Perseverance proven, Leonen calls 'pandemic' lawyers to service

The Supreme Court grounds are showered with emotions on April 12, 2022 as 2020/21 Bar examinees learn the results of the grueling exam.

Philstar.com / Deejae Dumlao

MANILA, Philippines — Associate Justice Marvic Leonen, 2020/21 Bar chairperson, said it best to the 11,402 law graduates who finished the grueling licensure test: "You showed courage. You showed resilience. You proved that you can persevere."

Odds were stacked against the "pandemic" lawyer batch: There was more than a year long wait, delays, changing lockdowns, and mere hours before they took the exams on the first day, they had to prove they were not infected with the coronavirus.

The Bar exams were held just while the country was reeling with a surge driven by the Omicron variant, but more 11,402 finished the tests squeezed in two days in February, with two days rest in between. Of them, 8,241 are to become the country’s newest lawyers.

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