MANILA, Philippines – The Bar Exam Results 2025, including the complete list of passers and topnotchers for over 11,000 aspiring lawyers, are expected to be released by the Supreme Court (SC) after the special en banc session in early January 2026, 3-4 months after the grueling exams.
The 2025 Philippine Bar Exam was held on September 7, 10, and 14 at 14 local testing centers nationwide, under the leadership of Supreme Court Associate Justice Amy C. Lazaro-Javier, Chairperson of the 2025 Bar Examinations Committee.
Bar Exam Results 2025 Summary
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2025 Bar Exam List of Passers
SUPREME COURT OF THE PHILIPPINES
List of Successful Examinees in the September 2025 Bar Exams
Held on September 7, 10 & 14, 2025
Release Date: January 2026
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2025 Bar Exam Announcements
Before the official release of the list of passers, topnotchers, and top law schools, reliable sources—particularly the Supreme Court and bar exam personnel—share updates on the special en banc sessions leading to the announcement of results.
The Summit Express will also deliver real-time updates on this page and through our social media channels once the results are announced.
Release of the 2025 Bar Exam Results
The Supreme Court announced in an article on September 8, 2025 that results of the bar exam are set to be released in early January 2026. In addition, the oath taking and signing of the Roll of Attorneys are scheduled in February 2026.
To quote, SC said: "The results are tentatively scheduled for release in early January 2026, followed by the oath-taking and signing of the Roll of Attorneys in February."
On the actual day of release of exam results, SC is expected to flash the list of successful examinees at LED walls in SC courtyard, Padre Faura Street, Manila.
Similar with previous years, results will be released as well on the Supreme Court's website and official social media pages on X and Facebook.
Testing Centers
The digital and regionalized bar exams were held simultaneously at fourteen (14) local testing centers in Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao.
| Bar 2025 Testing Centers |
|---|
| Metro Manila |
| University of Santo Tomas |
| San Beda University - Mendiola |
| New Era University |
| Manila Adventist College |
| San Beda College - Alabang |
| University of the Philippines - BGC |
| Ateneo de Manila University School of Law |
| Luzon |
| Saint Louis University |
| University of Nueva Caceres |
| Visayas |
| University of San Jose – Recoletos |
| Dr. V. Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation |
| Central Philippine University |
| Mindanao |
| Ateneo de Davao University |
| Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology |
The Supreme Court once again used Examplify, a computer-based examination program that allows examinees to securely take a test using their own devices. Aspiring lawyers took the 2025 Bar Examinations in-person, in their venue of choice, supervised by proctors, and monitored through closed-circuit television cameras.
2025 Bar Statistics
SC Associate Justice Lazaro-Javier announced that a total of 11,437 candidates took the Day 1 tests of the 2025 Bar Examinations on September 7, 2025, marking the highest first-day turnout to date.
Out of the record-high 11,437 examinees on Day 1 of the Bar Examinations, 11,429 returned to take the exams on Day 2 on September 10.
Here is the turnout of examinees in the 3-day grueling exams:
- Day 1: 11,437
- Day 2: 11,429
- Day 3: TBA
Justice Javier shared that 13,193 hopefuls had initially applied to take this year’s qualifying exams for Philippine lawyers, but some withdrew due to various unforeseen circumstances.
Topnotchers and Top Schools
For the 2025 bar exam, SC is expected to release list of topnotchers and top law schools, in similar format to the 2024, 2023, and 2022 bar exams.
In the 2020/21 Bar Examinations, the Supreme Court did not release the list of topnotchers but instead recognized examinees who recorded “exemplary performance” in the licensure test.
Coverage of Exam and Questionnaires
This year’s Bar Examinations tackled six core subjects (see link of for the given questions):
1. Political and Public International Law (15%)
2. Commercial and Taxation Laws (20%)
3. Civil Law (20%)
4. Labor Law and Social Legislation (10%)
5. Criminal Law (10%)
6. Remedial Law, Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises (25%)
According to SC, these core subjects were determined and approved by the Court En Banc upon thoughtful review of previous syllabi and due consideration of the latest developments in legal practice.
Bar Exam Passing Grade
Bar hopeful will have to earn at least 75% as total weighted score to pass. This score is the product of Bar subject’s relative weight and raw score as a percentage of the maximum possible score.
