SC issues 'redefined' 2011 Bar exams syllabus

The Supreme Court (SC) has issued a more detailed list of topics the Bar examinations next year will cover. In an announcement posted on its website, the court said it is veering away from the "general" practice of defining the coverage "by naming the laws that each subject will cover." Due to such practice, the examinees then end up memorizing "trivial" details that could be unncessary in the test. Thus, the SC is issuing a redefined scope that "covers only laws, doctrines, principles, and rulings that a new lawyer needs to know to begin his practice, and was referred to the country's leading reviewers and lecturers before it was approved." The 2011 Bar examinations will cover the following topics. Click on the links for the more detailed proposed syllabi.