019 Bar Examinations Committee Chairperson who conducted examination at the University of Santo Tomas, Espana, Manila through the Office of the Bar Confidant.

Philippine Bar Exam Results from November 2019 List of Passers

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The Rules of Court provide that “a candidate may be deemed to have passed his examination successfully if he has obtained a general average of 75 per cent.” The rule disqualifying applicants having grades in any subject falling below 50 per cent has been abolished since 2010.

Exam Coverage

  • Political Law – Preliminary provisions and basic concepts, legislative department, executive department, judicial department, constitutional commissions, bill of rights, citizenship, law on public officers, administrative law, election law, local governments, national economy and patrimony, social justice and human rights, education, science, technology, arts, culture and sports, the family, amendments or revisions of the constitution and public international law.
  • Labor Law – General provisions, pre-employment, labor standards, social welfare legislation, labor relations, post-employment, management prerogative and jurisdiction and reliefs.
  • Civil Law – General principles, person & family relations, property, succession, obligations and contracts, sales, lease, partnership, agency, credit transactions, land titles and deeds and torts and damages.
  • Taxation Law – General principles, national taxation, local taxation and judicial remedies.
  • Mercantile Law – Letters of credit and trust receipts, negotiable instruments law, insurance, transportation, corporation law, securities regulation code, banking, intellectual property code, anti-money laundering act, electronic commerce act, data privacy act and financial rehabilitation, insolvency, liquidation and suspension of payments.
  • Criminal Law – Revised penal code – book 1 and 2, special laws including anti-arson law, anti-fencing law, anti-graft and corrupt practices act, anti-hazing act of 2018, anti-hijacking law, anti-photo and video voyeurism act of 2009, anti-plunder act, bouncing checks law, cyber-crime prevention act of 2012, among others.
  • Remedial Law – General principles, jurisdiction, civil procedure, provisional remedies, special civil actions, special proceedings, criminal procedure, evidence, write of “AMPARO”, writ of “HABEAS DATA”, and rules of procedure on environmental cases.
  • Legal and Judicial Ethics and Practical Exercises 

Examinees were tasked to answer open-ended questions in long hand. Those questions, carefully selected by the committee, are formulated to test analytical ability, facility in expression in terms of written argument, comprehension of basic principles of law, and grasp of jurisprudence.

Check out the Comparative Results for the Bar Examinations in the past 19 years (statistics courtesy of OBC):

YearNo. of ExamineesNo. of PassersPassing Rate
20188,1581,80022.07%
20176,7481,72425.55%
20166344374759.06%
20156,6051,73126.21%
20145,9841,12618.82%
20135,2921,17422.18%
20125,34394917.76%
20115,9871,91331.95%
20104,84798220.26%
20095,9031,45124.58%
20086,3641,31020.58%
20075,6261,28922.91%
20066,1871,89330.60%
20055,6071,52627.22%
20045,2491,65931.61%
20035,3491,10820.71%
20024,65991719.68%
20013,8491,26632.89%
20004,69897920.84%

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