Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) has revised and, in effect, relaxed the rules on the use of laptops by examinees in the Feb. 4 and 6 online bar examinations for 2020 and 2021 in various testing centers nationwide. In a Bar Bulletin issued by bar examinations committee chairperson Associate
Supreme Court The Supreme Court (SC) has extended until Feb. 15 the submission of the original copies of the documents required for application to the online 2020-2021 bar examinations which have been rescheduled for Feb. 4 and 6. Also, in Bar Bulletin issued by Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F.
Supreme Court (File photo) MANILA - The Supreme Court (SC) has extended the deadline of the submission of documents of Bar examinees until mid-February. In a bulletin released Tuesday, the high court said "the deadline for submitting the physical, original copies of the pertinent documents for the Bar application process has been moved to February 15, 2022". The original deadline for the documents, which include a verified petition to take the Bar, is on January 31. "(W)e recognize that the recent Covid-19 surge and the crippling effects of Typhoon Odette have made it difficult for many examinees to comply with the deadline. Thus, it is moved to sometime after the Bar Examination," the SC said. Th exam will be held on February 4 and 6, instead of the previous January 23 and 25, citing a high rate of infection among examinees and support personnel. About 16.8 percent of the 8,546 examinees who responded to an e-mail are either positive for Covid-19, living with someo