Bouncing back from a dismal performance in 2011, the University of the Philippines copped five of the top ten places in the 2013 Bar exams, including the number one spot taken by Nielson Pangan.
Complete list of Bar Exams Passers 2013
UP's law school had failed to produce a single top-ten placer in the 2011 exams, causing much hand-wringing and even soul-searching in the nation's most respected law school. After tweaking its curriculum for better Bar performance, UP Law did respectably in 2012, with four of the top ten.
But archrival Ateneo de Manila captured the top two places that year, as well as the number one spots in the two previous years. 2013's Pangan is the first UP law graduate at number one since Joan A. de Venecia in 2005.
Higher passing rate
The latest Bar exams' passing rate was 22.18 percent, according to 2013 Bar chairman and Supreme Court Associate Justice Arturo Brion at a briefing in Manila on Tuesday. That was a significant jump from the 17.76 pecent passing rate in 2012, a 12-year low.
A total of 5,293 examinees hurdled the four Sundays of the exams, from the original 5,593 who were admitted to take them in October last year. According to the Supreme Court, 5,641 law graduates applied for the 2013 Bar exams.
The exams were held for the third year in a row in UST along España Boulevard in Manila, without any untoward incidents, according to the local police. Prior to UST, the exams were held at the De La Salle University in Manila. The 2010 bar exams at DLSU were marred by a grenade explosion as exam takers were exiting, causing injuries to over 40 people.
The Bar exams are believed to be the most difficult among licensure examinations.
The Top 10 are:
1st Place: Nielson Pangan from University of the Philippines, 85.80%
2nd Place: Mark Xavier D. Oyales from University of the Philippines
and Dianna Louise R. Wilwayco from Ateneo de Manila University, 85.45%
3rd Place: Rudy V. Ortea, University of Batangas, 84.20%
4th Place Eden Catherine B. Mopia, University of the Philippines, 84.05%
5th Place, Tercel Maria G. Mercado-Gephart, University of San Carlos, 83.90%
6th Place, Manuel Elijah J. Sarausad, University of Cebu, 83.80%
7th Place Katrine Paula V. Suyat, San Beda College-Manila, 83.75%
8th Place, Michael T. Tiu Jr, University of the Philippines, 83.70%
9th Place, Marjorie Ivory S. Fulgueras, Ateneo de Manila University, 83.65%
10th Place, Cyril G. Arnesto, University of the Philippines, 83.60%
(gmanews)
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