MANILA-based law schools failed to make it to the top 10 in the 2016 Bar Examination with University of San Carlos in Cebu grabbing Number 1 and four other slots in the top 10 and Silliman University grabbing three top slots.
In Davao City, a graduate of the Ateneo de Davao University (AdDU) College of Law snagged the fifth place of the 2016 bar examination as announced by the Supreme Court (SC) on Wednesday, May 3.
Lawyer Justin Ryan Morilla, 25, with an average of 88.40 percent passed along with his 23 other batch mates who were first takers, giving AdDU College of Law a 100 percent passing rate for its fresh graduates.
During his review, Morilla shared that he had a pact with God that he should work with the government if he would pass the exam.
He hopes to work with the Ombudsman in the near future but right now he works as a legal assistant in Sycip Salazar Hernandez & Gatmaitan.
“I’m also offered a position in my alma mater which I already accepted,” Morilla said.
Morilla took his pre-law course AB in Political Science double major in Business Management at the University of the Philippines in Visayas.
Notable among the passers are some children of Davao Law Practitioners are some children of Davao law practitioners Bruneson Alabastro, Kenneth Aldrin Orallo, and Raia Angelie Tumanda.
The other passers from AdDU College of Law were Rhoda Alvar, Christian Arias, Alexis Barrera, James Bernal, Alain Brigoli, Celeste Camello, Christian Centina, Venus Cuabo, Annalene Dacumos, Rizaida Diesto, Joahna Domingo, Kyrie Genolos-Montemayor, Marnelli Jamison, Queenie Leguin, Antonette Lim, Ralph Mendoza, Sigrid Kim Mier, Ralph Palmera, AmelouPelonio, Gavino Quibo, Jesse Mari Santos, Renie Jay Soriano, William Uy Jr., Guillermo Villamil Jr., and Reina Rea Zozobrado.
AdDU College of Law registered a 90.63 percent over-all rating in the recent bar exam.
They now rank as the country’s third top performing law school in the recent recognition of the Legal Education Board, Dean Lawyer Manuel Quibod said in an interview.
This year, more than 6,000 examinees took the tests conducted in four Sundays in November 2016 at the University of Santo Tomas in Manila. The SC said 3,747 out of 6,254 examinees passed.
The oath taking of the 2016 bar passers will be held on May 22 at 3 p.m. at the Mall of Asia Arena.
The top 10 in the bar are Karen Mae Calam, from the University of San Carlos with a passing rate of 89.05 percent; Alanna Gayle Ashley Khio, Silliman University (88.95 percent); Fiona Cristy Lao, University of San Carlos (88.80 percent) and Athalia Liong, Andres Bonifacio College (88.80 percent) who both tied in the third place; Allana Mae Babayen-On, University of San Agustin (88.75 percent); Justin Ryan Morilla, Ateneo de Davao University (88.40 percent); Mark Dave Camarao, Northwestern University (88.10 percent); Anne Margaret Momongan, University of San Carlos (87.80 percent); Jefferson Gomez, University of San Carlos (87.70 percent); Nia Rachelle Gonzales, University of Batangas and Marie Chielo Ybio, Silliman University (87.50 percent), both tied in the ninth place; and Andrew Stephen Liu, Silliman University (87.45 percent).