The Supreme Court yesterday announced that it will release the results of the 2005 bar examinations today.

The results will show who among the 5,758 law graduates who took last September's exams will be the country's new lawyers. The number of examinees registered a record high in the 100-year-old plus bar examinations, a SC press release said yesterday.

The 2005 bar examination also mark the first time that the 'five-strike' rule is being implemented. This rule limits to five the maximum number of times a candidate may take what is reputed to be the most grueling government-administered test, it said.

Justice Romeo Callejo Sr., Chairman of the Committee on the 2005 Bar Examinations, said the list will be displayed in wide-screen monitors to be strategically placed at the Supreme Court front yard near its Padre Faura entrance. The results can be viewed simultaneously at www.supremecourt.gov.ph, the official website of the High Court.

Bar Matter No. 1161 provides for the "(d)isqualification of a candidate after failing in three examinations, provided, that he may take a fourth and fifth examination if he successfully completes a one year refresher course for each examination; provided, further that upon the effectivity of this Resolution, those who have already failed in five or more bar examinations shall be allowed to take only one more bar examination after completing a one year refresher course."*

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