SC extends Bar test hours

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MANILA, Philippines—The Supreme Court has extended examination hours for the 2013 Bar examination.

In a resolution, the high court extended from three to four hours the afternoon exams, similar to the length of time given for morning tests.

“The court resolves to approve the recommendation of the Office of the Bar Confidant that the time allotted for the afternoon subjects in the 2013 Bar examinations be extended from three hours to four hours or from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.,” the high court resolution stated.

The examination will be conducted at the University of Santo Tomas on four Sundays of October this year.

This year’s Bar examination chairman is Associate Justice Arturo Brion, a Bar topnotcher in 1974.

For this year, afternoon subjects are Labor Law, Taxation, Criminal Law and Legal Ethics.

Under the Rules of Court, “a candidate may be deemed to have passed his examination successfully if he has obtained a general average of 75 percent.”

The rule disqualifying applicants having grades in any subject falling below 50 percent has been abolished since 2010.