B.M. No. 2872 (In Re: 2015 Bar Examinations)

NOTICE

Sirs/Mesdames:

Please take notice that the Court en banc issued a Resolution dated MARCH 10, 2015, which reads as follows:

"B.M. No. 2872 (In Re: 2015 Bar Examinations).- Acting on the Letter dated February 23, 2015 of Atty. Maria Cristina B. Layusa, Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confident, and upon the recommendation of Associate Justice Teresita J. Leonardo-De Castro, Chairperson, 2015 Committee on Bar Examinations, the Court Resolved to APPROVE the following:

      (a) conduct of the 2015 Bar Examinations on November 8, 15, 22 and 29, 2015;

      (b) holding of the said examinations at the University of Santo Tomas in España, Manila;

      (c) acceptance of the applications to take the 2015 Bar Examinations starting June 15, 2015 anti ending on July 31, 2015 without any extension; and

      (d) negotiation by the Bar Confidant with the University of Santo Tomas for the use of the latter's campus and facilities for the subject Bar Examinations.

The Court further Resolved to REFER the Letter dated February 23, 2015 of Atty. Layusa regarding the procurement of digital duplicators and collating machines to the PROCUREMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE for appropriate action." (adv45)

Very truly yours,

(sgd.)

ENRIQUETA E. VIDAL

Clerk of Court

Source

2009 Bar Examniations Coverage

Note: I just checked the Supreme Court website , but the coverage for the 2009 Bar exams has not been posted. However, I got this from an email, and I think this is the real deal.

POLITICAL LAW AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

*Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     Constitutional Law

2.     Political Law

3.     Administrative Law and Law on Public Officers

EXCLUDE: Implementing Rules and Regulations of different agencies

4.     Laws on Suffrage

5.     Local Government Code (R.A. 7160) (Basics)

EXCLUDE: Provisions Relating to Local Taxation

6.     Public Corporations

7.     Public International Law

LABOR STANDARDS/TERMINATI ON LAW AND SOCIAL LEGISLATION

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

I.               Labor Laws (Labor Standards Law and Labor Relation Law)

a)     Labor Code of the Philippines (P.D. No. 442, as amended)

Books I, II, III, V, VI, and VII

EXCLUDE: Book IV

b)    Thirteenth (13th) Month Pay Law (P.D. No. 851, as amended)

c)     The Omnibus Rules Implementing the Labor Code of the Philippines

d)    Guidelines for the Exercise of the Right to Organize of Government Employees, etc. (Executive Order No. 180, June 1, 1987)

II.             Social Legislation

a)     Social Security Act of 1997 (R.A. No. 8282)

b)    Government Service Insurance Act of 1997 (R.A. No. 8291)

c)     Anti-Sexual Harassment Act of 1995 (R.A. No. 7877)

d)    Agrarian/Land Reform Laws

EXCLUDE:

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law

Employees Compensation and State Insurance Fund

CIVIL LAW

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     Civil Code of the Philippines

INCLUDE: The Law on Sale of Subdivision Lots and Condominium (P.D. No 957) and the Condominium Act (R.A. No. 4726)

EXCLUDE the following:

a) Code of Muslim Personal Laws of the Philippines (P.D. No. 1067)

b) The Rental Law (B.P. Blg. 25 and amendments)

c) Intellectual Property Law

2.     The Family Code of the Philippines

EXCLUDE: Child and Youth Welfare Code (P.D. 603)

3.     Domestic Adoption Act of 1998 (R.A. No. 8552)

4.     Inter-Country Adoption Act of 1995 (R.A. No. 8043)

5.     Property Registration Decree (P.D. No. 1529)

INCLUDE: Public Land Law (C.A. No. 141, as amended)

6.     Conflict of Laws (Private International Law)

TAXATION

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     General Principles of Taxation

2.     National Internal Revenue Code

INCLUDE:

a)     Comprehensive Tax Reform Act of 1997 (R.A. No. 8424) – Provisions in effect

b)    All Value Added Tax (VAT) laws in effect

3.     Tarriff and Customs Code

 EXCLUDE: Arrastre and Classification of Commodities

4.     Republic Act No. 1125, Creating the Court of Tax Appeals, as amended

5.     The Local Government Code on Taxation

MERCANTILE LAW

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     Code of Commerce

a)     Merchants and Commercial Transactions, Articles 1-63

b)    Letters of Credit Under the Code of Commerce (Articles 567-572)

INCLUDE the ff:

i)               Bulk Sales Law (Act No. 3952)

ii)             The Warehouse Receipts Law (Act No. 2137 in relation to the General Bonded Warehouse Act [Act No. 3893])

iii)            Presidential Decree 115 on Trust Receipts

2.     Negotiable Instruments Law

3.     Insurance Code

INCLUDE: Philippine Deposit Insurance Corporation Act (R.A. 3591)

4.     Transportation Laws

a)     Common Carriers (Civil Code, Arts. 1732 to 1766)

b)    Commercial Contracts for Transportation Overland

(Code of Commerce, Arts. 349 to 379)

c)     Maritime Commerce (Code of Commerce, Arts. 673 to 736; also Arts. 580-584 of Code of Commerce, as superseded by R.A. No. 6106; Arts. 806 to 845 of Code of Commerce; Paragraph 6 of section 3 of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act ([Com. Act. 65])

d)    Public Service Act (Com. Act No. 146), as amended

e)     The Warsaw Convention of 1929 (Limited to the Carrier’s Liability)

