Bar results out soon

BAGUIO CITY—The Supreme Court is expected to release the results of the 2015 bar exams in less than two weeks.

The high court is scheduled to hold a special en banc session on May 3, the same day as the anticipated release of the results of the November exams, according to a court insider.

The new lawyers are set to take their oath on June 16, as earlier announced by Associate Justice Teresita Leonardo-De Castro, chair of the high court’s bar committee.

Some 6,600 aspiring lawyers took the exams held over four weeks in November at the University of Santo Tomas. A total of 546 examinees dropped out of what is considered the most prestigious professional licensure exam in the country.  Tarra Quismundo