The Supreme Court on Wednesday announced the 2020 Bar exam would be postponed amid the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country and the community quarantine.
“Upon the recommendation of the 2020 Bar examinations Chairperson, and in view of the increasing number of COVID-19 cases in the country, as well as the social and economic disruption caused by the pandemic and the resulting Enhanced Community Quarantine, the Supreme Court en banc resolved to postpone the 2020 Bar Examinations,” read the Bar Bulletin No. 11 signed by Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, chairman of the 2020 Bar Examination Committee.
The postponement is to give the “Court ample time to determine the necessary adjustments and to make adequate preparations for the safe and orderly conduct of examinations.”
“The new schedule shall be announced in a separate Bar bulletin by June 2020 when the current adjustments to the present pandemic become clearer,” the Bar Bulletin further stated.
The 2020 Bar exam will definitely set “sometime in 2021.”
List of Passers 2019 Bar Exam Results
The Supreme Court (SC) releases the List of Passers for 2019 Bar Exam Results today, Wednesday, April 29.
- A-G List of Passers: 2019 Philippine Bar Exam Results
- H-O List of Passers: 2019 Philippine Bar Exam Results
- P-Z List of Passers: 2019 Philippine Bar Exam Results
Top 10 2019 Bar Exam
The 2019 Bar top-notcher is Mae Diane M. Azores from the University of Sto. Tomas-Legazpi (formerly Aquinas University) with a 91.0490% rate.
| Place | Name | School | Rating |
| 1st place | Azores, Maine Diane D. | University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi | 91.0490% |
| 2nd place | Parahiman, Princess Fatima T. | University of the East | 89.5230% |
| 3rd place | Baranda, Myra M. | University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi | 88.8250% |
| 4th place | Bandiola, Dawn Fya O. | San Beda College- Alabang | 88.3360% |
| 5th placed | Fabello, Jocelyn B. | Palawan State University | 88.2630% |
| 6th place | Manuel, Kennetg Glenn L. | University of Santo Tomas | 88.1730% |
| 7th place | Buergo, Rhowee D. | Jose Rizal University | 87.8701% |
| 8th place | Avila, Anton Luis A. | Saint Louis University | 87.5820% |
| 9th place | Rojas, Jun Dexter H. | Polytechnic University of the Philippines | 87.5765% |
| 10th place | Madera, Bebelan A. | University of St. La Salle | 87.3795% |
Source: SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES
Chairperson Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe said 2,103 out of 7,685 examinees (27.36%) who completed the 2019 bar exam passed.
She also said the passing rate had been lowered from 75% to 74%.