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Chaired by Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy Lazaro-Javier, the 2025 Bar Exams welcomed 11,437 candidates – the highest number of first-day takers in history – across 14 local testing centers. The bar exam is widely considered the toughest licensure test in the country.

The 2025 Bar Exams covered six (6) core subjects: Political and Public International Law (15%); Commercial and Taxation Laws (20%); Civil Law (20%); Labor Law and Social Legislation (10%); Criminal Law (10%); and Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises (25%). The Supreme Court also included the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027, or SPJI, in the coverage of the Bar Exams. The results are tentatively scheduled for release in the first or second week of January 2026.

Kudos, LJB, for your vital role in ensuring the integrity and smooth conduct of the bar exams!

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