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The Supreme Court has started preparations for the 2020 Bar Examinations which will be held on all
four Sundays in November this year. The venue is yet to be announced.

This year’s Bar Examinations Committee, chaired by SC Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen, will be
implementing a two-examiner policy “in order to promote operational efficiency due to the increase in
the number of admitted bar candidates in recent years.” Each of the eight Bar subjects shall be divided
into two parts and each examiner shall be assigned a specific scope from which to formulate their
questions.

The eight Bar subjects are Political and International Law, Labor and Social Legislation, Civil Law,
Taxation, Mercantile Law, Criminal Law, Remedial Law, and Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises.

The Office of the 2020 Bar Chair has so far issued syllabus for the Bar Examinations on Political and
International Law and Labor Law and Social Legislation. Bar candidates are advised to be guided by the
provisions of the Constitution, laws, rules, issuances, and canonical jurisprudential doctrines pertinent to
the topics enumerated.

All Bar candidates and other interested parties are encouraged to visit to the Supreme Court website for
the updates on the Bar Examinations by clicking on http://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/bar-2020/

The SC administers the Bar Examinations through the Office of the Bar Confidant. ###

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