The document summarizes a resolution by the Supreme Court of the Philippines approving amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for the bar exam. The amendments specify course requirements for applicants who obtained their law degree in the Philippines or abroad. For those with a domestic law degree, they must have completed courses in civil law, commercial law, and other subjects. Foreign law graduates have additional certification requirements. The resolution also addresses pre-law education necessary before commencing law studies.
The document summarizes a resolution by the Supreme Court of the Philippines approving amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for the bar exam. The amendments specify course requirements for applicants who obtained their law degree in the Philippines or abroad. For those with a domestic law degree, they must have completed courses in civil law, commercial law, and other subjects. Foreign law graduates have additional certification requirements. The resolution also addresses pre-law education necessary before commencing law studies.
The document summarizes a resolution by the Supreme Court of the Philippines approving amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for the bar exam. The amendments specify course requirements for applicants who obtained their law degree in the Philippines or abroad. For those with a domestic law degree, they must have completed courses in civil law, commercial law, and other subjects. Foreign law graduates have additional certification requirements. The resolution also addresses pre-law education necessary before commencing law studies.
The document summarizes a resolution by the Supreme Court of the Philippines approving amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding requirements for the bar exam. The amendments specify course requirements for applicants who obtained their law degree in the Philippines or abroad. For those with a domestic law degree, they must have completed courses in civil law, commercial law, and other subjects. Foreign law graduates have additional certification requirements. The resolution also addresses pre-law education necessary before commencing law studies.
LETTER OF ATTY. ESTELITO P. MENDOZA PROPOSING REFORMS IN THE BAR EXAMINATIONS THROUGH AMENDMENTS TO RULE 138 OF THE RULES OF COURT
NOTICE
Sirs/Mesdames :
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc
dated March 9, 2010 "B.M. No. 1153 (Re: Letter of Atty. Estelito P. Mendoza Proposing Reforms in the Bar Examinations Through Amendments to Rule 138 of the Rules of Court). — The Court Resolved to APPROVE the proposed amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138, to wit: SEC. 5. Additional Requirement for Other Applicants. — All applicants for admission other than those referred to in the two preceding sections shall, before being admitted to the examination, satisfactorily show that they have successfully completed all the prescribed courses for the degree of Bachelor of Laws or its equivalent degree, in a law school or university officially recognized by the Philippine Government or by the proper authority in the foreign jurisdiction where the degree 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. SDHacT
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 certi cations 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 fourth year subjects in the Bachelor of Laws academic program in a law school duly recognized by the Philippine Government.
SEC. 6. Pre-Law. — An applicant for admission to the bar examination shall
present a certi cate issued by the proper government agency that, before commencing the study of law, he or she had pursued and satisfactorily completed in an authorized and recognized university or college, requiring for admission thereto the completion of a four-year high school course, the course of study prescribed therein for a bachelor's degree in arts or sciences. A Filipino citizen who completed and obtained his or her Bachelor of Laws CD Technologies Asia, Inc. 2018 cdasiaonline.com degree or its equivalent in a foreign law school must present proof of having completed a separate bachelor's degree course.
The Clerk of Court, through the O ce of the Bar Con dant, is hereby directed to CIRCULARIZE this resolution among all law schools in the country." (adv77)