The Civil Code of the Philippines contains more than 2,000 articles. The family Code of the Philippines contains about 200 articles. Not to mention the countless other special civil laws, Gods knows how many landmark civil cases resolved and decided by the supreme court. All of them are possible topics in the bar exams under the subject of Civil law.
Now imagine your self as a Bar Examinee in the Philippines. You read, studied ans analyzed these thousands of articles in Civil Law and jurisprudence only to answer an average of 20 to 40 bar exam questions. You answer the questions in easy with your handwriting in 4 hours. How many articles can 20 to 40 questions possibly tackle? Is 20 to 40 questions enough to and conclusive to determine if you have enough knowledge and learning of the civil law consisting of more than 2,000 articles and the thousands of existing jurisprudence in civil laws?
Chances are, this type of exam is a "hit and miss" kind of exam.
Secondly, bar examinees were given four (4) long hours per subject to answer a maximum of 40 questions. In that four long hours, the examination is more or less a story-telling test or script writing test rather than a test to measure knowledge of a particular subject. More often than not, examinees get good grade based on good hand writing, good English and good writing style rather than pure knowledge of principles and concepts of the law.
Why not the Supreme Court improve the bar exam by going multiple choice to afford a greater number of questions per subject? This way intelligent bar examinees with ugly handwriting will have a fair chance in passing the exam.
Now imagine your self as a Bar Examinee in the Philippines. You read, studied ans analyzed these thousands of articles in Civil Law and jurisprudence only to answer an average of 20 to 40 bar exam questions. You answer the questions in easy with your handwriting in 4 hours. How many articles can 20 to 40 questions possibly tackle? Is 20 to 40 questions enough to and conclusive to determine if you have enough knowledge and learning of the civil law consisting of more than 2,000 articles and the thousands of existing jurisprudence in civil laws?
Chances are, this type of exam is a "hit and miss" kind of exam.
Secondly, bar examinees were given four (4) long hours per subject to answer a maximum of 40 questions. In that four long hours, the examination is more or less a story-telling test or script writing test rather than a test to measure knowledge of a particular subject. More often than not, examinees get good grade based on good hand writing, good English and good writing style rather than pure knowledge of principles and concepts of the law.
Why not the Supreme Court improve the bar exam by going multiple choice to afford a greater number of questions per subject? This way intelligent bar examinees with ugly handwriting will have a fair chance in passing the exam.
1 comment:
Your prayer/s has been heard. This 2011 bar examination is going to be a multiple choice type exam with essay or lawyering skill exam.
The reform you've been asking is now taking its form, and I hope you still have the courage, determination and perseverance of achieving your goal, thus fulfilling your dream of becoming a lawyer...
Keep hope in your heart...
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