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[ B.M. No. 979. March 21, 2000]
IN RE 1999 BAR EXAMINATIONS
SPECIAL EN BANC MEETING
Gentlemen:
Quoted hereunder, for your information, is a resolution of this Court dated MAR 21 2000.
B.M. No. 979 (In Re 1999 Bar Examinations.)
In the Resolution of 19 March 2000 the Court stated that said Resolution "is without prejudice to any further action that the Court may deem appropriate to take under the premises."
After due deliberation, the Court RESOLVED as follows:
To formalize the creation, as it hereby creates, a Special Study Group on Bar Examination Reforms, to be composed of the following retired Justices of the Court, namely:
Mme Justice Ameurfina Melencio-Herrera
Chairperson
Mr. Justice Jose Feria
Mr. Justice Camilo Quiason
Members
which is hereby authorized to call on resource persons of experts, subject to the approval of the Court.
The Study Group shall, in general, conduct studies on steps to further safeguard the integrity of Bar Examinations and make them effective tools in measuring the adequacy of the law curriculum and the quality of the instructions given by law schools in preparing students for admission to the Bar. Towards these ends, the Study Group may:
A. Recommend guidelines on, inter alia,
(1)������� Policy of admission to take the Bar Examinations, including exclusion of those who lack any of the prerequisites therefor, thereby discontinuing the practice of conditional admission;
(2)������� The criteria for the selection of Bar Examiners;
(3)������� The disqualification of the Chairman and Members of Bar Examination Committees, including the effects of belated disclosure of impermissible interest, or relationship with examinees;
(4)������� Criteria for the preparation of Bar questions; and
(5)������� Correction and grading of Bar Examination Booklets to ensure just, fair and reasonable results.
B. Consider proposals for, inter alia,
(1)������� The holding of two (2) Bar Examinations in a year;
(2)������� Review of Bar Examination subjects, including changes of the percentage points for each subject, and
(3)������� Possible sanctions on law schools/colleges which produce no successful Bar candidate for a period of time.
C. Undertake such additional studies as may be mandated by the Court, including,
(1)������� The conduct of comparative studies of bar examination in other countries; and
(2)������� The study and adoption of such other measures as may be necessary to avoid recurrence of problems found in connection with previous bar examinations.
Approved this 22nd day of March 2000.
Davide, Jr., C.J., Bellosillo, Melo, Puno, Vitug, Kapunan, Mendoza, Panganiban, Quisumbing, Pardo, Buena, Gonzaga-Reyes, Ynares-Santiago, and De Leon, Jr., JJ., concur.
Purisima, J., no part.
Very truly yours,
LUZVIMINDA D. PUNO
Clerk of Court
(Sgd.) MA. LUISA D. VILLARAMA
Asst. Clerk of Court
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