Call for Judiciary Employees to Serve as Local Bar Personnel in the Local Testing Centers Nationwide during the Bar Examinations in November 2022

July 22, 2022

OCA CIRCULAR NO. 190-2022

 

The Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), together with Associate Justice Benjamin S. Caguioa, the 2022 Bar Examinations Chairperson, are inviting judiciary employees to participate in this year's Bar Examinations as Local Bar Personnel serving in local testing centers nationwide.

To assist in ensuring the success of the 2022 Bar Examinations, all concerned executive judges are requested to encourage the court personnel in your respective areas of administrative supervision to apply as Local Bar Personnel, particularly as (1) Floor Supervisors, (2) Head Proctors, (3) Proctors, and (4) Runners through the links below:

 

NCR http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelNCR	Luzon http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelLuzon
Visayas http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelVisayas	Mindanao http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelMindanao

 

Their duties and responsibilities, as well as the minimum qualification for each position, are indicated in the attached document (Annex "A").

Interested applicants must possess ALL of the following qualifications: (a) incumbent judiciary employee, including those with permanent, coterminous, casual, and contractual status; (b) fully vaccinated and have received at least one (1) booster dose before 15 October 2022; (c) not teaching in any law school or law review centers; (d) have a LandBank account in one's own name; and (e) have no relative/s by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth (4th) civil degree who will take the exam in the same testing center where the personnel will serve.

The deadline of applications is on 22 August 2022.

Please note that interested judiciary employees and lawyers may only apply in the region where they are currently residing.

For this purpose, the OBC has been authorized by the Bar Chairperson to take charge of the selection, training, and deployment of all Bar Personnel in the different testing centers.

For any queries or concerns regarding Bar Personnel matters, the OBC may be reached through [email protected] or (0966) 319-1105. For ease of documentation and reference, copy furnish [email protected] in all email communications.

(SGD.) RAUL B. VILLANUEVACourt Administrator

ANNEX A

Office of the Bar Confidant

Call for Local Bar Personnel

Similar to the 2020/21 Bar Examinations, the 2022 Bar Examinations will also be both digitalized and localized in its modality. The current plan is to hold the Bar Examinations in November 2022, simultaneously in fourteen (14) Local Testing Centers (LTC) nationwide. The specific testing areas are still being finalized.

To ensure the success of the 2022 Bar Examinations, the OBC, together with Associate Justice Benjamin S. Caguioa, the Bar Examinations Chairperson, would like to invite judiciary employees and lawyers working outside the Judiciary to participate in this year's Bar Examinations as Local Bar Personnel.

Interested applicants must possess ALL of the following qualifications: (a) incumbent judiciary employee, including those with permanent, coterminous, casual, and contractual status, OR lawyer outside the Judiciary; (b) fully vaccinated and have received at least one (1) booster dose before October 15, 2022; (c) not teaching in any law school or law review centers; (d) have a LandBank account in one's own name (for judiciary employees only); and (e) have no relative/s by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth (4th) civil degree who will take the exam in the same testing center where the personnel will serve.

Interested applicants may apply as Local Bar Personnel, particularly as (1) Floor Supervisors, (2) Head Proctors, (3) Proctors, and (4) Runners through the links or QR codes below. Their duties and responsibilities, as well as the minimum qualification for each position, are indicated in the attached document.

The deadline of applications is on August 22, 2022.

FOR JUDICIARY EMPLOYEES AND LAWYERS OUTSIDE THE JUDICIARY:

Please note that interested judiciary employees and lawyers may only apply in the region where they are currently residing.

 

NCR http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelNCR INSERT BITMAP PAGE 3A	Luzon http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelLuzon INSERT BITMAP PAGE 3B
Visayas http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelVisayas INSERT BITMAP PAGE 4A	Mindanao http://bit.ly/2022BarPersonnelMindanao INSERT BITMAP PAGE 4B

 

For this purpose, the OBC has been authorized by the Bar Chairperson to take charge of the selection, training, and deployment of all Bar Personnel in the different testing centers.

We are grateful in advance for your assistance. Should you have any queries or concerns regarding Bar Personnel matters, you may contact the OBC at [email protected] or (0966) 319-1105. For ease of documentation and reference, kindly copy furnish [email protected] in all email communications.

Thank you and we look forward to serving in the 2022 Bar Examinations with you.

In partnership with you,

(SGD.) AMOR P. ENTILAOIC-Bar Confidant, Supreme Court

Approved by:

(SGD.) ALFREDO BENJAMIN S. CAGUIOAAssociate Justice, Supreme Court

Bar Personnel

Please note that interested applicants must possess ALL of the following qualifications: (a) incumbent judiciary employee, including those with permanent, coterminous, casual, and contractual status, OR lawyer outside the Judiciary; (b) fully vaccinated and have received at least one (1) booster dose before October 15, 2022; (c) not teaching in any law school or law review centers; (d) have a LandBank account in one's own name (for judiciary employees only); and (e) have no relative/s by consanguinity or affinity within the fourth (4th) civil degree who will take the exam in the same testing center where the personnel will serve.

For your reference, below are the minimum qualifications and projected duties and responsibilities of the following Bar Personnel:

 

LOCAL PERSONNEL

POSITION	MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS	PROJECTED DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Floor Supervisors	Lawyer Maximum of four (4) clerks of court or branch clerks of court from the courts near the different LTCs, or IBP officers	(1) Acts as liaison officers for the Venue Personnel Supervisor during recruitment and training and (2) supervises each floor/building during the Bar Examinations, as determined by the Venue Chief.
Head Proctors	none	(1) Reports to the Floor Supervisor all matters relating to the physical proctoring of the Bar Examinations and (2) supervises the proctors assigned to the same testing rooms.
Proctors	none	(1) Reports to the Head Proctor on all matters relating to the physical proctoring of the Bar Examinations and (2) provides first level assistance to the examinees on tech matters, such as ensuring Wi-Fi connectivity, providing the passwords, etc.
Runners	none	Support staff for the core team members, floor supervisors, and head proctors.