While a bar examinee is “deemed to have passed examinations successfully if he/she has obtained a general average of 75%,” the SC en banc has the discretion whether to make adjustments, as it did in the previous Bar Examinations to lower the bar exam passing percentage.
In the 2024 and 2019 Bar Examinations, the passing percentage was adjusted from 75% to 74%.
Earlier, the Supreme Court also lowered the passing percentage to 70% in 2012, and to 73% in both the 2013 and 2014 Bar Examinations.
Previous Bar Exams
The 2024 Bar Exams posted a 37.84% passing rate, with Kyle Christian Tutor from the University of the Philippines (UP) emerging as the topnotcher after scoring 85.7700%.
In 2023, the passing rate reached 36.77%. Leading the batch was Ephraim Porciuncula Bie of the University of Santo Tomas, who garnered 89.2625%.
The 2022 exams produced a 43.47% passing rate, highlighted by University of the Philippines College of Law graduate Czar Mathew Gerard Torres topping the list with 88.8083%.
For the 2020–2021 Bar, the Supreme Court recorded a historic 72.28% passing rate—the highest in decades and the first exams held during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Back in 2019, the passing rate was adjusted to 27.36% after the cut-off was lowered to 74%. Mae Diane Azores of the University of Santo Tomas in Legazpi secured the top spot with 91.0490%.
Check out the Comparative Results for the Bar Examinations in the past 24 years (statistics courtesy of OBC):
| Year | No. of Examinees | No. of Passers | Passing Rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 10,490 | 3,962 | 37.84% |
| 2023 | 10,387 | 3,812 | 36.77% |
| 2022 | 9,183 | 3,992 | 43.47% |
| 2020-2021 | 11,402 | 8,241 | 72.28% |
| 2019 | 7,685 | 2,103 | 27.36% |
| 2018 | 8,158 | 1,800 | 22.07% |
| 2017 | 6,748 | 1,724 | 25.55% |
| 2016 | 6344 | 3747 | 59.06% |
| 2015 | 6,605 | 1,731 | 26.21% |
| 2014 | 5,984 | 1,126 | 18.82% |
| 2013 | 5,292 | 1,174 | 22.18% |
| 2012 | 5,343 | 949 | 17.76% |
| 2011 | 5,987 | 1,913 | 31.95% |
| 2010 | 4,847 | 982 | 20.26% |
| 2009 | 5,903 | 1,451 | 24.58% |
| 2008 | 6,364 | 1,310 | 20.58% |
| 2007 | 5,626 | 1,289 | 22.91% |
| 2006 | 6,187 | 1,893 | 30.60% |
| 2005 | 5,607 | 1,526 | 27.22% |
| 2004 | 5,249 | 1,659 | 31.61% |
| 2003 | 5,349 | 1,108 | 20.71% |
| 2002 | 4,659 | 917 | 19.68% |
| 2001 | 3,849 | 1,266 | 32.89% |
| 2000 | 4,698 | 979 | 20.84% |
Philippine Bar Exam Overview
The Philippine bar examinations, dubbed as the most prestigious and hardest professional licensure exam in the country for aspiring lawyers, is the only professional exam not handled by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC). It is exclusively supervised by the Supreme Court.
The SC conducts the Bar examinations pursuant to Article VIII, Section 5 of the Constitution which provides that it shall have the power to promulgate rules governing the admission to the practice of law.
Many Filipino lawyers say the bar exam is hard because it is centralized on wide-range bar subjects, with the expected annual passing rate of 20% to 40%.
Special en banc session for the 'decoding of bar exam results' is being done prior to the release of results. Decoding is the process where the SC orders the Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC) to open the sealed envelopes with the names of the candidates who passed the exams.
How to Contact SC
For any concern and clarifications related to bar exams, you may reach out Supreme Court's Office of the Bar Confidant (OBC).
- Officer-in-Charge: Atty. Amor P. Entila
- Phone – General Inquiries: +63 2 8526-8122; +63 2 8552-9691; +63 2 8552-9690
- Email – baroffice.sc@judiciary.gov.ph; efile_bar.sc@judiciary.gov.ph
- Office Address: P. Faura St., Ermita, Manila 1000
Bar Exam Updates
Be updated on the official results and updates on the 2025 Bar Exams. We advise takers to bookmark this page, closely monitor our social media channels or visit the official website of SC for more information.
