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ter1153:Re:Let
terofAt
ty.Est
eli
toMendoza(
2010)

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"B.M.No.1153(Re:Let
terofAtty
.Est
eli
toP.MendozaProposi
ngRef
ormsi ntheBarExami
nat
ions
ThroughAmendment st
oRul e138oftheRulesofCourt
).-TheCour tResol
vedtoAPPROVEt he
proposedamendmentst
oSections5and6ofRul
e138,towit:

SEC.5.Addi
ti
onalRequi
rementf
orOt
herAppl
icant
s.—

Al lapplicantsforadmi ssi
onotherthanthoser ef
err
edt ointhetwoprecedingsecti
onsshall,before
beingadmi tt
edt otheexami nat
ion,sat
isf
actori
lyshowt hatt
heyhavesuccessfull
ycompletedal lthe
prescribedcour sesf orthedegreeofBachel orofLawsori tsequi
val
entdegr ee,i
nal aw schoolor
universit
yof fi
cial
lyrecognizedbythePhili
ppineGov er
nmentorbythepr operauthor
it
yinthef oreign
j
urisdicti
onwher ethedegreehasbeengr anted.

Noappl icantwhoobt ai nedtheBachelorofLawsdegr eei nthi

sjuri
sdicti
onshallbeadmittedtot he
barexami nati
onunlessheorshehassat i
sfactor
il
ycompl etedt
hefoll
owi ngcour
sei nalawschoolor
universi
tydulyrecogni zedbyt hegovernment:civi
llaw,commer ci
allaw,remediallaw,cr
iminallaw,
publicandpr i
vateinternationall
aw,poli
ti
callaw,laborandsociall
egislati
on,medicalj
uri
sprudence,
tax
at i
onandl egalethics.

AFili
pinocit
izenwhogr aduat
edf rom afor
eignlawschoolshal
lbeadmi t
tedtothebarex amination
onl
yuponsubmi ssiontotheSupremeCour tofcer
ti
fi
cati
onsshowi ng:(a)completi
onofal lcourses
l
eadingtothedegr eeofBachel
orofLawsori tsequi
val
entdegree;(b)recogni
tionoraccr
edi t
ati
onof
thelaw schoolbyt hepr
operauthorit
y;and(c)completi
onofal lthef ourt
hy earsubj
ect sint he
Bachel
orofLawsacademi cprogram inalawschooldul
yrecognizedbythePhili
ppineGovernment .

SEC.6.
Pre-Law.—

Anappl i
cantforadmissiontot hebarexami nati
onshallpr esentacer ti
fi
cat
eissuedbythepr oper
governmentagency t hat,before commenci ng t
he study ofl aw,he orshe had pur sued and
sati
sfactor
il
y completed in an author
ized and recognized universit
y orcoll
ege,requi
ring for
admissionther
etothecompl eti
onofaf our-yearhighschoolcour se,thecourseofst
udyprescribed
ther
einforabachelor'
sdegreeinartsorsciences.

AFi
li
pinoci
ti
zenwhocompletedandobtai
nedhisorherBachel
orofLawsdegreeori
tsequi
valenti
n
af
orei
gnlawschoolmustpr
esentpr
oofofhavi
ngcompletedasepar
atebachel
or'
sdegr
eecourse.

TheClerkofCour
t,throughtheOff
iceoftheBarConf
idant
,isher
ebydi
rect
edt
oCI
RCULARI
ZEt
his
resol
uti
onamongalllawschool
sinthecount
ry.
"
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rement
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ssi
onofaFi
li
pinoci
ti
zenwhogr
aduat
edf
rom af
orei
gnl
awschool

Hemaybeadmi
tt
edt
othebaronl
yuponsubmi
ssi
ont
otheSCcer
ti
fi
cat
ionsshowi
ng;

1.Compl
eti
onofal
lcour
sesl
eadi
ngt
oBachel
orofLawsori
tsequi
val
entdegr
ee;

2.Recogni
ti
onoraccr
edi
tat
ionoft
hel
awschoolbyt
hepr
operaut
hor
it
y;

3.Complet
ionofal
lfour
th-y
earsubj
ect
si nt
heBachel
orofLawsacademi
cpr
ogr
am i
nal
awschool
dul
yrecogni
zedbythePhi
li
ppi
neGovernment
;and

4.Pr
esentpr
oofofcompl
eti
onofasepar
atebachel
or'
sdegr
ee(
pre-l
aw)
.