Philippine Bar Examinations

Philippine Bar Examinations

Type	Bar examination
Administrator	Supreme Court Bar Examination Committee
Skills tested	Understanding of the basic principles of law and of relevant jurisprudence
Purpose	Admission to practice law
Year started	1901 (1901)
Offered	Three separate days held within eight days every September (since 2023) Four separate days held for two weeks in September (2022) Two days held within three days in February (2021) Four Sundays of November of every year (2010 to 2019) Four Sundays of September (1901 to 2010)
Restrictions on attempts	75% passing average Candidates who have failed the bar exams for three times are not permitted to take another bar exam until they re-enroll and pass regular fourth-year review classes and attend a pre-bar review course in an approved law school
Regions	Philippines
Annual number of test takers	10,387 (in 2023)
Prerequisites	see Admission requirements
Qualification rate	20–30% average passing rate
Website	Supreme Court Bar Admissions

The Philippine Bar Examinations is the professional licensure examination for lawyers in the Philippines. The exam is exclusively administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines through the Supreme Court Bar Examination Committee.^[1]