Bar topnotcher cites factors for success

MANILA - San Beda Law graduate Irene Mae Alcobilla attributed her topping the 2014 Bar Exams to miracle and hard work.

In an interview on the ABS-CBN News Channel (ANC), Alcobilla – who currently works with the Office of the Solicitor General (OSG) – said: “I feel that it’s a miracle. Maybe I’m just dreaming. I can’t define what I am feeling right now.”

Alcobilla said she did not stop reading her law books after graduation and even after preparing for the Bar exams back in October.

“It was hard. I almost did not sleep during the Bar exams. It was all plain reading,” she said of her success.

She said she did not expect to top the Bar. She registered a score of 85.5%, edging out second placer Christian Drilon of Ateneo de Manila University (AdMU) who got 84.45%.

On her Facebook yesterday, Alcobilla only said: “I declare that tomorrow my dream will come true in Jesus name. Amen. 3.26.15.”

“What I only wanted was to become a Bedan lawyer, to pass the Bar. But while I was reviewing, I said to myself I needed to set standards for myself.”

Alcobilla said she broke the news to her parents via a simple text message: “Top 1”

Alcobilla is one of the 1,126 who passed the 2014 Bar Examinations. This represents 18.82% of the total 5,984 examinees.

The oathtaking of the successful Bar candidates will be on April 24, 2015 at 3:00 PM at the Philippine International Convention Center (PICC), according to the SC.

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com

Ateneo Continues Bar Dominance

MANILA, Philippines — Ateneo de Manila asserted its dominance in the Bar examinations, producing its third topnotcher in five years.

In the results of the 2011 Bar examinations released by the Supreme Court Wednesday, Atenean Raoul Angelo D. Atadero had the highest grade – 85.5363 percent. Ateneans also topped the Bar exams in 2007 and 2010.

The second and eighth placers in the 2011 exams are also from Ateneo. A total of 1,913 out of the 5,987 examinees who took the tests passed, or 31.95 percent, Court Administrator Jose Midas P. Marquez, chief of the Supreme Court Public Information Office, said the number is the “second highest rate in the millennium.”

Also landing in the Top 10 are Luz Danielle O. Bolong, 2nd place, ADMU; Cherry Liez O. Rafal-Roble, 3rd place, Arellano University; Rosemil R. Banaga, 4th place, Notre Dame University; Christian Louie C. Gonzales, University of Santo Tomas, 5th place; Ivan M. Bandal, 6th place, Silliman University; Eireene Xina M. Acosta, 7th place, San Beda College; Irene Marie P. Qua, 8th place, ADMU; Elaine Marie G. Laceda, 9th place, Far Eastern University-DLSU; Rodolfo Q. Aquino, 10th place, San Beda College.

Atadero, the valedictorian of his class, and Bolong are new associates of Puno and Puno Law Offices. They joined the firm in February.

Supreme Court Justice Roberto A. Abad, chairman of the 2001 bar examinations committee, said the passers will take their oath as new lawyers on March 21 at the Philippine International Convention Center in Pasay City.

Abad said the passers may secure their clearances from the Supreme Court’s office of the Bar confidant during office hours Monday to Friday, starting Thursday.

source: mb.com.ph

1,913 pass 2011 bar exams

MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE, 3:21 p.m.) A total of 1,913 out of 5,900 passed the bar exams, the Supreme Court announced on Tuesday.

This makes for a passing rate of 31.93 percent.

But SC spokesman Midas Marquez said the list of those who passed the bar will be released on Wednesday at 2 p.m. as scheduled.





This will be the earliest release of the results of the bar tests after the format of the examinations was changed from essay type to multiple choice.





Marquez said that the results of the bar exams are usually released every month of March or before the summer session of the SC magistrates is conducted in Baguio City.

The 2011 bar exam was held for the first time in the University of Sto. Tomas.


At a press conference said this batch of bar examinees scored the second highest rate in the history of bar examination. The highest was in 2001 with 32.89 percent.



The SC also announced the 2011 examiners. They are Court of Appeals Associate Justice Amy Lazaro Javier (Political Law); author and professor lawyer Cesario Alvero Azucena Jr. (Labor Law); author and former Justice Undersecretary Dean Ernesto Pineda (Civil Law); author and professor Abelardo Domondon (Taxation); Court of Appeals Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando (Mercantile Law); Sandiganbayan Associate Justice Maria Cristina Cornejo (Criminal Law); former professor and practitioner Virgilio Manguera (Remedial law), and MCLE lecturer Edwin Carillo (Legal Ethics).

Marquez said the complete list will be released on Wednesday at 2 p.m.

source: interaksyon.com