5.     Corporation Law

a)     The Corporation Code (B.P. Blg. 68

b)    Securities Regulation Code (R.A. 8799)

c)     Banking Laws (General Terms and Provisions)

i)               The New Central Bank Act (R.A. No. 7653) (Basics)

ii)             Law on Secrecy of Bank Deposits (R.A. No. 1405, as amended)

6.     Intellectual Property Code (R.A. No. 8293) (Basics)

EXCLUDE: Implementing Rules and Regulations

7.     Special Laws

a)     The Chattel Mortgage Law (Act 1508 in Relation to art. 1484, 1485, 2140, and 2141 of the Civil Code)

b)    Real Estate Mortgage Law (Act. No. 3135, as amended by R.A. No. 4118)

c)     Truth in Lending Act (R.A. No. 3765)

EXCLUDE the following:

1)    Omnibus Investment Code of 1987 (E.O. No. 226)

2)    Foreign Investment Act of 1991 (R.A. No. 7042)

CRIMINAL LAW

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     Revised Penal Code (Books I and II), as amended

EXCLUDE:            Penalties for Specific Felonies           

2.     Indeterminate Sentence Law

3.     Probation Law

4.     Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act (R.A. No. 3019, as amended)

5.     Anti-Fencing Law (P.D. No. 1612)

6.     Bouncing Checks Law (B.P. Blg. 22)

7.     Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002 (R.A. No 9165, as amended)

8.     Heinous Crimes Act (R.A. No. 7659, as amended)

9.     Anti-Money Laundering Act of 2001 (R.A. No. 9160)

EXCLUDE: Civil Forfeiture Rules

REMEDIAL LAW

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     The Rules of Court, as amended

a)     1997 Rules of Civil Procedure

b)    Revised Rules of Criminal Procdure (effective December 1, 2000)

c)     Rules on Evidence

d)    Rules on Special Proceedings

2.     The 1991 Revised Rules on Summary Procedure

3.     Local Government Code on Conciliation Procedures

(Book III, Title I, Chapter 7)

4.     The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 (B.P. Blg. 129), as amended by R.A. No. 7691 and rules issued thereunder (emphasis on jurisdiction excluding purely administrative provisions)

5.     Judiciary Act of 1948

EXCLUDE the following:

a)     P.D. No. 946 (Reorganizing the CAR)

b)    Military Justice

6.     Jurisdiction of Sandiganbayan

a)     R.A. No. 7975

b)    R.A. No. 8249

7.     The Rule on the Writ of Amparo (A.M. No. 07-9-12-SC)

8.     The Rule on the Writ of Habeas Data (A.M. No. 08-1-16-SC)a

LEGAL ETHICS AND PRACTICAL EXERCISES

* Decisions of the Supreme Court, promulgated up to 30 June 2008, and Republic Acts, Presidential Decrees and Executive Orders, promulgated up to 31 December 2007.

1.     Code of Judicial Conduct

2.     Code of Professional Responsibility

3.     Grievance Procedures (Rule 139-B, Rules of Court)

4.     Legal Forms

Bar Matter: Two Examiners per Subject

Republic of the Philippines
SUPREME COURT
Manila

 

B.M. No. 1161             February 3, 2009

Re: Proposed Reform in the Bar Examinations

 

Sirs/Mesdames:

 

Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated February 3, 2009.

"Bar Matter No. 1161.- Re: Proposed Reform in the Bar Examinations. - The Court Resolved, upon the recommendation of the Committee on Legal Education and Bar Matters, to APPROVE, the proposal of Atty. Ma, Cristina B. Layusa, Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant, regarding the (1) implementation of Paragraph 4 Part B of Bar Matter No. 1161, or the designation of two (2) examiner per Bar subject; and (2) increase in the honorarium of the examiners from P130.00 to P200.00 per booklet.

Hence, every Bar subject shall be divided into two (2) parts - Part I and Part II. Each examiner shall be assigned a specific scope from which to formulate his/her questions. The time allotted for each Bar subject of four (4) hours for the morning subjects and three (3) hours for the afternoon subjects shall not change. In answering the questions, the Bar examinees have the discretion in utilizing the time allotted for answering. Thus they may opt to begin answering a particular part of the examination which he or she feels is relatively easier that the others.

As with the previous Bar examinations, only one set of test questionnaire and one examination booklet for each Bar subject shall be given to each Bar examinee. Each examination booklet shall also be divided into two (2) parts, marked as Part I and Part II, where the answers are to be written corresponding to Part I and Part II of the questionnaire, respectively. A separated card for the grades or rating received by the Bar examinee for each part of the examination shall be attached to the front cover of the booklets marked as Part I and Part II. Upon review and correction of the two examiners' respective part of the examination, the attached card shall be detached immediately thereafter before transmittal to the other examiner for review and correction of the other part of the examination. This is to ensure that the other examiner would not be influenced by the grade or rating given by the other.

In this connection, there shall be an increase in the honorarium of the Bar examiners from P130.00 to 200.00 per booklet per Bar subject or P100 per booklet per examiner." (adv132)

 

Very truly yours,

 

(Sgd.)
MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
      Clerk of Court