Fake Lawyers Courtesy Of The 2007 Bar Exam ?
One day I came across a topic in the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association Friendster group. The topic I am referring to reads "2007 Bar exam Passers are Fake lawyers."
One day I came across a topic in the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association Friendster group. The topic I am referring to reads "2007 Bar exam Passers are Fake lawyers."
Curious, I click on the post and it contained a link to a forum where a heated discussion was going on about the allegedly fake lawyers, courtesy of the 2007 Bar Exam. I gave an argument in the SWU Alumni Association Friendster group in response to his statement stating why I think he has erred in concluding that the 2007 bar exam passers are fake lawyers. Below is my answer:
This saddens me to say that the person who wrote the statement, "2007 Bar exam Passers are fake lawyers", has shown his ignorance of the topic. To set the record straight, I am not a 2007 bar exam passer.
This person's argument is based on the major premise that "Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is deemed to have passed if he obtains a general average of 75 percent in all subjects without falling below 50 percent in any subject."
Then using the Bar Committee's decision to lower the passing rate from 75 percent to 70 percent and also its decision to lower the disqualification rate on Labor and Civil Law from 50 to 45 percent, he formed his minor premise.
Base on those two premises he then concluded, "Because of these, I consider the 2007 bar exam passers as fake lawyers with the reason that they did not satisfy the standards required by the Rules of Court."
Such a show of ignorance! This individual based his conclusion on the premise that the Rules of Court are cannot be changed. This individual failed to consider the 1987 constitution, mainly Article VIII, Sec. 5 subpar. 5, which says "The Supreme Court shall have the following powers . . . Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, THE ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW, the integrated bar . . . "
Simply stated, the 1987 Constitution vested the power to the Supreme Court to determine who will be qualified to be in the bar. The Supreme Court was only exercising its power when it lowered the passing rate for the 2007 bar exam This is perfectly okay. Letifico ut idots (Cheers to idiots)
One day I came across a topic in the Southwestern University (SWU) Cebu City Philippines, School of Law alumni association Friendster group. The topic I am referring to reads "2007 Bar exam Passers are Fake lawyers."
Curious, I click on the post and it contained a link to a forum where a heated discussion was going on about the allegedly fake lawyers, courtesy of the 2007 Bar Exam. I gave an argument in the SWU Alumni Association Friendster group in response to his statement stating why I think he has erred in concluding that the 2007 bar exam passers are fake lawyers. Below is my answer:
This saddens me to say that the person who wrote the statement, "2007 Bar exam Passers are fake lawyers", has shown his ignorance of the topic. To set the record straight, I am not a 2007 bar exam passer.
This person's argument is based on the major premise that "Under the Rules of Court, a bar examinee is deemed to have passed if he obtains a general average of 75 percent in all subjects without falling below 50 percent in any subject."
Then using the Bar Committee's decision to lower the passing rate from 75 percent to 70 percent and also its decision to lower the disqualification rate on Labor and Civil Law from 50 to 45 percent, he formed his minor premise.
Base on those two premises he then concluded, "Because of these, I consider the 2007 bar exam passers as fake lawyers with the reason that they did not satisfy the standards required by the Rules of Court."
Such a show of ignorance! This individual based his conclusion on the premise that the Rules of Court are cannot be changed. This individual failed to consider the 1987 constitution, mainly Article VIII, Sec. 5 subpar. 5, which says "The Supreme Court shall have the following powers . . . Promulgate rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice, and procedure in all courts, THE ADMISSION TO THE PRACTICE OF LAW, the integrated bar . . . "
Simply stated, the 1987 Constitution vested the power to the Supreme Court to determine who will be qualified to be in the bar. The Supreme Court was only exercising its power when it lowered the passing rate for the 2007 bar exam This is perfectly okay. Letifico ut idots (Cheers to idiots)
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