Letter of Justice Roberto A. Abad Proposing Changes for Improving the Conduct of the Bar Examinations

February 8, 2011

EN BANC

B.M. No. 2265

LETTER OF JUSTICE ROBERTO A. ABAD PROPOSING CHANGES FOR IMPROVING THE CONDUCT OF THE BAR EXAMINATIONS

NOTICE

Sirs/Mesdames :

Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated February 8, 2011, which reads as follows:

"B.M. No. 2265 (Re: Letter of Justice Roberto A. Abad Proposing Changes for Improving the Conduct of the Bar Examinations). — The Court Resolved to NOTE the Letter dated January 28, 2011 of Justice Roberto A. Abad re: Amendment to Section 11, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court (Annual Examination), incident to the implementation of B.M. No. 2265 (Reforms in the 2011 Bar Examinations).

The Court further Resolved to APPROVE the Amendment to Section 11, Rule 138 of the Rules of Court, to wit:

"Section 11. Annual examination. — Examinations for admission to the bar of the Philippines shall take place annually in the City of Manila. They shall be held in four days to be designated by the chairman of the committee on bar examiners. The subjects shall be distributed as follows: First day: Political and International Law, and Labor and Social Legislation (morning) and Taxation (afternoon); Second day: Civil Law (morning) and Mercantile Law (afternoon); Third day: Remedial Law, and Legal Ethics and Forms (morning) and Criminal Law (afternoon); Fourth day: Trial Memorandum (morning) and Legal Opinion (afternoon)". (adv107) ADHcTE

Very truly yours,

 

(SGD.) ENRIQUETA E. VIDALClerk of Court