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THIS year's Bar examinations for aspiring lawyers will be moved from September to November to give time for law professors and students to adjust to changes in the exams, the Supreme Court said.
In a notice published in national newspapers, the High Court approved the proposal of Assosiate Justice Roberto Abad to move the annual bar examinations two months later than its usual schedule.
The SC said it ?found merit? in the proposed reforms presented Abad, chairman of the 2011 bar exams and Philippine Association of Law Schools.
Aside from the date, the single biggest change is the format which will use multiple-choice questions in 60 percent of the exams.
Essay-type items will make up 40 percent.
Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Executive Judge Meinrado Paredes said this would make the tests more difficult for law students, although easier for examiners to check the results.
?There are answers that are closely related,? he said.
Still, the RTC executive judge said this will hasten the release of exam results since the checking will be automated.
The SC saod the coverage of the bar exams shall be drawn up by topics and sub-topics rather than by merely stating the covered laws.
The test for including a topic or a sub-topic in the coverage of the examinations is whether it covers laws, doctrines, principles, and rulings that a new lawyer needs to know to begin a reasonably prudent and competent law practice, the High Court explained.
The SC said the bar examinations will ?measure the candidate's knowledge of the law and its application through multiple-choice-questions.
It said the huge number of examinees and the limited time to check essay answers makes correction difficult.
?Besides, the use of multiple choice questions, properly, and carefully constructed, is a method of choice for qualifying professionals all over the world because of its proven reliability and facility of correction,? the High Court added.
It also said essay-type questions in bar examinations are ?unable to hit a significant cross-section of the subject matter? due to the rising number of laws, doctrines, principles, and precedents.
The essay exams will be held at the University of Sto. Tomas.
The SC said essay questions will test the examinee's English writing, comprehension and argumentation skills.
The SC said essays shall not be graded for technically right or wrong answeres but for the quality of the candidate's legal advocacy.
?The passing standard for correction shall be work expected of a beginning practitioner, not a seasoned lawyer,? it said.
The essay questions are divided into two.
The first examination requires the candidate to prepare a trial memorandum or a decision based on a documented legal dispute (60 percent).
The second will ask examinees on a written opinion sought by a client concerning a potential legal dispute (40 percent).
The multiple choice exam will measure the candidate's knowledge, understanding of and ability to recall the laws, doctrines, principles that every new lawyer needs in his practice, the SC said.
The coverage of the exams shall be given the following weight: political law (15 percent), labor law (10 percent), civil law ( 15 percent), taxation (10 percent), mercantile law (15 percent), criminal law (10 percent), remedial law (20 percent) and legal ethics (five percent).
Future chairpersons of the bar examinations were also directed to to study the feasibility of holding the Bar examinations simultaneously in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20110130-317427/SC-confirms-moving-bar-exams-to-November
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In a notice published in national newspapers, the High Court approved the proposal of Assosiate Justice Roberto Abad to move the annual bar examinations two months later than its usual schedule.
The SC said it ?found merit? in the proposed reforms presented Abad, chairman of the 2011 bar exams and Philippine Association of Law Schools.
Aside from the date, the single biggest change is the format which will use multiple-choice questions in 60 percent of the exams.
Essay-type items will make up 40 percent.
Cebu City Regional Trial Court (RTC) Executive Judge Meinrado Paredes said this would make the tests more difficult for law students, although easier for examiners to check the results.
?There are answers that are closely related,? he said.
Still, the RTC executive judge said this will hasten the release of exam results since the checking will be automated.
The SC saod the coverage of the bar exams shall be drawn up by topics and sub-topics rather than by merely stating the covered laws.
The test for including a topic or a sub-topic in the coverage of the examinations is whether it covers laws, doctrines, principles, and rulings that a new lawyer needs to know to begin a reasonably prudent and competent law practice, the High Court explained.
The SC said the bar examinations will ?measure the candidate's knowledge of the law and its application through multiple-choice-questions.
It said the huge number of examinees and the limited time to check essay answers makes correction difficult.
?Besides, the use of multiple choice questions, properly, and carefully constructed, is a method of choice for qualifying professionals all over the world because of its proven reliability and facility of correction,? the High Court added.
It also said essay-type questions in bar examinations are ?unable to hit a significant cross-section of the subject matter? due to the rising number of laws, doctrines, principles, and precedents.
The essay exams will be held at the University of Sto. Tomas.
The SC said essay questions will test the examinee's English writing, comprehension and argumentation skills.
The SC said essays shall not be graded for technically right or wrong answeres but for the quality of the candidate's legal advocacy.
?The passing standard for correction shall be work expected of a beginning practitioner, not a seasoned lawyer,? it said.
The essay questions are divided into two.
The first examination requires the candidate to prepare a trial memorandum or a decision based on a documented legal dispute (60 percent).
The second will ask examinees on a written opinion sought by a client concerning a potential legal dispute (40 percent).
The multiple choice exam will measure the candidate's knowledge, understanding of and ability to recall the laws, doctrines, principles that every new lawyer needs in his practice, the SC said.
The coverage of the exams shall be given the following weight: political law (15 percent), labor law (10 percent), civil law ( 15 percent), taxation (10 percent), mercantile law (15 percent), criminal law (10 percent), remedial law (20 percent) and legal ethics (five percent).
Future chairpersons of the bar examinations were also directed to to study the feasibility of holding the Bar examinations simultaneously in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
Source: http://globalnation.inquirer.net/cebudailynews/news/view/20110130-317427/SC-confirms-moving-bar-exams-to-November
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