SEPTEMSER 6, 1993
OFFICIAL GAZETTE
5085
BSPUBLIC OF THR PHUAFPINEE
SUPREME COURT
MANTA
August 8, 1998
Gentlemen . .
Quoted hereunder, for your information,
és a resolution of the Court En Bane duted
Jaly 27,. 1998 .
"Re: Application of Adriano M. ‘Her-
nandez to take the 1998 Bar Examination—
On June 80, 1998, Adriano M. Hernandez
filed o petition to take the 1993 Bar Exa-
mination, In the petition, he alleged that:
1. He ix 4 Filipino citizen, of good motel
character, and a resident of the Phillppines
against whom no charges involving moral turph
tade or otherwise hove been filed in any conrt
jn the Philippines or elsewhere;
8. He holds a degree of Juris Doctor granted
in May, 1901 by the Columbia Law School, New
York, where he finished with second honove as
Harlan Fiske Stone Seholsr, and alec holds 2
Bachelor of Arts Degree. in Eenmomics granted -
in May, 1988 by Duke University, Durham, North
Caroling, where he finished Magna Cum Lande,
8, He has taken and passed the ber examina
fons of New York State, where he has keen
admlited to the practices of law; and has pree-
ticed law under supervision in the same state
from May to Jume, 1990 with the firm of Haight,
Gardues, Poor & Hevens a5 an associate as:
steed to maritinie litigation and finance matters;
4. Ho has taken the fourth year review course
and other bar subjects at the Ateneo Lew Sehool
fn preperation for the examinations, and that
bo 4a currently taking the fivemonth Pre-Bar
Review Course in the same lav achoal,
oesTig—s-A
Considering the petition and its sup-
porting documents and the fact that in
several instances in the past, it had
exempted Filipino citizens who have
studied lew in foreign law schools from
the strict requirements of Sections 5 and 6
of Rule 138-and allowed them to take the
bar examinations, the Court votes to
allow Mr. Hernandez to take the 1998 Bar
Examination.
However, beginning next year, the
Court: WILi NOT ALLOW GRADUATES oF
FORBIGN LAW SCHOOLS TO TAKE THE RAR
EXAMINATIONS. An applicant who desires
to take the bar examinations must not only
have studied law in a local school but has
to present the certifications required under
Sections 5 and 6 of Rule 188 in order to
take the bar examinations. Since grad-
uates of foreign law schools’ cannot
submit said certifications, they shall.
henceforth not be allowed to take the bar
examinations.
The Clerk of Court is hereby DIRECTED
to have this resolution published in the
Official Gazette, the Supreme Court Reports
Aunotated, and in several newspapers of
national circulation. etieiano, Padilla,
Grifio-Aqnino, and Regalado, J#, dissent.
Very truly yours,
(Sed) Dann T. Marrivaz
Clark of Court .
By:
(Sgd.) Luzymanpa D. Puno
Assistant Clerk of Court