THE Supreme Court yesterday extended the deadline for the submission of applications for those who want to take the 2022 Bar exams from July 15 to August 15.
Explaining the extension, Associate Justice and Bar examinations committee chair Alfredo Benjamin Caguiao cited the variance in the academic calendar of various law schools in the country, with some law schools closing their academic year later than others and later than the close of the original application period.
The SC originally set the application period from June 13 to July 15.
“In order to give interested law graduates ample time to prepare and submit their documentary requirements, while still ensuring that the different offices of the Supreme Court will have enough time to process and verify the adequacy of the applications to be received, the application period is hereby extended to August 15, 2022,” the SC said in a bar bulletin.
A total of 11, 402 took the 2020/2021 Bar exams last February, with 8, 241 or 72.28 percent making the grade.
The 72.28 percent passing rate is a record high, with the highest recorded in Bar history being the 1954 examination with 75.17 percent.
