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1,310 pass Bar Exam; law grad from San Sebastian is No. 1
By MARK MERUEÑAS, AIE BALAGTAS SEE, GMANews.TV
Women have outshone men in RP Bar Exam since 2000 Women have outshone men in the knowledge of law. Data from the Supreme Court culled by GMANews.TV showed that from 2000 to 2008, more female than male law graduates topped the Bar exam. In the last nine years, there were 54 women, and 43 men who were included in the top 10 bar passers. In five of the nine years, there were more women than men who were included in the top ten. These are in 2008 (10 women out of 12 top passers); 2007 (nine women out of 12 top 10 passers); 2006 (six women out of 11 top ten passers); 2002 (six women out of 11 top 10 passers); and in 2000 (seven women out of 11 passers). For the complete story, click this.
MANILA, Philippines â Judy Lardizabal, a law graduate from the San Sebastian College, emerged on top of the 1,310 examinees who passed the 2008 Bar Examination. The exam's 20.58 percent passing rate was lower than last yearâs 22.91 percent. A record 6,364 examinees from 108 law schools took the test in September 2008. For the complete list of bar exam passers, click this. Lardizabal who got a score of 85.70 percent is followed by Mylene Amerol-Macumbal of the Mindanao State University with 85.65. Third is Oliver Baclay Jr. of the Ateneo de Manila University (ADMU) with 85.6; followed by Majesty Eve Jala of Ateneo (85.50); Ma. Elizabeth Liceralde of the University of the Philippines (85.40); and Michael Macapagal also of UP (84.15). Denise Dy and April Love Regis both from ADMU are tied in seventh place (84.00), followed by Christine Joy Tan of ADMU (83.80). Shirley Velasquez of UP and Jihan Jacob of San Beda are in the ninth spot (83.75). Vanessa Raymundo of San Beda Collage (83.70) completes the top 10. The Supreme Court earlier said the release of the results would be at 4 p.m. but later moved it to 6 p.m. âNagde-decode pa kasi at after the decoding, immediately after, ilalabas na natin iyan [We still have to decode the results before releasing them]," SC spokesman Midas Marquez said earlier in the afternoon. More Videos
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