MANILA, Philippines – Supreme Court Associate Justice Mario V. Lopez, Chairperson of the 2024 Supreme Court Committee on Bar Examinations, will announce this Friday, December 13, 2024 the results, including full list of passers of the 2024 Bar Exams.
The new lawyers out of the 10,490 law graduates who completed all the tests during the three days of the exams will be named at the end of the special en banc session of the Supreme Court.
Justice Lopez in an interview disclosed that en banc deliberations would commence at 10 a.m. He is planning to maintain the traditional 75 percent passing percentage, though the final decision depends with the en banc.
“I’ve been telling the examinees even before the Bar exams, I told them that I will be very reasonable even in the corrections. I have also instructed the examiners to be reasonable with their corrections. And I can assure the examinees just like what I did with the examination questions, ang sabi ko sa kanila it is neither difficult or easy..”eksakto” lang ang questions that will test them,” Justice Lopez added.
The announcement also includes the over-all passing rate. Note that the expected bar exam passing rate is between 20% to 40% (based on previous data).
The Office of the 2024 Bar Chair had earlier announced that both the Oath Taking and the Roll Signing Ceremonies for the successful Bar examinees will take place on January 24, 2025.
The 2024 Bar Examinations were held on September 8, 11, and 15, 2024 in 13 local testing centers spread out across the National Capital Region, Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. The said Examinations were the 122nd professional licensure tests conducted for Philippine lawyers.
The complete list of 2024 bar passers may be viewed here once available online:
SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES
LIST OF PASSERS: 2024 BAR EXAM RESULTS
Held on SEPTEMBER 8, 11 & 15, 2024
Released on December 13, 2024
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2024 Bar Topnotchers, Top Schools
The Bar passers who obtained the 20 highest grades will be posted here:
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Similar with previous years, the ratings of the law schools are expected to be grouped per category (based on number of Bar candidates) and with a distinction of the ratings covering all Bar candidates and the ratings covering only first-takers.
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2024 Bar Statistics
The 2024 Bar Examinations successfully concluded with 10,490 out of 10,504 (99.87%) hopefuls completing all three exam days.
The Chairperson added that on the second day of the exams, attendance decreased to 10,493.
During the first day of exams, Lopez said that 155 senior citizens and 313 examinees with special needs were among the examinees. The youngest examinee is 23 years old, while the oldest is 78.
A total of 12,246 applicants originally applied to take the exams but, according to Justice Lopez, some of them did not graduate or have encountered unforeseen circumstances that led to withdrawals.
Comparative Statistics on the Bar Exams Results
The Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC), which administers the annual Bar Examinations, is also the repository of the records and data on Bar admission. It provides these comparative statistics on Bar Examination results from the year 2000 to 2023:
| Year | No. of Examinees | No. of Passers | Passing Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 10,387 | 3,812 | 36.77% |
| 2022 | 9,183 | 3,992 | 43.47% |
| 2020-2021 | 11,402 | 8,241 | 72.28% |
| 2019 | 7,685 | 2,103 | 27.36% |
| 2018 | 8,158 | 1,800 | 22.07% |
| 2017 | 6,748 | 1,724 | 25.55% |
| 2016 | 6344 | 3747 | 59.06% |
| 2015 | 6,605 | 1,731 | 26.21% |
| 2014 | 5,984 | 1,126 | 18.82% |
| 2013 | 5,292 | 1,174 | 22.18% |
| 2012 | 5,343 | 949 | 17.76% |
| 2011 | 5,987 | 1,913 | 31.95% |
| 2010 | 4,847 | 982 | 20.26% |
| 2009 | 5,903 | 1,451 | 24.58% |
| 2008 | 6,364 | 1,310 | 20.58% |
| 2007 | 5,626 | 1,289 | 22.91% |
| 2006 | 6,187 | 1,893 | 30.60% |
| 2005 | 5,607 | 1,526 | 27.22% |
| 2004 | 5,249 | 1,659 | 31.61% |
| 2003 | 5,349 | 1,108 | 20.71% |
| 2002 | 4,659 | 917 | 19.68% |
| 2001 | 3,849 | 1,266 | 32.89% |
| 2000 | 4,698 | 979 | 20.84% |
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