Pasay City braces for Bar exams 2023; issues traffic advisory 

The Pasay city government issued a traffic advisory to be implemented during the conduct of the 2023 Bar Examination on 17, 20, and 24 September 2023.

Pasay City Mayor Emi Calixto-Rubiano said San Juan Street from Donada to Leveriza St. at the Manila Adventist College in Pasay City will be closed to traffic from 3:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Motorists were warned by the mayor to expect heavy traffic in the area during the first day of the bar examinations.

She advised motorists to plan ahead and take alternative routes in going to their destinations.

Earlier, the Supreme Court released the list of local testing centers for this year's Bar examinations.

In the Bar Bulletin issued a few weeks back, Associate Justice Ramon Paul Hernando, the 2023 Bar chairperson, said the exams will be administered in the following venues:

Metro Manila:

San Beda University – Manila; University of Santo Tomas; San Beda College – Alabang; University of the Philippines – Diliman; Manila Adventist College; and University of the Philippines – Bonifacio Global City.

Luzon:

Saint Louis University; Cagayan State University;  and University of Nueva Caceres.

Visayas:

University of San Jose – Recoletos; University of San Carlos; and Dr. V. Orestes Romualdez Educational Foundation.

Mindanao:

Ateneo de Davao University; and Xavier University

San Beda College – Alabang, meanwhile, will serve as the National Headquarters site for the Bar examinations, Hernando added.

Applicants may choose any LTC, including the law school where they graduated from, but this will be subject to the availability of examinee slots.

The 2023 Bar Examinations will cover six core subjects: political and public international law; commercial and taxation laws; civil law; labor law and social legislation; criminal law; and remedial law, legal and judicial ethics with practical exercises.