Rappler's latest stories on Bar exams 2019
#PumasaNa: Barkada celebrates victory after passing Bar on 2nd try
Six graduates of the Dr Vicente Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation in Tacloban City drew strength from one another as they prepared for their second Bar exam
Before acing 2019 Bar, topnotcher recalls not getting into dream school
Despite facing disappointment early in his bid to become a lawyer, Jun Dexter Rojas goes on to become the first Bar topnotcher of the Polytechnic University of the Philippines College of Law
Ending alma mater’s 32-year drought, Bar topnotcher wants to give back to Baguio
'I saw how a lawyer can help a person no other profession can,' says Saint Louis University's Anton Luis Avila
He first took the bar in 1996. Two decades later, he's now 'Atty Popsy'
Jaime Guerrero believes it would only take one strong push for him to finally pass the bar exams, which he failed several times
'Get back up and march on': 2019 Bar passer shares journey of perseverance
'Persevere with all your might and make use of whatever luck there is in your stars, until such time that the universe is led to no other choice but to make your will happen,' says Jzev Villanueva
‘Sir K’ trends as netizens congratulate Bar 2019 6th placer
Twitter users, including thousands who dream of being accountants and lawyers themselves, congratulate Kenneth Manuel
Rappler Talk: Bar exams 2019 Top 1 Mae Diane Azores
Mae Diane Azores keeps it practical – she wants a country where people are not burdened by unnecessary suits, and where courts are not clogged
Brother and sister pass the 2019 Bar together
'Only one of us passing was probably never an option for us,' says Jesse Solis of her brother Mijo
Supreme Court lowered Bar passing grade for more techy lawyers in 'new normal'
After the grade was lowered to 74, more than 300 made the cut
Bar 2019 topnotcher is jeepney driver's daughter with a heart for public service
(UPDATED) Mae Diane Azores, who lives at the foot of Mount Mayon, always had grand dreams
PAO or corporate law for Bar 2019 10th placer Bebelan Madera
Bebelan Madera of the University of St La Salle in Bacolod City was working in Manila when she was called home by her parents, a move that paved her way to law school
Bar 2019: Provincial schools again emerge on top
The University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi in Albay produces the 2019 Bar examinations' 1st and 3rd placers
Now a CPA lawyer, Bar 3rd placer wants to stay as auditor for the people
Bar 3rd placer Myra Baranda says she finds fulfillment in interacting with people, hearing their grievances, and being at the receiving end of their gratitude for help she has given them
Surviving cancer and 2019 Bar, new lawyer stays with TokHang clients
'Wala rin naman silang ibang nalalapitan, we need more lawyers who will handle these cases,' says Margaret Callanta
FULL LIST: 2019 Bar passers
Here is the full list of the 2,103 examinees who passed the 2019 Bar
University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi tops 2019 Bar exams
(3rd UPDATE) Mae Diane Azores of the University of Santo Tomas-Legazpi tops the bar with 91.049%
2019 Bar passing rate: 27.36%, higher than 2018
(3rd UPDATE) This year is a peculiar experience for Bar passers as the coronavirus pandemic forced the hopefuls to wait for the results at home
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