The Importance of the Philippine Bar Exam...

@eichs1 (1934)
Philippines
April 6, 2009 10:34am CST
I just noticed that the result of the Bar Examination is always a big news. What makes it more spectacular than other licensure examinations? Anyway, congratulations to the bar passers!
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@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
Well for me it is because this profession is one of the hardest to pass amongst other professional course. It requires you to have an undergraduate course before you are required to take another four year law course. Then after that you are required to go on review for the next six months and take the board. Taking the board is not an easy task because compared to other board exams that only uses a multiple type question, majority of the exams are written exams so it needs a lot of good english language command and a good hand writing too. That is why when you pass this exams you are really looked up to because of how hard the exams are being passed and the passing is also very low.
@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
But becoming a doctor also entails the same process of having a pre-med course and four-year medicine proper. I don't think their examination don't require that much review too.
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@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
You got a point there. But that's what they are taught in school, right? They are used to that type of examination. Also, I don't think that the low passing rate is enough to justify that they have the hardest license examination.
@rsa101 (40952)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
Well if you would also noticed that of all the professional licensure exams this career has far more influential than others too. You can see them almost everywhere from politics to the simplest criminal cases. Lawyers are really everywhere that is why they are far more influential people in our society. A doctor could heal a society, a cpa could manage financial standing of a society, and engineer could build a better society. But a lawyer can really mold a society they can engage in lawmaking, manage a society, bring down a criminal and defend the innocent. You can just imagine the scope they can do to our society. Although we can see them sometimes as a dirty job because they can also do the opposite but hey that is really their job to protect their clientele to the best of their ability.
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@kingpong (166)
• Philippines
7 Apr 09
well its because law is a tough course not to mention that maority of law topnochers become top government officials. Who is more suitable to run a country but those poeple who know the law
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@eichs1 (1934)
• Philippines
8 Apr 09
Indeed, lawyers have the advantages and are sometimes favored to hold top government positions since they know the laws. But that does not necessarily make them the best qualified leaders of a country.