SO YOU TOOK THE BAR EXAMS AND FAILED. NOW WHAT?

If there's one thing any Bar examinee dreads the most, it's checking the list of Bar Exams passers and not seeing their name, rechecking the list a couple times more to make sure there isn't any mistake, only to end up with the same thing -- name's not there.

But this isn't even the most painful part. The worst part is when the fact of failing finally sinks in.

In the Philippines, the release of the list of Bar Exams passers is a big deal: major media organizations cover the event, names of passers are published everywhere, and the photos of Bar topnotchers are splashed all over the news whether they like it or not.




Media's obsession with the Bar Exams is an entirely different ethical and moral issue worth looking into at another time, and so is the propriety of announcing the Top 10 highest scorers as if the Bar Exams were a freaking competition.

It can all be nauseating, more so for those who failed the Bar who just wanted to get away from all the media frenzy and mourn in silence.

So how then should one deal with failing the Bar Exams?

There really isn't any cut and dry template for doing so since everyone is different and has their unique way of dealing with failures. Some people, for example, describe failing the Bar as something worse than losing a parent, while others readily accept it, eerily cognizant of their fates.

Regardless, failing the Bar constitutes an abysmal point in any law graduate's life. It can trigger a lot of negative things, which is why it is very important that Bar examinees should have a support system to cling on to in the event of failure.

It also helps if one is emotionally ready, even partially, in facing this situation head on. How? Here are a few things worth considering:

LOOK: EXAMINERS IN THE 2019 BAR EXAMINATIONS | MANILA, PHILIPPINES

MANILA -- In the run up to the release of the results of the 2019 Bar Exams, the Supreme Court of the Philippines has released the names of the examiners in the eight Bar subjects.

Held on all four Sundays of November 2019, the 2019 Bar Exams had two examiners per subject -- a departure from the usual practice of having only one examiner per subject.

With the number of Bar examinees increasing each year, it has proven difficult for only one person to check in a span of few months about 7,000 to 8,000 booklets with 20-30 essay answers each without running the risk of misgrading an item or losing objectivity due to fatigue, stress, anxiety, and bias against bad handwriting, among other issues.

The examiners are as follows:

LOOK: FULL LIST OF PASSERS OF THE 2019 PHILIPPINE BAR EXAMS, A-Z | #BAR2019

​The 2019 Bar Examinations were held at the University of Santo Tomas (UST) in Manila on the four Sundays of November 2019. #Bar2019  was chaired by Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe.

Of the 8,304 who filed petitions to take the Bar, only 8,245 took it and only 7,699 finished on all four Sundays of the exams.

Unlike the announcement traditions in recent years, though, this year's announcement was all done online and posted on the Supreme Court's website. This is in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the need to restrict crowd gatherings in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines.

Bar examinees and their friends will need to have strong and reliable Internet connection to view the Chairperson's message, as well as the long-awaited List of Bar Passers.

In previous years, the Supreme Court normally had a platform on its patio in Padre Faura, Manila, with a giant LCD screen where the names of passers were flashed. Crowds consisting of bar examinees, their families, and friends gathered in this area to take part in this very public event, which was covered extensively by the Bar-obsessed media.

Congratulations to the passers of the 2019 Philippine Bar Exams!




See FULL LIST OF PASSERS here:

[CASE DIGEST] FLORO CEMENT v. HEN. GOROSPE (G.R. No. 46787, 200 SCRA 480)

August 12, 1991

Ponente: Bidin, J.

FACTS

The town of Lugait, Misamis Oriental sought to collect taxes against Floro Cement, a manufacturer, seller, and exporter of cement.

The assessment was based on Ordinance No. 5. The company refused to pay, claiming that the power of LGUs to tax mineral products was withdrawn by P.D. 463 and that it was granted a tax exemption based on the same law.

RULING

The SC ruled in favor of the municipality of Lugait, Misamis Oriental.

The SC held that since cement is a manufactured product, not a mineral product, the power to tax such was not withdrawn by P.D. 463.

Moreover, the company failed to definitively show its entitlement to a tax exemption, the same being strictly construed against the taxpayer.

SC noted that he who claims an exemption must be able to point out some provision of law creating the right; it cannot be allowed to exist upon a mere vague implication or inference; it must be shown indubitably to exist, for every presumption is against it, and a well-founded doubt is fatal to the claim.

LOOK: PHILIPPINE BAR EXAM RESULTS TO BE RELEASED ON APRIL 29, 2020 | #BAR2019

Anxious bar examinees of #Bar2019 are now in even more anxious waiting as the Public Information Office of the Supreme Court of the Philippines recently announced the date on when the results of the 2019 Philippine Bar Exams will be released to the public.
In an en banc session on April 23, 2020, the Supreme Court decided that the results of #Bar2019 will be released on April 29, 2020.

Unlike the announcement traditions in recent years though, this year's announcement will all be done online. This is in light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the need to restrict crowd gatherings in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines.

Bar examinees and their friends will need to have strong and reliable Internet connection to view the Chairperson's message, as well as the long-awaited List of Bar Passers.

In previous years, the Supreme Court would normally have a platform on its patio in Padre Faura, Manila, with a giant LCD screen where the names of passers are flashed. Crowds would gather in this area to take part in this very public event, which is covered extensively by the Bar-obsessed media.




The 209 Bar Examinations was chaired by Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe.Of the 8,304 who filed petitions to take the Bar, only 8,245 took it and only 7,699 finished on all four Sundays of the exams.

Here is the Supreme Court's announcement in full: