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6.
The essays shall not be graded for technically right or wrong
answers, but for the quality of the candidates legal advocacy. The passing
standard for correction shall be work expected of a beginning practitioner,
not a seasoned lawyer.
7.
The examiners in all eight bar subjects shall, apart from
preparing the MCQs for their respective subjects, be divided into two panels
of four members each. One panel will grade the memorandum or decision
essay while the other will grade the legal opinion essay. Each member shall
read and grade the examination answer of a bar candidate independently of
the other members in his panel. The final grade of a candidate for each
essay shall be the average of the grades given by the four members of the
panel for that essay.
8.
The results of the a) MCQ and b) essay-type examinations shall
be given weights of 60% and 40%, respectively, in the computation of the
candidates final grade.
9.
For want of historical data needed for computing the passing
grade in MCQ kind of examinations, the Chairperson of the 2011 Bar
Examinations shall, with the assistance of experts in computing MCQ
examination grades, recommend to the Court the appropriate conversion
table or standard that it might adopt for arriving at a reasonable passing
grade for MCQs in bar examinations.
10. In the interest of establishing needed data, the answers of all
candidates in the essay-type examinations in the year 2011 shall be corrected
irrespective of the results of their MCQ examinations, which are sooner
known because they are electronically corrected. In future bar examinations,
however, the Bar Chairperson shall recommend to the Court the
disqualification of those whose grades in the MCQ are so low that it would
serve no useful purpose to correct their answers in the essay-type
examinations.
11. Using the data and experience obtained from the 2011 Bar
Examinations, future Chairpersons of Bar Examination are directed to study
the feasibility of:
11.1. Holding in the interest of convenience and
economy bar examinations simultaneously in Luzon, the
Visayas, and Mindanao; and
11.2. Allowing those who pass the MCQ examinations
but fail the essay-type examinations to take removal
examinations in the immediately following year.
RENATO C. CORONA
Chief Justice
ANTONIO T. CARPIO
Associate Justice
ARTURO D. BRION
Associate Justice
DIOSDADO M. PERALTA
Associate Justice
LUCAS P. BERSAMIN
Associate Justice
ROBERTO A. ABAD
Associate Justice