Bar exams' 1st day a smashing success
By Franco Jose C. Baroña
WITH a whopping 96.38 percent taker turnout, the Supreme Court described the first day of the 2023 Bar Examinations held last Sunday as a "smashing success."
The Office of the Bar Chair said out of the 10,791 applicants expected to arrive for the exams, 10,400 braved and completed both the two tests prepared for the day.
On Day 1, the morning exam was Political Law and Public International Law, while the afternoon test was Commercial and Taxation Laws.
Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, 2023 Bar Chair, said the Supreme Court and its 2,310-strong Bar personnel "vigilantly stood watch" over the Bar examinees and "ensured the safe, peaceful, and orderly conduct of the...