| 2007 Bar Exam Produced Unreal Lawyers? |
| Written by Zigfred Diaz | |||
| Saturday, 19 December 2009 08:22 | |||
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As I was visiting the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association friendster group, I came across a very interesting topic in the discussion board. This interesting topic reads "2007 Bar exam produced unreal lawyers."
As I was visiting the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association friendster group, I came across a very interesting topic in the discussion board. This interesting topic reads "2007 Bar exam produced unreal lawyers." Upon opening the post, I saw a link to a forum where the matter was presently being discussed. After reading some of the arguments, I decided to write my own response in the SWU Alumni Association Friendster group stating why he is wrong in thinking that the 2007 bar exam passers are unreal lawyers. My response states: This saddens me to say that the person who wrote the statement, "2007 Bar exam Passers are fake lawyers", has shown his ignorance of the topic. To set the record straight, I am not a 2007 bar exam passer. This person's argument is based on the major premise that "Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is deemed to have passed if he obtains a general average of 75 percent in all subjects without falling below 50 percent in any subject." Also his minor premise stated that "Since the passing rate was adjusted from the traditional 75 percent to 70 percent last 2007, the Bar Committee deemed it right to also lower the disqualification rate on Labor and Civil Law from 50 to 45 percent. " He then implied stating, "Due to these considerations, I conclude that the 2007 bar exam passers are phonies because they were not able to completely satisfy the requirements as stated by the Rules of Court." Such a show of ignorance! This individual based his conclusion on the premise that the Rules of Court are cannot be changed. This individual failed to consider the 1987 constitution, mainly Article VIII, Sec. 5 subpar. 5, which says "The Supreme Court shall have the following powers . . . Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, THE ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW, the integrated bar . . . " To make it more clearer, the Supreme Court, under the 1987 Constitution, has been given the authority to decide who will be accepted to the bar. The move of the Supreme Court to lower the qualifying rate of the 2007 Bar exam is alright, since it is within the scope of the powers mandated by the Constitution. Letifico ut idots (Cheers to idiots) About the Author: Zigfred Diaz is Vice president for operations for a group of family owned corporations. He is also a Financial & Real estate broker, lawyer, law professor & writer. He regularly blogs about several topics including finances and Philippine law Know more !!! Visit his blog today !!!
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