BAR Exam Results 2020 – Here is the BAR exam results 2020 release date, full results, the complete list of passers, and other details.
The release of BAR examination results have been one of the most-awaited events every year in the Philippines. Aspiring lawyers are patiently waiting for the results hoping that their name will be included on the list of passers.
The total number of examinees who were expected to take the examinations are 8,245 but the number candidates reduced to 7,691 on November 10, 2019.
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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
Passing Percentage
Examinees should have a general average of 75 percent with no grade lower than 50 percent in any of the subjects.
The BAR exam has been dubbed as the hardest licensure examination in all professional exams in the Philippines wherein 27 percent average passing rate is recorded from the year 2010 to 2018.
