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The first Roll of Attorneys were listed in 1945 after the 1944 bar exam. After the 1903 exam, rankings were again avoided until the 1913 exam, with its first English exam and first top-ten list of topnotchers led by future president Manuel Roxas from UP Manila with 92%. This meant that every other year from the inaugural 1901 examination to ...
Two bar examinees topped the bar exams without officially graduating from any Philippine law school: [1] Jose W. Diokno – former Senator of the Philippines; 1st placer, 1945 bar exams. Diokno Sr., who tied for Number One with former Senate President Jovito Salonga in the 1945 Bar Exams, would have graduated from the University of Santo Tomas ...
He topped the 1944 bar exam (Roll No. 5, Diokno was the first Filipino lawyer to take his oath and appear on the post-war Roll of Attorneys on July 26, 1945) [17] together with a 24 year old future ally named Jovito Salonga with a score of 95.3, the highest since the language of instruction switched to English.
The 2001 bar exam had the highest number of passers -- 1,266 out of 3,849 examinees, or 32.89%, while 2006 had the highest examinees -.6,187. Also, the 2003 bar exam was marred by controversy when the Court ordered a retake of the Mercantile law due to questionnaire leakage.Inquirer.net, First bar exam in RP held in 1901, with 13 test takers
Established in 1734, it is the first lay law school in the Philippines. [1] It is among the top performing and prestigious law schools in the Philippines, consistently topping the Bar Examinations. Jose Hontiveros, who graduated the university in 1911, holds the highest bar exam grade in the history of bar examinations in the Philippines.
The process is similar in scope to that of the German system, in that there is a dual-bar exam and practicum process. After a first degree in law, which is usually approximately 5 years, a student must pass the first level exam. Then, the apprentice must clerk or practice within a law practice for three years.
Natividad Almeda-López (8 September 1892 – 22 January 1977) was a suffragist [2] and the first female lawyer in the Philippines, [3] passing the bar in 1914 and the first woman to defend a woman in a court of law. [4] [5] She was also the first female judge of the municipal court of
Through the years, Aquila Legis has produced over 40 lawyers who reached the top ten of the Philippine Bar Examinations, four (now five) [14] of whom placed first. [15] A number of alumnus bar topnotchers have gone on to distinguished public careers in government.