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    The document is a resolution from the Supreme Court of the Philippines approving amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138 regarding the requirements for the bar examinations. The amendments require applicants who obtained their law degree in the Philippines to have completed certain law subjects. They also require Filipino citizens who graduated from foreign law schools to submit certifications showing completion of law courses and subjects in a Philippine recognized law school. The Clerk of Court is directed to circulate the resolution to all law schools in the country.

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    March 9, 2010

    [B.M. No. 1153]

    RESOLUTION

    Sirs/Mesdames :

    Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of the Court En Banc


    dated March 9, 2010
    "B.M. No. 1153 (Re: Letter of Atty. Estelito P. Mendoza Proposing Reforms in the
    Bar Examinations Through Amendments to Rule 138 of the Rules of Court). - The Court
    Resolved to APPROVE the proposed amendments to Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 138, to
    wit:
    SEC. 5.Additional Requirement for Other Applicants. — All applicants for
    admission other than those referred to in the two preceding sections shall, before
    being admitted to the examination, satisfactorily show that they have
    successfully completed all the prescribed courses for the degree of Bachelor of
    Laws or its equivalent degree, in a law school or university officially recognized by
    the Philippine Government or by the proper authority in the foreign jurisdiction
    where the degree has been granted.

    No applicant who obtained the Bachelor of Laws degree in this jurisdiction


    shall be admitted to the bar examination unless he or she has satisfactorily
    completed the following course in a law school or university duly recognized by
    the government: civil law, commercial law, remedial law, criminal law, public and
    private international law, political law, labor and social legislation, medical
    jurisprudence, taxation and legal ethics.SDHacT

    A Filipino citizen who graduated from a foreign law school shall be


    admitted to the bar examination only upon submission to the Supreme Court of
    certi cations showing: (a) completion of all courses leading to the degree of
    Bachelor of Laws or its equivalent degree; (b) recognition or accreditation of the
    law school by the proper authority; and (c) completion of all the fourth year
    subjects in the Bachelor of Laws academic program in a law school duly
    recognized by the Philippine Government.

    SEC. 6.Pre-Law. — An applicant for admission to the bar examination shall


    present a certi cate issued by the proper government agency that, before
    commencing the study of law, he or she had pursued and satisfactorily
    completed in an authorized and recognized university or college, requiring for
    admission thereto the completion of a four-year high school course, the course of
    study prescribed therein for a bachelor's degree in arts or sciences.
    A Filipino citizen who completed and obtained his or her Bachelor of Laws
    degree or its equivalent in a foreign law school must present proof of having
    completed a separate bachelor's degree course.

    The Clerk of Court, through the O ce of the Bar Con dant, is hereby directed to
    CIRCULARIZE this resolution among all law schools in the country." (adv77)
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    Very truly yours,

    (SGD.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA


    Clerk of Court

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