A personal triumph, a family celebration…
JUBILATION Bar exam passers, many with family members in tow, erupt in shouts and tears at the release of the 2025 bar examinations results at the Supreme Court grounds in Manila on Jan. 7. Last year’s bar exams, held on Sept. 7, 10, and 14, 2025 across 14 local testing centers nationwide, saw 5,594 passers out of 11,425 examinees. The Supreme Court has reserved the Philippine Arena in Bulacan, the country’s largest indoor venue, for the oathtaking and signing ceremony of the new lawyers. —PHOTOS BY NIÑO JESUS ORBETA
