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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] [16] A number of alumnus bar topnotchers have gone on to distinguished public careers in government.
Dean Antonio G.M. La Viña, Dean School of Government, Ateneo School of Government, 3rd Placer 1989 Bar Exams Elmer T. Rabuya, Known civilist, law books author Cyril E. Ramos, Deputy Ombudsman Rhett Emmanuel C. Serfino, Practicing Lawyer, 3rd Placer 1997 Bar Exams Noel M. Ortega, Valedictorian, Bachelor of Laws San Sebastian College-Recoletos
The Legal Education Board has ranked the Ateneo de Manila School of Law as the top law school in the past decade, producing a 7.18% share or 1,794 out of total new lawyers. [59] The school continues to consistently have the highest passing rate for first-time examinees, topping the 2020/2021 and 2022 Bar Examinations. [ 60 ]
Starting from 2017, the Legal Education Board had started implementing the Philippine Law School Admission Test (PhilSAT); the failure to pass such admission test prohibits a person from enrolling to any law schools in the Philippines. It is a one-day aptitude test intended to measure the academic potential of an examinee who wishes to pursue ...
It is usually computed on two levels—the national level (national bar passing rate), and the law school level (law school passing rate). In the past, passing averages were considerably lower to admit more new lawyers (i.e. 69% in 1947, 69.45% in 1946, 70% in 1948). Since 1982, the passing average has been fixed at 75%.
The closest may have been Cesar L. Villanueva (from the Ateneo Law School) who placed second in the 1981 Bar Exams and sixth place in the 1982 CPA Board Exams and Reginald Laco (from the De La Salle Lipa Law School) who placed fourth in the 2015 Bar Exams and second in the 2009 CPA Board Exams.
[3] The Ateneo college opened its doors to its first female students in that same year. The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences moved to Loyola Heights in 1976, and the Padre Faura campus finally closed in 1977 as the Graduate School of Business and the School of Law moved to H.V. de la Costa St. in Salcedo Village, Makati.
Legal Education Board members later granted Ateneo a permit to open a law school through an order dated January 13, 2014. [24] Construction started for a new grade school complex that was to be a part of the Kreutz Campus. A groundbreaking was held on July 31, 2012, as part of the university's centennial, with construction starting on August 15 ...