Fake Lawyers Courtesy Of The 2007 Bar Exam ?
While I was doing my usual visit to the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association friendster group, I cam across a very heated issue. The issue that was started by an unknown topic starter stated, “2007 Bar exam Passers are phonies.”
Upon opening the post, I saw a link to a forum where the matter was presently being discussed. After reading some of the arguments, I decided to write my own response in the SWU Alumni Association Friendster group stating why he is wrong in thinking that the 2007 bar exam passers are unreal lawyers. My response states:
Though this may be hard to take in, but the individual who has stated that the 2007 Bar Exam produced unreal lawyers has turned himself into a complete idiot with his flawed argument. For the knowledge of everyone, I am not a 2007 Bar Exam passer.
This individual’s major premise states that “Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is deemed to have passed if he obtains a general average of 75 percent in all subjects without falling below 50 percent in any subject.”
And his Minor premise also states that “The passing rate was adjusted from the traditional 75 percent to 70 percent last 2007. Because of this, the Bar Committee then lowered the disqualification rate on Labor and Civil Law from 50 to 45 percent.
Base on those two premises he then concluded, “Because of these, I consider the 2007 bar exam passers as fake lawyers with the reason that they did not satisfy the standards required by the Rules of Court.”
Such a show of ignorance! This individual based his conclusion on the premise that the Rules of Court are cannot be changed. This individual failed to consider the 1987 constitution, mainly Article VIII, Sec. 5 subpar. 5, which says “The Supreme Court shall have the following powers . . . Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, THE ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW, the integrated bar . . . ”
To make it more clearer, the Supreme Court, under the 1987 Constitution, has been given the authority to decide who will be accepted to the bar. The move of the Supreme Court to lower the qualifying rate of the 2007 Bar exam is alright, since it is within the scope of the powers mandated by the Constitution. Letifico ut idots (Cheers to idiots)
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