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Also, the matters contained in the following were written in accordance with the law, rules, and jurisprudence prevailing at the time of writing and posting, and do not include any future developments on the subject matter under discussion.
AT A GLANCE:
The Constitution entrusted the Court with the solemn duty to administer the entry to the legal profession. Keeping true to its nature as a court of justice and equity, the Court implemented vital reforms from 2020/2021 to 2024 which are meant to make the Bar Examinations more efficient, technologically-adaptive, and accessible to all examinees in line with the Court’s Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027. Following this thrust, the 2025 Bar Examinations shall continue to implement the vital reforms introduced during the last four Bar Examinations. Thus, the 2025 Bar Examinations shall remain digitalized and localized following a condensed three-day examination schedule.
SCHEDULE:
The 2025 Bar Examinations shall continue to be concluded in September in local testing centers across the country. Too, the six core subjects and their relative weights will be retained with the following schedules, barring any unforeseeable circumstance or fortuitous event that might warrant rescheduling:
|
Examination Day |
Schedule |
Subject |
Weight |
|
First Day September 7, 2025 Sunday |
AM |
Political and Public International Law |
15% |
|
PM |
Commercial and Taxation Laws |
20% |
|
|
Second Day September 10, 2025 Wednesday |
AM |
Civil Law |
20% |
|
PM |
Labor Law and Social Legislations |
10% |
|
|
Third Day September 14, 2025 Sunday |
AM |
Criminal Law |
10% |
|
PM |
Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises |
25% |
Coverage
The six core subjects covered in the 2025 Bar Examinations shall be distributed over the three days of examination. Two subjects shall be taken per examination day, each in the morning and afternoon periods. The morning period shall begin at 8:00 a.m. and end at 12:00 noon, and the afternoon period shall begin at 2:00 p.m. and end at 6:00 p.m.
All examination questions shall be sourced only from laws, rules, issuances, and jurisprudence as of June 30, 2024.
Examiners and Other Matters
Each exam will be prepared by the 2025 Bar Chairperson with the aid of four examiners per subject pursuant to Bar Matter No. 1161. The increased number of examiners is meant to facilitate the expedient yet thorough correction of answers.
There will be a total of 20 essay questions per exam, with only a single question per number. Answers will be graded with a total of 0 to 100 percent (0 to 1005), or five percent (5%) per question. The questions will be straightforward and will be designed to assess the examinee’s understanding of basic and fundamental legal knowledge expected of entrants to the legal profession. No computation will be required.
Information concerning the application procedures, software requirements, venues of local testing centers, and other guidelines in the conduct of the 2025 Bar Examinations will be communicated in subsequent Bulletins.
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