2019 Bar top-notcher is from University of Sto. Tomas-Legazpi

The 2019 Bar top-notcher is Mae Diane M. Azores from University of Sto. Tomas-Legazpi (formerly Aquinas University) with 91.0490% rate.

The Supreme Court (SC) releases the list of 2019 bar exam topnotchers after the special en banc session today, April 29, 2020.

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A total of 7,685 law graduates took the 2019 bar exam on November 2019.

The Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) said that 8,245 were admitted to take the examinations. After the first Sunday on November 3, the number of candidates who took the test was only 7,699. After the second Sunday on November 10, the number went down to 7,691.

2019 Bar top-notcher is from University of Sto. Tomas-Legazpi

Place

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Name School

Rating

1st place Azores, Maine Diane D. University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi 91.0490%
2nd place Parahiman, Princess Fatima T. University of the East 89.5230%
3rd place Baranda, Myra M. University of Santo Tomas-Legazp 88.8250%
4th place Bandiola, Dawn Fya O. San Beda College- Alabang 88.3360%
5th placed Fabello, Jocelyn B. Palawan State University 88.2630%
6th place Manuel, Kennetg Glenn L. University of Santo Tomas 88.1730%
7th place Buergo, Rhowee D. Jose Rizal University 87.8701%
8th place Avila, Anton Luis A. Saint Louis University 87.5820%
9th place Rojas, Jun Dexter H. Polytechnic University of the Philippines 87.5765%
10th place Madera, Bebelan A. University of St. La Salle 87.3795%

 

In the 2018 exams, Sean James Borja of the Ateneo de Manila University aced the bar with 89.306%. University of San Carlos (USC) alum Marcley Augustus Nau-El followed with 87.53%. Other schools in the top 10 spots were the University of the Philippines and De La Salle University-Manila.

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In the 2017 bar exam, graduates of provincial law schools dominated the list of top-notchers. Mark John Simondo of the University of St. La Salle (USLS) in Bacolod, Negros Occidental led the passers with a grade of 91.05 percent.

Bar exam is the only licensure examination not administered by the Professional Regulations Commission (PRC).

In the 2019 exams, the two-examiner policy per subject was re-adopted “in order to promote operational efficiency in light of the notable increase in number of admitted candidates in recent years.”

The examinable subjects include Political Law and Public International Law (15%), Labor and Social Legislation (10%), Civil Law (15%), Taxation (10%), Mercantile Law (15%), Criminal Law (10%), Remedial Law (20%) and Legal and Judicial Ethics (5%).