SC reduces coverage, duration of 2020/21 Bar exams

This photo release shows the set up for the oral arguments on the anti-terrorism law petitions in February 2021, conducted following safety protocols amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Supreme Court Public Information Office / released

MANILA, Philippines — The Supreme Court reduced the coverage and shortened the duration of the 2020/21 Bar Examinations, amid the uptick of COVID-19 cases driven by the Omicron variant and damaging effects of Typhoon Odette that ravaged parts of the country late December.

In a statement, the SC Public Information office said the 2020/21 Bar examinations will be held on January 23, Sunday and January 23, Tuesday.

“Examinees will take four sets of examinations, encompassing the usual eight subjects,” the SC PIO said. These are:

• The Law Pertaining to the State and Its Relationships with Its Citizens (formerly Political Law, Labor Law and Taxation Law)
• Criminal Law
• The Law Pertaining to Private Personal and Commercial Relations (formerly Civil Law and Commercial Law)
• Procedure and Professional Ethics (formerly Remedial Law, Legal Ethics and Practical Exercises)

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