PROJECT JURISPRUDENCE

Championing the best interests and welfare of families and children, the Supreme Court on Friday launched the Bench Book for Family Courts which represents the Judiciary’s steadfast commitment to provide children access to justice and protect them from all forms of abuse and exploitation. Senior Associate Justice Estela M. Perlas-Bernabe, Chairperson of the Supreme Court Committee on Family Courts and Juvenile Concerns, led the hybrid launch at the Session Hall of the Bench Book, a comprehensive guidebook outlining the procedures on the different aspects of the family law. “Rest assured that the Court will continue to push for legal reforms geared towards the protection and welfare of our children,” said Senior Associate Justice Perlas-Bernabe, as she presented the Bench Book to Court officials and guests. Senior Associate Justice Perlas-Bernabe revealed that the Supreme Court En Banc has recently approved the implementing rules and regulations of the social aspect of RA 8639, otherwis

  STATEMENT ON THE RESULTS OF THE 2020/21 BAR EXAMINATIONS Associate Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen Chairperson, 2020/21 Bar Examinations          The bar examinations for 2020 and 2021 cannot be compared with any past bar examinations. These were conducted under challenging circumstances never before faced by any bar examinee, let alone any bar chairperson. This Court creatively adjusted and conducted these qualifying examinations with very critical reforms.          The 11,790 bar applicants went through not only several waves of COVID-19 pandemic, but also a super typhoon that battered the Visayas region, and the uncertainties brought about by the effects of the pandemic and adjustments of its corresponding health regulations. There was no large national government licensure examination that provided a model for the implementation of the bar examinations under these conditions. Even the approaches during World War II were not appropriate to the conditions we faced.          Building

Below is the list of successful examinees (passers) of the 2020/2021 Philippine Bar Examinations administered by the Supreme Court of the Philippines, under the Chairmanship of Justice Marvic M.V.F. Leonen. 1. ABABA, Jayson R. 2. ABAD, Elmer II H. 3. ABAD, Joshua Quintin I. 4. ABAD, Neldren J. 5. ABALAYAN, Sharmie Ann P. 6. ABALOS, Claudine Joy F. 7. ABALOS-ANG, Ma. Angelica Y. 8. ABALOYAN, Ma. Liza N. 9. ABAN, Marjie L. 10. ABAN, Ryan James B. 11. ABANES, Alyssa Mary John P. 12. ABANGAN, Francis Harris A. 13. ABANTE, Vea Gypsy M. 14. ABANTO, Tyrone R. 15. ABARRA, Karen Mae S. 16. ABARY, Patricia Irvette C. 17. ABAS, Rosegail F. 18. ABASTA, Benazir Faye V. 19. ABAYA, Floravick Ana B. 20. ABAYHON, Gaudencio Jr. P. 21. ABAYON, Albert L. 22. ABAYON, Jess Amador N. 23. ABAYON, Ma. Cecilia T. 24. ABAYON, Sealtiel I. 25. ABDILLAH, Aliamen B. 26. ABDON, Reinier Jeffrey E. 27. ABDUHASAN, Frassius S. 28. ABDULGAFUR, Ridzanna M. 29. ABDULHALIM, Abduljalil A. 30. ABDULLAH-ALAUYA, Nishar Fatimah O