The Supreme Court said the number of examinees in the 2023 online and regionalized Bar examinations continued to dwindle on its second day yesterday.

The SC Public Information Office said that as of 12 noon, only 10,392 of the 10,400 who completed the first day of the examinations last 17 September were taking the exams.

Subjects covered in the 20 September examinations were Civil Law from 8 a.m. to 12 noon, and Labor Law and Social Legislation from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m.

On Sunday, 24 September, the last day of the exams, Criminal Law and Remedial Law will be in the morning and Legal and Judicial Ethics with Practical Exercises in the afternoon.

As in previous examinations it is expected that the number of examinees would further decrease on 24 September.

The high bench had earlier announced that the results of the 2023 Bar exams would be release early December and the oath-taking and signing of the Rolls of Attorneys for the successful examinees to become full-fledged lawyers would be done before Christmas.

In this year, Bar examinations SC Justice Ramon Paul L. Hernando is the chairperson of the Bar examinations committee.