11,425 complete 2025 Bar Exams, largest number of finishers — SC

The Supreme Court (SC) on Tuesday announced that a total of 11,425 examinees completed the 2025 Bar Examinations, saying this is the largest number of finishers in Bar history.

According to the SC, this is out of the 13,193 admitted applicants. 

Associate Justice and Bar chairperson Amy Lazaro-Javier said there were no accidents or untoward incidents during the three-day Bar Exams.

“There was no violence or harm to anyone,” she said in a statement. 

Lazaro-Javier also called on new lawyers to be active partners in the Judiciary’s efforts towards innovation, accessibility, efficiency, and justice. 

The SC said she encouraged them to actively contribute in the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Judicial Innovations 2022-2027.

“The SPJI is a gift from the Supreme Court. It must be nurtured by this generation and passed on to the next,” she said.

Meanwhile, the High Court said that this year’s bar Bar garnered the highest first-day turnout at 11,437.

Lazaro-Javier also handed responsibility of administering the next Bar Exams to Associate Justice Samuel Gaerlan, who will be the next Bar chairperson. — RSJ, GMA Integrated News