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Mr. Diokno's success in the bar exams is further underscored by the fact that he was also under-age [2] and that he also placed number 1 in the 1940 CPA Board exams which he took while in law school, summa cum laude [3] after graduating from then De La Salle College [4] at the age of 17. This double number 1 feat may never be paralleled.
This meant that every other year from the inaugural 1901 examination to 1912 no scores were given other than pass or fail. The 2016 bar exam had the highest number of successful candidates since 1954: 3,747 out of 6,344 (59.06 percent) examinees, but that ratio was later topped in 2020-21 (72.28 percent, the third highest at that point).
Successful candidates of the Second Examination are called fully qualified lawyer (Volljurist). They may join the bar as an attorney, to become judges and to become state attorneys (public prosecutors). There are some other legal or legal-adjacent careers which require additional or different training (namely public notaries and patent lawyers).
Admission to the bar in the United States is the granting of permission by a particular court system to a lawyer to practice law in the jurisdiction. Each U.S. state and jurisdiction (e.g. territories under federal control) has its own court system and sets its own rules and standards for bar admission.
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Kevin Winter/Getty. Sean Baker accepts the Best Picture award for "Anora" onstage during the 30th Annual Critics Choice Awards at Barker Hangar on Feb. 7, 2025 in Santa Monica, Calif.