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    Bar Matter No. 1153

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    The document summarizes amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for admission to the Philippine bar examination. Specifically: 1) All applicants, except those from Philippine law schools, must have completed all prescribed courses for a Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent in a law school officially recognized by the Philippine government. 2) Filipino citizens who obtained their law degree abroad must also present proof of completing a separate bachelor's degree course. 3) Filipino citizens who graduated from a foreign law school must submit certifications showing completion of courses leading to a Bachelor of Laws degree from an accredited school.

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    Bar Matter No. 1153

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    The document summarizes amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for admission to the Philippine bar examination. Specifically: 1) All applicants, except those from Philippine law schools, must have completed all prescribed courses for a Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent in a law school officially recognized by the Philippine government. 2) Filipino citizens who obtained their law degree abroad must also present proof of completing a separate bachelor's degree course. 3) Filipino citizens who graduated from a foreign law school must submit certifications showing completion of courses leading to a Bachelor of Laws degree from an accredited school.

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    The document summarizes amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for admission to the Philippine bar examination. Specifically: 1) All applicants, except those from Philippine law schools, must have completed all prescribed courses for a Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent in a law school officially recognized by the Philippine government. 2) Filipino citizens who obtained their law degree abroad must also present proof of completing a separate bachelor's degree course. 3) Filipino citizens who graduated from a foreign law school must submit certifications showing completion of courses leading to a Bachelor of Laws degree from an accredited school.

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    Bar Matter No. 1153

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    The document summarizes amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for admission to the Philippine bar examination. Specifically: 1) All applicants, except those from Philippine law schools, must have completed all prescribed courses for a Bachelor of Laws degree or equivalent in a law school officially recognized by the Philippine government. 2) Filipino citizens who obtained their law degree abroad must also present proof of completing a separate bachelor's degree course. 3) Filipino citizens who graduated from a foreign law school must submit certifications showing completion of courses leading to a Bachelor of Laws degree from an accredited school.

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    Bar Matter No.

    1153 fourth year subjects in the Bachelor of Laws academic program


    in a law school duly recognized by the Philippine Government.
    Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the
    Court En Banc dated March 9, 2010 SEC. 6.Pre-Law. — An applicant for admission to the bar
    examination shall present a certificate issued by the proper
    "B.M. No. 1153 (Re: Letter of Atty. Estelito P. Mendoza government agency that, before commencing the study of law,
    Proposing Reforms in the Bar Examinations Through he or she had pursued and satisfactorily completed in an
    Amendments to Rule 138 of the Rules of Court). - The Court authorized and recognized university or college, requiring for
    Resolved to APPROVE the proposed amendments to Sections admission thereto the completion of a four-year high school
    5 and 6 of Rule 138, to wit: course, the course of study prescribed therein for a bachelor's
    degree in arts or sciences.
    SEC. 5.Additional Requirement for Other Applicants. — All
    applicants for admission other than those referred to in the two A Filipino citizen who completed and obtained his or her
    preceding sections shall, before being admitted to the Bachelor of Laws degree or its equivalent in a foreign law
    examination, satisfactorily show that they have successfully school must present proof of having completed a separate
    completed all the prescribed courses for the degree of Bachelor bachelor's degree course. The Clerk of Court, through the
    of Laws or its equivalent degree, in a law school or university Office of the Bar Confidant, is hereby directed to
    officially recognized by the Philippine Government or by the CIRCULARIZE this resolution among all law schools in the
    proper authority in the foreign jurisdiction where the degree country."
    has been granted.
    No applicant who obtained the Bachelor of Laws degree in this
    jurisdiction shall be admitted to the bar examination unless he
    or she has satisfactorily completed the following course in a
    law school or university duly recognized by the government:
    civil law, commercial law, remedial law, criminal law, public
    and private international law, political law, labor and social
    legislation, medical jurisprudence, taxation and legal ethics.
    A Filipino citizen who graduated from a foreign law school
    shall be admitted to the bar examination only upon submission
    to the Supreme Court of certifications showing: (a) completion
    of all courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Laws or its
    equivalent degree; (b) recognition or accreditation of the law
    school by the proper authority; and (c) completion of all the

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