The results of the September 2009 Philippine Bar Exams is now posted here. It was reported that the list of passers will be made available by the Supreme Court on March 19, 2010 but it took another week for the list to be out. I know that those who took the exams, their friends and families were eagerly waiting for the results. Like you, I also waited for the results because I have friends who took that Bar Exams. Six months of waiting has now come to an end.
Update as of March 26, 2010 (from SC press Release)
A total of 1,451 out of the 5,903 (24.58%) examinees from 108 law schools nationwide passed the 2009 Bar examinations.
Justice Antonio Eduardo B. Nachura, chair of the 2009 Committee on Bar Examinations, disclosed that the number of those who passed represented 24.58% of the total examinees. The exams were administered through Deputy Clerk of Court and Bar Confidant Atty. Ma. Cristina B. Layusa.
For the 2009 Bar exams, Justice Nachura said that the passing rate was lowered from 75% to 71%, while the disqualification grade in Taxation has been lowered from 49% to 45%.
List of September 2009 Philippine Bar Exam passers are found here: A – F, G – O, P – Z
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